So by the time I taught myself the bass guitar at the age of 14, my hands were already pretty nimble. John Entwistle agebasguitar Change image and share on social
I don't like it when people say, 'You're 45, so you should be wearing X and never Y.' For me, dressing is about attitude, not age. Twiggy ageattitudedress Change image and share on social
The credit of advancing science has always been due to individuals and never to the age. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe advanceagecredit Change image and share on social
The anti-apartheid prisoners on the island, like so many in every age and nation, found that Shakespeare had a peculiar ability to gentle their condition. They used to gather clandestinely to read the plays; on one occasion, the book was passed around for each man to mark his favourite lines. Daniel Hannan abilityageanti share on social
My mother was a mother. She didn't really work, apart from bringing us up, which a job in itself, but at an age where lots of people are thinking of retiring, so is having up to 20 or 30 engagements a day, and she's brilliant at it - she has always been brilliant with people. Tom Parker Bowles agebrilliantbring share on social
Raised by an irresponsible mother during the Great Depression in the Jim Crow south, my father was on his own from the age of 13. Larry Elder agecrowdepression Change image and share on social
It was traumatic for my children to see the British army en masse coming into our home and searching the house. I recall on one occasion, when our home was raided, my youngest son was standing at the top of the stairs - he would probably have been only three years of age - in his pyjamas. The soldiers came up the stairs, and he peed himself. Martin McGuinness agearmybritish share on social
The advent of the digital age and the immediacy and convenience of digital video and photography allows people to become an integral part of the feedback loop which actively shapes the content we are fed. Damian Loeb activelyadventage share on social
The real luxury travel of the modern age is not through space; it's through time. Nancy Gibbs ageluxurymodern Change image and share on social
Our mother was a very religious and observant Jew, our father less so. She was kind of driving the religious education, so for us it was more a burden and an obligation when we were kids at that age. Joel Coen ageburdendrive Change image and share on social