W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

I'm not a big fan of young people.

Don't trust anyone over thirty.

Don't trust anyone over 30.

Nothing so dates a man as to decry the younger generation.

I don't like the way young people write and talk about the old. I don't like their attitude, which, if they weren't young and therefore bright and vibrant, would be called outdated.

It's almost a rite of passage for the middle-aged, it seems, to invent generational stereotypes for dumping on the young.

Today's younger generation is no worse than my own. We were just as ignorant and repulsive as they are, but nobody listened to us.

Now that I've experienced ageism, I don't regard it as a bad thing. It's been a transition to something more exciting and maybe edgier.

There's no socially acceptable middle age.

When I turned 50, I truly felt I was too old to work in Silicon Valley. No one said anything to my face, but when you can be the mother of some of the people you're interviewing with, that says it all.

Hollywood is enamored of the 20- to 30-year-old actress, but by the very nature of the life experience of the character, the roles cannot be that rich. You can only have Angelina Jolie in a mental hospital so many times.

When you hit 30, people have got this perception that you're past it, and I really disagree with that.

Young people are narcissistic. They become less narcissistic as they age, but they become crankier about younger people being narcissistic.

I want the young guys to say, 'How old is this guy that's blocking me every play?'

Nobody wants to see the old person at the club.

If this sounds impressive to you, you’re over thirty.

For kids like me, being called childish can be a frequent occurrence. Every time we make irrational demands, exhibit irresponsible behavior, or display any other signs of being normal American citizens, we are called childish.

People have preconceptions about women of a certain age.

We've always idealized youth and then destroyed youth. That has happened since the beginning of time, and I'm fascinated by why we do that.

Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.

Today's accent may be on youth, but the stress is still on the parents.

I don't buy into you're on the slag heap when you're 40 or 50 or 60 or 70 or whatever.

Of course it's true: the public want to see young people - young people are the people who go to the cinema. It's a sad fact of life, but you've got to accept it and not whine about it.

Those old enough to write their memoirs should not comment on contemporary issues.

That’s for old people.