Jermain Defoe Quotes

It's sort of interesting how, when you get older, things that were once so important sort of fall away.

As I get older, I tend to put more into family than I used to.

I went from adolescence to senility, trying to bypass maturity.

There's so many things that mattered so much in my 20s and 30s that don't matter now.

I suppose, at 50, you value things in a different way. So you value connections, you value your friendships, you value your health, and you are much more aware of time passing.

It's a constant thing we do in life... I marry someone or have kids; these are the evolutions of life that we go on. There are constant shifts.

Partying isn't as important to me anymore like it was when I was younger.

Age is an accumulation of life and loss. Adulthood is a series of lines crossed.

I know you think that when you're 35, 45, 55, you'll be different. But I'm going to let you in on a bit of a secret. You're going to look different, and your life is going to be different, but in your head you'll always be that 16-year-old girl.

At a certain point, you have to face the fact that you've turned into an old fart.

Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.

I think aging and maturing is really interesting, and it's a shame that Americans are so panicky and paranoid about it.

I was interested about how relationships change as you get older. You are great friends in your 20s. In your 30s, you get married. Your 40s are all about your kids. In your 50s, you get divorced, and your friendships become primary again.

When you've been driving in the top category for 10 years, you're obviously not a kid any more. You know, I'm married now and I've got two kids. That let's you know you're getting older.

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

Getting into your 30s, you don't feel the same as in your early 20s.

When you're young it's football, football, football. Then you get a family, kids come into things and you find you have a broader view of life. You get your inspiration from many different places.

If being a kid is about learning how to live, then being a grown-up is about learning how to die.

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.

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.

Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.

Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up.

There is a trade off - as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose spontaneity.