It is unthinkable for a Frenchman to arrive at middle age without having syphilis and the Cross of the Legion of Honor.
It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.
I had used eclectic therapy and behavior therapy on myself at the age of 19 to get over my fear of public speaking and of approaching young women in public.
In passing, we should note this curious mark of our own age: the only absolute allowed is the absolute insistence that there is no absolute.
It's not catastrophes, murders, deaths, diseases, that age and kill us it's the way people look and laugh, and run up the steps of omnibuses.
Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself - a lad of about 19.
The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion or ethnic background, is that we all believe we are above-average drivers.
Why do people talk of the horrors of old age? It's great. I feel like a fine old car with the parts gradually wearing out, but I'm not complaining,... Those who find growing old terrible are people who haven't done what they wanted with their lives.
No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to receive new information from age and experience.
Elizabeth Peyton, the artist known for tiny, dazzling portraits of radiant youth, is now painting tiny, dazzling portraits of radiant middle age.
Please understand that I make music to express myself, and if you know anything about me, you know that I'm nothing but honest.
My job is to just express something that I want to express. And if I'm ahead or behind the curve, that's for others to decide.
You can't fit your clothes well and look your best if you don't know what you're working with.
The intersection of law, politics, and technology is going to force a lot of good thinking.
There were so many different labels coming to me and they just didn't seem right, but 300... They wanted me bad. It felt like a family.
I have been extremely touched by these signs of affection on the part of all the Thai people.
Winning teams have the least amount of distractions. They have a really tight group of people working towards the same common goal.
Probably the only way Woody Allen and I are similar is that he has a lot to say about Nietzsche.