Thomas Babington Macaulay Quotes

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

Age is not all decay; it is the ripening, the swelling, of the fresh life within, that withers and bursts the husk.

The minute you're born, you're getting older.

The child's toys and the old man's reasons are the fruits of two seasons.

Growing old-it's not nice, but it's interesting.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.

As time goes by and you're getting older and stuff like that - getting older sucks. You know, I hear all this crap about, 'Oh, you can age with dignity.' Really?

Age is like love, it cannot be hid.

I sometimes miss the sense of excitement that I remember having when I was younger. I miss that sense of, 'Oh wow.' I think it's part of aging.

I'm a lot older than I was when I was 30, which is kind of hard to believe.

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.

It is not all bad, this getting old, ripening. After the fruit has got its growth it should juice up and mellow. God forbid I should live long enough to ferment and rot and fall to the ground in a squash.

I've played Big Bird for over half my life, and now I'm in my 80s. It does feel older than 79. Someone said it's just a number, and I said, 'No, I genuinely feel older.'

You can't be 16 forever.

If you're not getting older, you're dead.

The age I'm at now, you go from being a young girl to suddenly you blossom into a woman. You ripen, you know? And then you start to rot.

One can't feel old in a day or overnight!

Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of your life.

The passage of time is a continuing thing. At 18, you're going to live forever, and you are definitely not at 52, so that is a recurring topic. I still think it's the main stuff.

If you're asking me to acknowledge that I've gotten older, I can do that.

I was 24 yesterday. Suddenly you wake up, and you get on the elevator, and there's a mirror there. And you look in the mirror, and you're an old man.

In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long.