Quotes about Middle Aged

Actions from youth, advice from the middle-aged, prayers from the aged. Votes: 2

Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men. Votes: 2

The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything. Votes: 2

Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits. Votes: 2

No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement. Votes: 2

Europe to me is young people trying to appear middle-aged and middle-aged people trying to appear young. Votes: 2

Most dictators were short, fat, middle-aged and hairless. Besides Danny Devito, there's only me to play them. Votes: 2

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil. Votes: 2

My mom wouldn't let me buy clothes she didn't like, so I dressed like a middle-aged woman in high school. Votes: 2

I'm officially middle-aged. I don't need drugs anymore, thank God. I can get the same effect just by standing up real fast. Votes: 2

Almost all my middle-aged and elderly acquaintances, including me, feel about 25, unless we haven't had our coffee, in which case we feel 107. Votes: 2

Love is the word used to label the sexual excitement of the young, the habituation of the middle-aged, and the mutual dependence of the old. Votes: 2

The term middle-aged, invented by Descartes, comes from the Latin, medeus, meaning 'not really old' and ageis, meaning 'if you look at it in a certain way. Votes: 2

[On golf:] ... though aware I could never be more than a humble potterer, it was impossible to repress the wild upsurgings of hope known to all middle-aged beginners ... Votes: 2

I don't judge people by their bodies. Even when I was a young girl I liked men for their minds. Now that I'm middle-aged I see how right I was. Votes: 2

The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them. Votes: 2

The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits. Votes: 2

If you surveyed a hundred typical middle-aged Americans, I bet you'd find that only two of them could tell you their blood types, but every last one of them would know the theme song from the Beverly Hillbillies. Votes: 2

That's not going to happen, because I don't want it to happen. I don't want a movie about me until I'm very, very old - when I'm very, very old, everybody that wants to play me will be middle-aged. Votes: 2

Youth! There is nothing like youth. The middle-aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in Life's lumber-room. But youth is the Lord of Life. Youth has a kingdom waiting for it. Every one is born a king, and most people die in exile. Votes: 2

Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of the world. But the power of hoping through everything, the knowledge that the soul survives its adventures, that great inspiration comes to the middle-aged. Votes: 2

A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle-aged habit and convention. Votes: 2

There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The first is middle-aged forgetfulness of the fact that they themselves are no longer young. The second is youthful ignorance of the fact that the middle aged are still alive. Votes: 2

If she had been left alone she would have gone on, in her own way, enjoying herself thoroughly, until people found one day that she had turned imperceptibly into one of those women who have become old without ever having been middle aged: a little withered, a little acid, hard as nails, sentimentally kindhearted, and addicted to religion or small dogs. Votes: 2

Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman. Votes: 0

I suppose middle-aged love is interesting for middle-aged people. Votes: 0

Middle-aged adolescents are a libel on the real thing. Votes: 0

I'm just happy being dumpy. Dumpy, fat and middle-aged. Votes: 0

Country music historically has been sort of middle-aged people's music. Votes: 0

Underneath this tired, middle-aged exterior, I'm an 11 year old kid. Votes: 0

Logic , like lyrical poetry , is no employment for the middle-aged Votes: 0

I'm not always in that good with middle-aged heterosexual men. Votes: 0

I don't have any children; I have four middle-aged people. Votes: 0

Middle-aged life is merry, and I love to lead it. Votes: 0

Hostility to youth is the worst vice of the middle-aged. Votes: 0

All I have is me. Over-worked, under-appreciated, middle-aged, and shriveled up. Votes: 0

I dress up as a middle-aged prostitute and do a game show. Votes: 0

For some reason all the middle-aged women he knew were very efficient. Votes: 0

You can't change old people. Unlike middle-aged people, they do what they want. Votes: 0

I hate most of what constitutes rock music, which is basically middle-aged crap. Votes: 0

As a child I was middle-aged and cautious compared to my impulsive father. Votes: 0

A lot of middle-aged women are children still trying to find their way. Votes: 0

An unskilled middle-aged man can work in the mines, and it pays well. Votes: 0

Some eras worship infancy; some, the aged. None as yet has adored middle age. Votes: 0

He carried his childhood like a hurt warm bird held to his middle-aged breast. Votes: 0

The young were always theoretical; only the middle-aged could realize the deadliness of principles. Votes: 0

I feel like I have so many middle-aged women who look up to me. Votes: 0

Isn't it enough to be middle-aged and impeccably beautiful? Why must one be economically useful? Votes: 0

I've played so many historical characters because most horrible dictators are short, fat, middle-aged men. Votes: 0

I am essentially a middle-aged woman who likes making up weird snack combinations and galloping. Votes: 0

Middle-aged people can balance between believing in God and breaking all the commandments without difficulty. Votes: 0

I looked into the mirror and saw this middle-aged woman who keeps invading my face. Votes: 0

Public and employer opinion often defeat society's best interests with a prejudice against middle-aged women. Votes: 0

Golf is the only opportunity that middle-aged WASPs have to dress up like a pimp. Votes: 0

People will say, 'Seventy isn't old, it's middle-aged,' and I think, middle of what - 140? Votes: 0

