Quotes About Maturity

As I grew older and the dance became more competitive and more disciplined, that's when I started to realize that I'm an athlete.

It occurred to me the thing that broke my heart the most was when I grew up and realized everything wasn't an adventure. I got to a certain age and realized I couldn't be Indiana Jones.

I tried painting for a short time and realized that I was not a child prodigy at painting.

Part of getting older is realizing that you can integrate all these different areas of your life, rather than the adolescent mindset, which for me lasted a long time, which says, 'It's all or nothing.'

I'm only realizing now that I was a child actress because I always took myself so seriously.

I decided I was going to tell these stories. I went around and met Crumb. He was the cartoonist. I started realizing comics weren't just kid stuff.

In your 20s, you're checking your bank account to make sure you're not broke. In your 30s, you're looking at yourself and realizing you're broken.

I used to think men were these idiots who just yelled at you on the street. But, part of my maturing was realizing that not all men are evil or monsters.

A lot of it is maturity and getting older. You know, sort of getting married and realizing you're not out there for yourself anymore.

I don't really have a choice. I'm getting older.

I had a 20-year career. I have two children. The advantage of writing later in my life is that I already had a whole mature realm of accomplishments and responsibilities, an identity outside of being a writer.

I was an only child until I was 15, so I was able to reap the benefit of that.

When you're young, you don't have much sense. You don't have any reasoning power. You don't have any ability to take a blow, an insult, a hurt in the right way. There is no way a child can do that. All a child can do is feel the pang of it, the heartache of it.

There was definitely a time where I kind of did rebel a little bit, but it was not until I had graduated college.

I've always said if a woman is looking for a good husband, she should go for a Jewish man past 60. Jewish men are essentially brought up to love women. Then you rebel against that and become a bit of a bastard. Then at 60, you revert.

I was never a rebel or anything like that early on.

When I was a boy, I was sagging my pants like everyone else. Some boys become men and continue to sag their pants because that's their form of rebellion.

I do have a bit of empathy I suppose, but it has come more recently as I'm knocking on 30's door and I think I'm getting there.

As you get older, you overthink and can talk yourself out of anything. It's good to be a bit reckless and experimental.

When you're young, you're very reckless. Then you get conservative. Then you get reckless again.

At a certain point, you realize you have a responsibility more behind yourself and your need for adrenaline. I'm glad I did things in my 20s that were more reckless.

Congressmember Weiner has shown just a pattern of reckless behavior, an inability to tell the truth, and what New Yorkers deserve is a mayor with a record of delivering for them, of vision, and a level of maturity and responsibility.

I think I was pretty reckless and definitely a bit out of control. Now, I'm more focused.

I feel I am a little bit older. Reckon I will start growing a beard next week.