Casey Stengel Quotes

Get this in mind early: We never grow up.

Age merely shows what children we remain.

You never expect anything when you are 20 because you think that you'll never get older.

I wasn't in any hurry to grow up and become this worldly person.

Youth, what man's age is like to be, doth show; We may our ends by our beginnings know.

You can't be 16 forever.

Age does not make us childish, as some say; it finds us true children.

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.

Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

In some cases I feel like they haven't appreciated enough that growing up doesn't mean boring and old and not full of life. I like to talk about that also.

I love getting older. I think it has to do with always being the kid on set.

As you get older, you start to realise negativity is really bad.

I feel like you're only young once.

By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere.

I am convinced that most people do not grow up...We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I think what we do is mostly grow old. We carry accumulation of years in our bodies, and on our faces, but generally our real selves, the children inside, are innocent and shy as magnolias.

Yes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon...smart too late.

I've gotten away with a lot in my life. The older you get the more you realize you're not getting away with it, it's taking its toll somewhere. So you try not to put yourself in those situations. Part of the mysterious process called growing up. Some people do that better than others.

I think you should be a child for as long as you can. I have been successful for 74 years being able to do that. Don't rush into adulthood, it isn't all that much fun.

I've experienced a lot for someone my age that a lot of people will be able to relate to.

I like getting older. When you're in your twenties you're really forging for your future. Things take shape later on.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

I don't know if it's that the scripts are evolving or just that I'm getting older, but the characters become more interesting as you get older because you've lived more life at different stages. You've loved; you've lost; you have more of that journey.

A man growing old becomes a child again.

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?