Quotes About Maturity

getting older is not a gift. But we had better make it one or be left with the knowledge that we have been ungrateful for life itself.

One wonders if the time will ever come when men . . . will lie down as gracefully and as ripe.

To my eye, women get sexier around 35. They know a thing or two, and knowledge is always alluring.

TO ACT HONESTLY—EVEN AT THE RISK OF SAYING THE unpleasant truth, or of saying no and causing distress to others—if done with intelligence and tact, is the kindest thing to do, because it respects our own integrity and acknowledges in others the capacity to be competent and mature.

I think the problem with people, as they start to mature, they say, 'Rap is a young man's game,' and they keep trying to make young songs. But you don't know the slang - it changes every day, and you're just visiting. So you're trying to be something you're not, and the audience doesn't buy into that.

I have never been able to look upon America as young and vital but rather as prematurely old, as a fruit which rotted before it had a chance to ripen.

I've grown, and my passion for music has grown. I've become more advanced and I've enhanced my vocabulary. All around artist development.

I mean, my voice has gotten a little deeper sounding as I've gotten older, I think. I noticed that.

I mean, in 'Big' and 'Pleasantville,' it's a journey that the characters go on where I think they come to kind of meet themselves at the end and who they actually are and give full voice to who they actually are. And that, you know, obviously fascinates me for some reason. Maybe I didn't adequately grow up.

I don't think you can sing about certain things when you're a teen-ager or in your early 20s, because you haven't lived long enough. So I think living gives you character and that comes out in your voice.

I'm kind of still learning my voice and learning my style.

What I find is that it's the middle-aged authors who have lived a life who have the most important, interesting voices. They just need someone to give them the key to unlock the door.

I've learned there is a void in adult stories across the land. Hollywood, whatever that is anymore, is losing their ability to tell those stories because they're not even thinking of that audience.

Life's not so rocky now. It was very volatile when you're young: you've got no experience. Your sense of disappointment is far greater; your sense of success is overwhelming. And then you've got the emotional conflict within any group that you're not mature enough to deal with until you get older. It levels out.

The best books of our times have included the three mature volumes of Philip Larkin. They're very short books of poems, and very carefully arranged.

If you asked an 18-year-old what they want to do with their life, and the options are 'Transformers' or Lars von Trier, he's probably shipping out for 'Transformers.' If you ask a 26-year-old what he wants to do, 'Transformers' or Lars von Trier, he'd probably pick Lars von Trier. So, my sensibilities are changing as I change.

I'm not a huge party girl. When I turned 18, the thing I was most excited about was being able to vote for the first time.

College was just so essential for my sense of self and my development.

When I was 28 years old, I thought it would be great to have a movie about my life. I was egotistical and self-centered.

I have more self-confidence than I did when I was in my 20s.

I'm not a 21-year-old angsty self-destructive rapscallion anymore.

I look back now, and most of the drama in my life was self-inflicted. I don't need to make up so much drama now.

It's so easy to be selfish in your 20s and not want to sacrifice.

Guys are really lucky. We become our authentic selves the older we get.