Quotes About Maturity

I'd thought I was bold and alluring, but I was only a girl playing at being a woman.

I don't know what to think about this new, responsible Rose.

You can live a lifetime in two years.

Oh, I would have seen it all, eventually, but it needed to happen to a boy; the world loses much of its wonder about the time you pay your first water bill.

mature material. Where once he had hollered through

Your adult life was nothing more than an exercise in forgetting your childhood. Always angry because you didn't get the approval all children need.

I'd say that after my father passed my writing changed, it went deeper. Most would say 'matured' but I don't think I'd use that word in relation to my progress. I think 'change' is a little more accurate.

Sometimes success will get in the way of maturity - at least temporarily.

I don't think people change. I think they definitely mature. But I think the essence of what I am today is the same as when I was five years old. It's just maturity. I've become a healthier, fuller expression of that essence.

When you make that crossover from life to real life, when you're not treated as a child anymore but as a man, and you are no longer given the benefit of the doubt, it takes some courage to face that.

I'm a big girl, Finn.

I am a child but I have to think and act like a woman, this business forces you to.

I feel the older I get, the more I'm learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time, it's all about finding yourself.

When I was young, I was older than I am today.

Good judgment comes from experience, and often experience comes from bad judgment.

The old theory was "Marry an older man, because they're more mature." But the new theory is: "Men don't mature. Marry a younger one."

Most people, Kant continues, are too lazy to think for themselves. They allow guardians of various kinds to think for them, and the guardians are only too happy to take control

I think it's almost an indulgence to focus on the dark side of things. And as you get older, you want to focus on the positive.

You have to get older. Growing up is negotiable.

I know we're meant to be these hard-headed, money-obsessed professionals but we're still little boys at heart. Just ask our wives.

We recognize that smile when we see it in the mirror, or on the faces of our friends, at weddings, anniversaries, christenings, or ordinary afternoons. It's the smile of a man realizing he is no longer a kid, and although he has no idea how it happened, he's pretty sure it would make a cool story if he ever gets a spare minute to piece it all together.

Something I really enjoy about older couples is that they really have given up on getting everything right. They don't sweat the imperfections.

Look at the ex-demon with his big boy pants on now.

Snap judgments? I'd gotten over those about the time I was toilet trained. Swore off diapers and faith in the human experience all in one week.