I'm a white, middle-aged, married, middle-class male with kids. I couldn't be disenfranchised if I tried. Votes: 0

No matter how old a mother is she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement. Votes: 0

I’m 59 and people call me middle aged. How many 118 year old men do you know? Votes: 0

Fate isn't some middle-aged man with a squint who won't recognize you if you change your clothes. Votes: 0

I think it's hilarious when middle-aged white men try to take themselves seriously. It makes me laugh. Votes: 0

Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives. Votes: 0

It's hard to feel middle-aged, because how can you tell how long you are going to live? Votes: 0

Younger players in this music often turn out to be middle aged; it is not a young music. Votes: 0

Youth! There is nothing like youth. The middle-aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in Life's lumber Votes: 0

You can (be a middle-aged comic) if you work very hard at it, because comedy is really hard. Votes: 0

Democracy is the menopause of Western society, the Grand Climacteric of the body social. Fascism is its middle-aged lust. Votes: 0

The middle-aged woman is the ground bed of the audience that watches television, and yet they are absolutely invisible. Votes: 0

Ten-year-old boys move differently than middle-aged women, who move differently than athletic guys, who move differently than government bureaucrats. Votes: 0

Realise when you are 'middle aged' you have a chance for a whole second career, another love, another life. Votes: 0

After a while the middle-aged person who lives in her head begins to talk to her soul, the kid. Votes: 0

It's almost a rite of passage for the middle-aged, it seems, to invent generational stereotypes for dumping on the young. Votes: 0

For some reason I seem to be a massive hit with middle-aged women. I seriously don't know what it is. Votes: 0

Fennel, which is the spice for Wednesdays, the day of averages, of middle-aged people. . . . Fennel . . . smelling of changes to come. Votes: 0

When a middle-aged man says in a moment of weariness that he is half dead, he is telling the literal truth. Votes: 0

Unfortunately, at present, practically no one under thirty goes to workshops. It's a system of education entirely for the middle aged. Votes: 0

I'm not trying to be a middle aged centerfold, I just want to look at myself naked and not be disgusted. Votes: 0

A middle-aged cat will often play as unreservedly as a kitten, though he knows perfectly well it is only a game. Votes: 0

I tell you old and young are better than tired middle-aged, nothing is so dead dead-tired, dead every way as middle-aged. Votes: 0

There is a widening gap between the middle-aged-to-older generation, who still read newspapers and watch CCTV news, and the Internet generation. Votes: 0

If I pop off and do something drastic, everyone's going to realise because they know I'm 50. Anyway, middle-aged women are sensational. Votes: 0

I couldn't imagine anything more horrifying than three middle aged men trying to pretend that 'Black Dog' is still significant. It's inappropriate. Votes: 0

Congress is a middle-aged, middle-class, white male power structure ... no wonder it's been so totally unresponsive to the needs of this country. Votes: 0

Middle-aged women have greater stability, they are more loyal, and their capacity for steady work is greater than that of younger women. Votes: 0

There's a crystallization that goes on in a poem which the young man can bring off, but which the middle-aged man can't. Votes: 0

The purpose of the Senate is to keep 100 middle aged knuckleheads out of the private sector where they can do real harm. Votes: 0

When you invite a middle-aged moralist to address you, I suppose I must conclude that you have a taste for middle-aged moralizing. Votes: 0

It's kind of true, you do disappear off the planet if you are a middle-aged woman, but that has some advantages as well. Votes: 0

In many ways [those middle-aged black ladies] my touchstone, because they are what I meant when I talked about the audacity of hope. Votes: 0

Mike Royce and I have always had success writing what we know. What we know now is that we're middle-aged, neurotic and fat. Votes: 0

It is the fear of middle-age in the young, of old-age in the middle-aged, which is the prime cause of infidelity, that infallible rejuvenator. Votes: 0

My biggest kick comes from the individual fans I run into. Middle-aged men ask me when we're going to do more Johnny Quest cartoons. Votes: 0

I have never yet heard any middle-aged man or woman who worked with his or her brains express any regret for the passing of youth. Votes: 0

The young man taught all he knew and more; The middle-aged man taught all he knew; The old man taught all that his students could understand. Votes: 0

I'm not making films for middle aged journalists, who are mostly men. I make films that hopefully entertain people, where they can learn something about life. Votes: 0

I'm a middle-aged dad, which means I have no social time or life to speak of, and so I connect with my buddies with my Xbox. Votes: 0

Making jokes is about the most wrong and stupid thing a bemused, middle-aged, white heterosexual Anglo Saxon sort of Celt Australian male can do these days. Votes: 0

If people want to find me, they can. They'll see a middle-aged woman wandering around the grocery store, looking to see what to buy for dinner. Votes: 0

It is one of the consolations of middle aged reformers that the good that they inculcate must live after them if it is to live at all. Votes: 0

I am a lazy, cynical, middle-aged guy who has long since come to the conclusion that most historical periods really sucked, for most people, most of the time. Votes: 0

Any attempts at autobiography before the age of eighty seem pretty self-involved to me. There are a lot of smart middle aged people but not many wise ones. Votes: 0

