I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates.

Quote by T S Eliot

Topics: Age Quotes

Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative.

Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative.

Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.

Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.

Our difficulties of the moment must always be dealt with somehow, but our permanent difficulties...

Our difficulties of the moment must always be dealt with somehow, but our permanent difficulties...

A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its...

A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its...

Love is most nearly itself when here and now cease to matter.

Love is most nearly itself when here and now cease to matter.

If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.

It's not wise to violate rules until you know how to observe them.

Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.

Art never improves, but... the material of art is never quite the same.

So the lover must struggle for words.

So the lover must struggle for words.

O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the...

O Lord, deliver me from the man of excellent intention and impure heart: for the...

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

My greatest trouble is getting the curtain up and down.

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one...

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one...

You are the music while the music lasts.

You are the music while the music lasts.

Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.

Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one...

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one...

Playwriting gets into your blood and you can't stop it. At least not until the...

Playwriting gets into your blood and you can't stop it. At least not until the...

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and...

A play should give you something to think about. When I see a play and...

Every experience is a paradox in that it means to be absolute, and yet is...

Every experience is a paradox in that it means to be absolute, and yet is...

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.

Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper,...

Poetry may make us from time to time a little more aware of the deeper,...