Quotes About Maturity

I did work and bought all my own clothes and shoes since I was 9 years old. That's not a typical American childhood life.

I traveled when I was super young, so my mindset was never like a typical 8-year-old.

The truth was I felt ugly growing up. I only really started feeling comfortable in myself when I was 40.

Much of my high-jinx have been drug-related. When you're under 30, whatever, but once you're past 40 it's just ugly.

I used to look at the outfits that I wore when I was 11, and I was like, 'That's really ugly.' I mean, I just thought I was the coolest kid ever and actually wasn't.

Just because we make a lot of money we're supposed to be the bigger person? Fans tell us that our kids are ugly and that they should have thrown our mothers in jail for having us. That's not disrespectful?

The ultimate lesson is that there is no immunity, no matter our age or the size of our retirement account, from going through constant cycles of integration and disintegration in which we are humbled and hopefully set to rights with the world again.

Sunscreen, in the world of beauty, is the ultimate in adulting.

I think the older I get, the more I realize that the ultimate luxury is time.

We're learning things every decade we grow through, and ultimately, you do end up with a different way of looking at things.

I had a little gut check, and ultimately, I grew up as far as my MMA mentality and am more mature now.

Ultimately, you know, I'm a grown-up, I've been in this business a long time. I've got kids. I've got to do my stuff. But I also need to keep it there so I can bring it up again the next day at work or whatever.

Being older now, grown, I'm like, 'What do we really do that's fun?' I'm kind of corny when you think about it. What could I rhyme about? Let me see, um, I gotta pay the rent today.

Maybe something that's acceptable in your teens or 20s is unacceptable in your 30s or 40s.

This country has a complex about age. It's unbelievable. If you're over thirty, you've had it in this country.

There is no place for innocence on the battlefield.

How old are you Johnny" she asked. Sixteen." And what's that-a boy or a man?" He laughed. "A boy in time of peace and a man in time of war.

By inconsistency and frivolity we stray from the Way and show ourselves to be beginners. In this we do much harm.

Of course I would never compare myself to someone who actually went through a war, but I definitely matured shooting 'The Pacific.' I'm more calm and I have more patience.

I have to admit that I only read 'War and Peace' when I was 40. But I knew the basics before then.

Men make love more intensely at 20, but make love better, however, at 30.

Marriages are for the grownup people. Fortunately or unfortunately, I am not yet the one!

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.

If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty, you have no brain.