You just never know when you're living in a golden age. Alexander Payne agegoldenlive Change image and share on social
I am often asked why I started to write poetry. The answer is that my motivation sprang from a visceral need to creatively articulate the experiences of the black youth of my generation, coming of age in a racist society. Linton Kwesi Johnson ageanswerarticulate share on social
Age is relative. Experience is relative. And I think often intensity is confused with maturity. Laura Marling ageconfuseexperience Change image and share on social
It is not sufficient for the young to devote their enthusiasm, their courage, their ambition, their self-sacrifice to the great ideas of the time; the young must not only preserve but increase their powers if they are to be really equal to their eternal task: that of drawing the age in advance. Ellen Key advanceageambition share on social
The three ages of man: youth, middle age and 'my word you do look well'. June Whitfield agemanmiddle Change image and share on social
Knowledge is the parent of knowledge. He who possesses most of the information of his age will not quietly submit to neglect its current acquisitions, but will go on improving as long as means and opportunities offer; while he who finds himself ignorant of most things, is only too apt to shrink from a labour which becomes Herculean. James Fenimore Cooper acquisitionageapt share on social
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty. Thomas Jefferson agecountryhostile Change image and share on social
I am a woman. I go on set, and I'll be who I am, and I'll represent who I am. I think it comes with age. Karen Elson agerepresentset Change image and share on social
Age does take it out of you, and I haven't the energy I had before. Sometimes I have breakfast and sit in this chair, and I wake up and it is lunchtime. In the past, the idea of sleeping through a morning would have horrified me, but you have to accept the limitations that old age imposes on you. Tony Benn acceptagebreakfast share on social
I'm very mature for my age, but I'm also innocent in a lot of ways. Kirsten Dunst ageinnocentlot Change image and share on social