Unlike other diseases, the vulnerability to cancer lies in ourselves. We always thought of disease as exogenous, but research into cancer has turned that idea on its head - as long as we live, grow, age, there will be cancer. Siddhartha Mukherjee agecancerdisease share on social
What is an adult? A child blown up by age. Simone de Beauvoir adultageblow Change image and share on social
Age gives you a great sense of proportion. You can be very hard on yourself when you're younger but now I just think 'well everybody's absolutely mad and I'm doing quite well'. Morrissey absolutelyagegreat Change image and share on social
Age shouldn't affect you. It's just like the size of your shoes - they don't determine how you live your life! You're either marvellous or you're boring, regardless of your age. Morrissey affectagebore Change image and share on social
To be renewed is everything. What more could one ask for than to have one's youth back again? George Lucas backrenewyouth Change image and share on social
I got my first guitar at age of 7 and never laid it down. Momma taught me G, C, and D. I was off to the races son! Jerry Reed ageguitarlay Change image and share on social
I don't need the money after 11 years on 'Frasier,' and there aren't that many great roles onstage left for somebody my age. I'm more interested in playing those roles than I am in playing bit parts in movies. John Mahoney agebitefrasier share on social
I spent a lot of time not in school, so I didn't have deep relationships with kids my own age. Jodie Foster agedeepkid Change image and share on social
Harper Lee and Truman Capote became friends as next-door neighbors in the late 1920s, when they were about kindergarten age. From the start, they recognized in each other "an apartness," as Capote later expressed it; and both loved reading. When Lee's father gave them an old Underwood typewriter, they began writing original stories together. Charles J. Shields 1920sageapartness share on social