#getting older

I have pushed the boat out as far as I should in terms of taking on too many things. I'm getting older and I just could not take it any more. I am now monitoring myself very closely and I'm just trying not to get into that sort of state again. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#am #any #as far as #boat #closely

No, but it's not because I'm getting older that I'm trying to accelerate. But something very curious is happening: The older I get, the more ideas I'm getting. ↗

— Patrice Leconte

#because #curious #get #getting #getting older

As a man gets older, if he knows what is good for him, the women he likes are getting older too. The trouble is that most of them are married. ↗

— Ross MacDonald

#getting #getting older #good #him #knows

The fun thing about getting older is finding younger people to mentor. ↗

— Mike May

#finding #fun #fun thing #getting #getting older

Pretty much every weekend, my wife and I have the shall-we-live-in-the-country conversation. I suppose it's something to do with getting older and feeling I want to shed some of the things I've been doing for the last 20 years and go back to my roots. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#been #conversation #doing #every #feeling

I've been running a full marathon every year for more than 20 years, and my record is getting worse. Getting older, getting worse. It's natural. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#every #full #getting #getting older #i

If you're not getting older, you're dead. ↗

— Tom Petty

#getting #getting older #older #you

Maybe it's because I'm getting older, I'm finding enjoyment in things that stop time. Just the simple act of tasting a glass of wine is its own event. You're not downing a glass of wine in the midst of doing something else. ↗

— David Hyde Pierce

#because #doing #downing #else #enjoyment

The baby boomers are getting older, and will stay older for longer. And they will run right into the dementia firing range. How will a society cope? Especially a society that can't so readily rely on those stable family relationships that traditionally provided the backbone of care? ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#baby boomers #backbone #boomers #care #cope

I'm getting older now, so I should think about a family, but certainly not tomorrow. ↗

— Christina Ricci

#certainly #family #getting #getting older #i