Quotes about Age

For all his old age, and his one arm, and his blind eyes, he must die the death and be murdered, in order to light the gay bridals and other merry-makings of men, and also to illuminate the solemn churches that preach unconditional inoffensiveness by all to all.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

If you young fellows were wise, the devil couldn't do anything to you, but since you aren't wise, you need us who are old.

What I believe about the young age of the earth comes out of taking the Bible as written. And I've said numerous times over the years that the age of the earth, for example, is not a salvation issue but an authority issue.

Today is the oldest you've ever been, and the youngest you'll ever be again.

Oh rage! Oh despair! Oh age, my enemy!

What might seem like a good idea to somebody at 21 is probably not going to seem like a good idea at 50, but you don't know that until you get there.

THOSE who start with the pagan philosophy of sex must face life as a descent. Associated with a growing old, there is a loss of physical energy and the horrible perspective of death. The Christian philosophy of love, on the contrary, implies an ascension. The body may grow older, but the Spirit grows younger, and love often becomes more intense.

The Church knows too that to marry the present age and its spirit is to become a widow in the next.

The Scriptures are not merely a record of historical events that have passed. They constitute for every age a revelation of God's mind and will to each individual.

The fact is that not only do people get more wise and more conservative as they get older, they get more kind and more generous, too.

In an age when stagecraft, gauzy themes, and sound-bites have too often been substituted for leadership, Bill Clinton as a candidate made it essential to campaigning to take the specifics of governance seriously. Practical solutions were 'in;' ideology was 'out.'