Age, they say, is only important if you're cheese. or a wine. They also say, if you are stuck behind one on a golf course, that a tree is 90 per cent air. How come, then, that you invariably send your ball crashing into the remaining 10 per cent? Terry Wogan ageairball share on social
Getting older has been a bonus for me. I feel lucky that parts are being written for someone my age and I am around to play them. Siobhan Finneran agebonusfeel Change image and share on social
Drumming completely eclipsed my life from age 13, when I started drum lessons. Everything disappeared. I'd done well in school up until that time. I was fairly adjusted socially up until that time. And I became completely monomania, obsessed all through my teens. Nothing else existed anymore. Neil Peart adjustageanymore share on social
I was diagnosed with diabetes at age 18. I didn't know what it was, so I went to the library and looked it up. Ron Santo agediabetesdiagnose Change image and share on social
I knew at a young age that I wanted to do comedy, and maybe part of that was trying to fit in at school because I had a weird name, and my parents had these accents, and I was definitely a late bloomer. Nasim Pedrad accentagebloomer share on social
We live in an age where anonymity is growing in magnitude like a bomb going off. Jock Sturges ageanonymitybomb Change image and share on social
So people will come along and do new things and sometimes return to the spirit of an earlier age. Norman McLaren ageearlypeople Change image and share on social
There are a lot of downsides to being male. We age faster and die younger. But give us this: we're lifetime baby-making machines. Women's reproductive abilities start to wane when they're as young as 35. Men? We're good to go pretty much till we're dead. Jeffrey Kluger abilityagebaby share on social
Religion is the best antidote to the individualism of the consumer age. The idea that society can do without it flies in the face of history and, now, evolutionary biology. Jonathan Sacks ageantidotebiology Change image and share on social
Another little known fact about Amazing Tennis - the computer opponents are modeled after real people. In an odd turn of events, I joined a division 3 college tennis team at age 38. David Crane ageamazecollege Change image and share on social