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" Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought. "

Emily Dickinson

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" I think the thing I miss most in our age is our manners. It sounds so old-fashioned in a way. But even bad people had good manners in the old days, and manners hold a community together, and manners hold a family together; in a way, they hold the world together. "

" As far as my mindset changing, I see myself having more empathy in my older age. "

" I have always felt that a woman has the right to treat the subject of her age with ambiguity until, perhaps, she passes into the realm of over ninety. Then it is better she be candid with herself and with the world. "

" Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face. "

Michel de Montaigne

" That is something that my mother instilled in me at a very young age - to know my self-worth. And I have had times again and again in the fashion industry where all of that was tested and I rose to the occasion because I was told that I am worthy and I should be able to walk away from something that is not worthy of me. "

" How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete. "

" Industrialization based on machinery, already referred to as a characteristic of our age, is but one aspect of the revolution that is being wrought by technology. "

Emily Greene Balch

" Something happens between a novel and its reader which is similar to the process of developing photographs, the way they did it before the digital age. The photograph, as it was printed in the darkroom, became visible bit by bit. As you read your way through a novel, the same chemical process takes place. "

Patrick Modiano

" A man who correctly guesses a woman's age may be smart, but he's not very bright. "

" As men get older, the toys get more expensive. "

" In this day and age, when you can use a machine or computer to simulate or emulate what people can do together, it still can't replace the magic of four people in a room playing. "

" By age seven, I used to comb my hair for performances, just pull my hair up into a bun. Granted, it wasn't a very intricate hairstyle. Still, to be that responsible and disciplined at age seven is unusual. "

" If you look at the average age of a company on the Dow Jones index, it's something like 35 years or younger. In other words... success is no indication of longevity. "

" In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. For every age has consisted of crises that seemed intolerable to the people who lived through them. "

Brooks Atkinson

" Every age needs men who will redeem the time by living with a vision of the things that are to be. "

Adlai E. Stevenson

" I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look forward with the work. "

William Ernest Hocking

" As you age, your blood pressure tends to get higher. "

" Education is the best provision for old age. "

" As you age naturally, your family shows more and more on your face. If you deny that, you deny your heritage. "

" I am enormously honored to be one of the spokesmen of the New Age Womens Health Campaign, so you'll be seeing me in public service announcements and public appearances supporting the campaign. "

" It is surprising to notice that even from the earliest age, man finds the greatest satisfaction in feeling independent. The exalting feeling of being sufficient to oneself comes as a revelation. "

Maria Montessori

" You can wear black at any time. You can wear it at any age. You may wear it for almost any occasion; a 'little black frock' is essential to a woman's wardrobe. "

" My dad encouraged us to fail. Growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn't have something, he would be disappointed. It changed my mindset at an early age that failure is not the outcome, failure is not trying. Don't be afraid to fail. "

" Looking back, I realise I had to grow up and be responsible at a very tender age. "

Andie MacDowell

" The most inspiring piece of advice I've gotten is simply to persevere. My mom taught me to always keep going no matter what from an early age. When it feels too difficult to push forward, I always remind myself, 'This too shall pass,' and then I redouble my efforts. "

" After 3 years, I left the army at the ripe old age of 20, but I'd like to think some of the skills are still with me. I'm great at physical movement; I can still remember Morse code, and perhaps most importantly, I can fold my socks up into little balls with smiley faces. "

" There is always some chance of recession in any year. But the evidence suggests that expansions don't die of old age. "

" Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy. "

" The really frightening thing about middle age is the knowledge that you'll grow out of it. "