Quotes About Maturity

I got a very late start at fatherhood. I'm a late bloomer in general. It took me seven years to get through four years of college. I was five years away from 40 before I had a family, and I had never been around kids much at all. All of a sudden, I was around three boys all the time.

You think that adulthood will hit and you'll suddenly be more capable. But that doesn't happen, ever, does it?

None of us suddenly becomes something overnight. The preparations have been in the making for lifetime.

With Maurice suddenly going, I realised... I think I've matured. I don't take things lightly any more.

That's one of the things about getting older isn't it? You suddenly realise that you are what you set out to be. And there are no role models any more.

Because I had children relatively late - in my 40s rather than in my 20s - it wasn't anything I ever knew that I would do. It kind of happened to me: I met the right woman and we had children. It was a revelation because it suddenly makes me realize, 'Oh, I get it. Now I know what to do with the rest of my life.'

I've been quite a late developer on the clothes front, but I've suddenly realised it is one of life's joys.

I was always a bit old for my age, then suddenly I'm on set, working alongside the adults, skipping school completely for two years.

The older I get, the less I suffer fools gladly.

It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.

Parents shouldn't assume children are made out of sugar candy and will break and collapse instantly. Kids don't. We do.

I realized I can do other things. I started developing opinions on serious matters and it's not all sugar and spice.

Her body calculated to a millimeter to suggest a bud yet guarantee a flower.

I prefer to do roles that suit my mental maturity.

To wear a gray tweed suit, you have to be mature and confident in yourself. Some people can't pull it off.

No matter how fine your suit and your shoes, you will remind everyone that you are not yet a grownup man by wearing them with your old college knapsack, in its nasty, nylon glory.

A guy may wear a suit and have a high-paying job and appear very mature, but essentially, he's a 14-year-old boy.

I think my face and voice suit me better as I get older.

I play roles now that suit my age.

In your 40s, you kind of know how things are likely to go, and you're better at saying, 'You know what? That just doesn't suit me...' I remember thinking in my 30s, 'I should go to Burning Man. I could be a Burning Man person.' And in my 40s, I'm like, 'You know what? I'm never going to go to Burning Man.'

I've actually always been into suits. But I never really wore them, I guess because I was too young and it didn't feel right.

I'm not this bright-eyed 17-year-old that got signed to a label and is listening to all these suits tell them the best plan of action.

I feel as though going into middle age really suits me.

I guess you could say I have grown up, matured. I have seen a lot, and I guess that probably sums it up.