Age is getting to know all the ways the world turns, so that if you cannot turn the world the way you want, you can at least get out of the way so you won't get run over. Miriam Makeba agerunturn Change image and share on social
I came of baseball age (isn't it always around first grade?) in the last sputtering years of the A's Philadelphia tenancy. I probably plighted my fated troth in 1949, when the A's fluked into a winning season and introduced a pintsize southpaw named Bobby Shantz. Richard Corliss agebaseballbobby share on social
I saw no African people in the printed and illustrated Sunday school lessons. I began to suspect at this early age that someone had distorted the image of my people. My long search for the true history of African people the world over began. John Henrik Clarke africanagebegin share on social
The ritual of families watching TV together passed into antiquity around the time I was my son's age; that was when households tended to have a single television and when the choices of what to watch were manageable. Steve Erickson ageantiquitychoice share on social
Progress among the youngest children is especially important because we know that preventing obesity at an early age helps young people maintain a healthy weight into adulthood. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey adulthoodagechild Change image and share on social
When an actress is younger, she likes to lower her age, but when she is older, she likes to add to her years. Katharine Cornell actressaddage Change image and share on social
People get devalued in Hollywood when they age, despite all their efforts to stay relevant and beautiful and young. They can't get jobs anymore. David LaChapelle ageanymorebeautiful Change image and share on social
Most people my age, their musical life ended in the '80s. They stick with what they know. But my tastes are much broader. And I don't want to stop learning. Paul Weller 80sagebroad Change image and share on social
We seem to live in an age where we are quietly appalled by the idea of appetites, whether they be for sex, food or diamonds. Jojo Moyes ageappallappetite Change image and share on social