Quotes About Maturity

I see a wiser person than when I was younger: having babies, and passing 30, were the turning points. What women in their 40s - I am 39 - lack in gorgeousness, they make up for in wisdom. I love ageing, despite the drawbacks - thinner, drier skin.

When I was younger, I was very wild, and I didn't really have my head screwed on properly.

I can't get married for the heck of it only because 'I'm not getting any younger.'

When I was younger, I behaved a bit strangely sometimes - lost my temper, did silly things - but little by little, I've gotten better. As a chef, I think you need to do a lot of work on yourself and your temperament.

I'm a fine wine: I just get better with age. Actually, I'm like the Benjamin Button of the Combine. The older I get, the younger I look and feel.

When I was younger, my dad would cook, and I would never really have it, unless it was something like spaghetti. I would only like what my mom made - macaroni and cheese or something like that. But after I reached a certain age, I think it was 11, I realized I liked his cooking.

The older I grow, the more I realize that the trivialities that used to frustrate one when you were younger... they don't mean anything.

I'm younger than I once was. Internally. Less self-conscious. Less insecure.

Younger guys are just too jealous.

When I was younger I got accused of gamesmanship but I grew out of it.

I'm not a huge drama person. I think I liked them more when I was younger.

I used to have terrible tantrums. I was temperamental when I was younger. Actually, what I needed was a swift kick in the pants. What a brat!

I sometimes let people down, especially when I was younger. I was cavalier about what people told me. Part of growing up is learning when to shut up.

My biggest change is what is important to me, and what is not. What's worthy worrying about, and what is not. When we're younger, we tend to spend too much time worrying and going over the unnecessary. I'm no longer running the hamster wheel.

I appreciate what I have a lot more than I did when I was younger.

I've always played characters that were younger than myself.

When I was younger, I used to just want to please everybody and not want to be an issue or not be considered a diva. I've just grown up and realized you have to look out for yourself and stick up for yourself, and there's nothing wrong with that.

I've always been battling against my sense of dignity and refinement. I was embarrassed by any bodily functions when I was younger. I could never even blow my nose.

The younger Mary J. Blige, I would call her, she was very unaware, ignorant.

What older men and younger women have in common is they are both suffering from different insecurities. She is looking for someone to make her feel safe, and he is looking for someone who doesn't answer back and is a trophy.

When I was younger, I was full of smart things to say about all my books.

I made so many mistakes when I was younger.

I always had challenges when I was younger, because I looked so young but sounded older.

No longer do I have these terrible complexes I had when I was younger, and I am able to enjoy what life's offering me.