John Cale Quotes

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?

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

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

If you're 50, you're never going to be 50 ever again, so enjoy being 50. If you sit through the year wishing you were younger, before you know it, it's going to be over, and you're going to be 51.

When I see friends from school I think they've all grown old and I've stayed the same.

I didn't get old on purpose, it just happened. If you're lucky, it could happen to you.

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

I'm not getting any younger. You're not getting any younger, so yeah. You age.

It's strange because you - your life goes so swiftly. You look up one day you're a teenager, the next day you're a grandfather and you want to decide, 'I sure hope my kids don't make the same mistakes.'

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

Stages are getting higher and higher, and I'm getting older and older.

I'm aging, and the world is seeing it.

Heavens, Mary, of course we'll laugh again. It's just that we'll never be young again.

I was 22, and 40 was old. To be 40 again!

Honestly, I didn't realize it - all of a sudden, I was 90. The years skipped by quickly. When it happened, I said, 'Where did the time go?'

Of course, no one wants to get older.

When I was younger, 15 years or 20 years seemed like a really long time. But, as you journey though life, you don't realise where the years disappear.

You can't be a 25-year-old forever.

Time makes you bolder, children get older. I'm getting older, too.

We all age. You shouldn't discount it as a subject for a film. Just because the characters are dealing with issues that you might not deal with for another 45 years doesn't mean you won't like it.

Getting old we can deal with. Being old is the problem

I'm older than I was before when I was young.

I am 46, and have been for some time past.

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