Quotes About Maturity

Descubrí que el sexo podía ser sano, limpio, libre, adulto, madduro, razonable, trivial, eso fue lo peor, pero también me acostumbré a esa pobreza.

She couldn't quite make it stick, and knew the girl inside her was to blame. That was what happened when a woman went to war with the girl she'd been.

Ten is the most sunlit moment of growing up.

I always knew that adulthood didn't count; following puberty, all existence is but epilogue.

Jusqu'à mes quatorze ans, j'ai divisé l'humanité en trois catégories : les femmes, les petites filles et les ridicules. [p. 102]

Men are the weaker sex and retain their immaturity, it seems, to the grave. It's like a built-in design fault. You can't do anything about it.

Most voices get weaker and frailer. I seem to be getting better with age.

I have discovered that just because we grow weaker physically as we age, it doesn't mean that we must grow weaker spiritually.

As you grow older, your body does become weaker, but your mind becomes stronger. You understand and accept yourself.

We grow a little every time we do not take advantage of somebody's weakness.

I started lying about my age when I was 18 to be older. When I turned 21, I started lying that I was 18. It's a weakness in me.

It is immature and very foolish to hold anyone responsible for the weakness that I would have in my relationship.

I'm just so glad that I started acting when I did because I had this wealth of life experience. I don't know if I'd have been able to handle it had I gone out to L.A. at 22.

Things happen to everybody in the course of a lifetime. Relationships end, people die, tragedy befalls everyone. So everyone has this wealth of experience, and the older you are the more you have to draw on.

Something has happened where you almost never grow up in America. Maybe it's the greater wealth.

You have to remember, I never became successful or wealthy till I was 30.

Boys should not play with weapons more dangerous than they understand.

Heroes don't wear diapers. It's just not cool.

When you grow up your mother says, 'Wear rubbers or you'll catch cold.' When you become an adult you discover that you have the right not to wear rubbers and to see if you catch cold or not. It's something like that.

The older I get, I guess I wear less sparkles.

It's been very funny to try to act like an adult. Even getting dressed. Every day, I'm like, 'Should I wear a blazer and walk around with an umbrella? Do I carry a briefcase?' Because I'm trying to be some image of the adults I saw on TV growing up.

When you're 25 or 30, you know, you can't wear lime-green eye shadow anymore.

Many women in their 40s make the mistake of wearing clothes that are too tight. Skimpy dresses and tight trousers can make you look older, so get the best fit you can find.

I love the pictures of Old Hollywood, seeing the directors dressed in suits and ties. Even the grips would be wearing ties. But the biggest thing is when I was a kid, I couldn't wait to be an adult, and I think what happens with most guys is that no one wants to be an adult anymore. So they're dressing like kids.