The trouble is, old age is not interesting until one gets there. It's a foreign country with an unknown language to the young and even to the middle-aged. Votes: 0

we middle-aged folk have the education of life, truly; we know the multiplication table of anxieties and sorrows, the subtraction table of loss, the division table of responsibility. Votes: 0

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles. Votes: 0

The human life is all one thing, like a blade tracing loops on the ice: a little kid, a twenty-three-year-old infantry sergeant, a middle-aged writer knowing guilt and sorrow. Votes: 0

Any middle-aged woman knows that our feet are not for the faint of heart, especially in midwinter. I wear clogs, so it's actually like my feet are wooden now. Votes: 0

So that's the way you scientific detectives work. My god! for a fat, middle-aged, hard-boiled, pig-headed guy, you've got the vaguest way of doing things I ever heard of. Votes: 0

Scientists have found a way to keep middle-aged female mice from going through menopause. Now they're working on a way to keep middle-aged male mice from buying expensive sports cars. Votes: 0

Young love is so ridiculous, as is middle-aged and old love. And it's also hilarious. When have you ever felt so vulnerable and wonderful and terrible at the same time? Votes: 0

Evolving into a middle-aged person is quite interesting if we can understand what it means. I would like to think it meant being a bit sure of what I want. Votes: 0

He looked like those paintings of baby angels - what do you call them, hubbubs? No cherubs. That's it. He looked like a cherub who'd turned middle-aged in a trailer park. Votes: 0

You might as well ask why a middle-aged man with no criminal record might put a paper bag over his head and rob a bank. I acted out of personal desperation. Votes: 0

And then, not expecting it, you become middle-aged and anonymous. No one notices you. You achieve a wonderful freedom. It is a positive thing. You can move about, unnoticed and invisible. Votes: 0

We should, if possible, prove a teacher to posterity, instead of being the pupil of by-gone generations. More shall come after us than have gone before; the world is not yet middle-aged. Votes: 0

It is very rarely that a middle-aged man finds an author who gives him, what he knew so often in his teens and twenties, the sense of having opened a new door. Votes: 0

I keep on reading the Morning Star newspaper to see if there's any hope, but it seems to be in the 19th century; it seems to be written for dropped-out, middle-aged liberals. Votes: 0

I am Hollywood's hottest young, middle-aged director, but I'll write out of New York because I don't want to become a salad head. That's what you become out there: a guacamole dip. Votes: 0

Every woman dreams of love. When she is young she prays she will find it. When she is middle aged she hopes for it and when she is old she remembers it. Votes: 0

It is hard work to give life to new characters every single day. It is not as if I am God. I am just a tired, middle-aged woman trying to keep going. Votes: 0

How had I become middle-aged while the ravages of time ignored her? I didn't know and didn't care, and before I could stop them, the words were already out. "You're beautiful," I murmured. Votes: 0

You don't appreciate a lot of stuff in school until you get older. Little things like being spanked every day by a middle-aged woman: Stuff you pay good money for in later life. Votes: 0

Europe is a woman, now middle-aged, who has already had a number of heart attacks and is currently experiencing the biggest health crisis of her life, but one that need not be fatal. Votes: 0

I suspect most self-described 18-year-old Scandinavian women named Inga who collect and wear string bikinis are, in reality, more likely to be middle-aged, pot-bellied guys named Lou who collect and wear string cheese. Votes: 0

There are three things to beware of through life: when a man is young, let him beware of his appetites; when he is middle-aged, of his passions; and when old, of covetousness, especially. Votes: 0

I attempted various types of plastic surgery, minutely but enough to stave off this encroaching middle-aged body. And every time I did, something went wrong. I felt misshapen, just not natural any more. Votes: 0

Interpreting the dance: young women in white dancing in a ring can only be virgins; old women in black dancing in a ring can only be witches; but middle-aged women in colors, square dancing...? Votes: 0

If you're middle aged... where're you going to go to meet someone? You're not going to go to a bar, you're not going to go to a night club; and there are the museums. Votes: 0

Its avowed purpose is to excite sexual desire, which, I should have thought, is unnecessary in the case of the young, inconvenient in the case of the middle aged, and unseemly in the old. Votes: 0

When Britney shaves off all her hair and beats paparazzi with umbrellas - that's what celebrities are supposed to do. They're not supposed to be reasonable, middle-aged guys drinking organic tea talking about semiotics. Votes: 0

Middle-aged women on telly is a bit of a hot topic - before, we were 27 to 37, and now we're 40 to 50. You do notice as you get older... you go past 35, and suddenly you're playing baddies. Votes: 0

A new study suggests that middle-aged adults who go on periodic drinking binges may face a heightened risk of dementia later on in life. The study is entitled, 'National Strategy for Victory in Iraq.' Votes: 0

I do not see the E.E.C. [European Economic Community] as a great love affair. It's more like nine middle aged couples with failing marriages meeting at a Brussels hotel for a group grope. Votes: 0

I am a struggling writer. A middle-aged man with two little kids and I'm just trying to earn a living. So buy this book - or my kids will have to go to foster care. Votes: 0