I've had a very unusual background in science - not the usual route of planning on being a scientist from age 3. I think my story shows that success is more about personal motivation and determination than it is about where you were born or what your economic status was. Craig Venter agebackgroundbear share on social
I'm very accepting with my age. It's like notches on your belt: experience, wisdom, and a different kind of beauty. There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin. Zoe Saldana acceptagebeauty Change image and share on social
Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I would be today. Happiness is like smallpox: if you catch it too soon, it can completely ruin your constitution. Gustave Flaubert agecatchcompletely Change image and share on social
Error is acceptable as long as we are young; but one must not drag it along into old age. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe acceptableagedrag Change image and share on social
So I continued through my next school, which takes me up to the age of 17, moving from the bottom stream of one year into the bottom stream of the next year, all the way through. I showed other talents which gave me self-respect, which is fine. Jeremy Irons agebottomcontinue share on social
The cultural decoding that many American writers require has become an even harder task in the age of globalisation. The experience they describe has grown more private; its essential background, the busy larger world, has receded. Pankaj Mishra ageamericanbackground share on social
My mother is not a Catholic, but she's always tried to drag my brother and my sister and I to church from a very young age, and we have always put up a little bit of a rebellion against it. Sophie Kennedy Clark agebitebrother Change image and share on social
I'm age-appropriate. I dress age-appropriately, I choose mates age-appropriately. I'm a big believer in people should act their age. Jamie Lee Curtis actageappropriately Change image and share on social
I always had a good dexterity. The story in my family goes that at the age of 3 I could thread needles faster than anybody. Judith Leiber agedexterityfamily Change image and share on social
