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Maturing Quotes (page 2)

Gene Simmons quote: "I've always been anti-marriage for men until they become..."
I've always been anti-marriage for men until they become mature. As a species we don't mature until we're in our 60s. Gene Simmons
Henri Bergson quote: "To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to..."
To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly. Henri Bergson
Karen Allen quote: "People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across..."
People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man. Karen Allen
John Fowles quote: "The best wines take the longest to mature."
The best wines take the longest to mature. John Fowles
William S. Burroughs quote: "Quien sabe? Not me. The older I get the less I sabe, the less..."
Quien sabe? Not me. The older I get the less I sabe, the less wisdom, maturity and caution I have. William S. Burroughs
So this is where the years of maturity deliver us - to this needy, selfish, unwieldy wish to be somebody else's first and primal other. Carol Shields
The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardner objected that the tree was slow growing and wouldn't reach maturity for 100 years. The Marshall replied, "In that case, there is no time to lose; plant it this afternoon! John F. Kennedy
In a series of wonderful essays, Evan Handler gives himself up to us - warts and all. To our amusement and bemusement we share in his emotional growth as he struggles to mature. I not only laughed along with him but felt that I too had grown a little along the way. Who could ask for more? Lewis Black
On the one hand maybe I’ve remained infantile, while on the other I matured quickly, because at a young age I was very aware of suffering and fear. Audrey Hepburn
Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal; bad poets deface what they take, and good poets make it into something better, or at least something different. T. S. Eliot
Madeleine L'Engle quote: "We do learn and develop when we are exposed to those who are..."
We do learn and develop when we are exposed to those who are greater than we are. Perhaps this is the chief way we mature. Madeleine L'Engle
Almost all great writers have as their motif, more or less disguised, the passage from childhood to maturity, the clash between the thrill of expectation and the disillusioning knowledge of truth. 'Lost Illusion' is the undisclosed title of every novel. Andre Maurois
For unless one is able to live fully in the present, the future is a hoax. There is no point whatever in making plans for a future which you willnever be able to enjoy. When your plans mature, you will still be livingfor some other future beyond. You will never, never be able to sit backwith full contentment and say, "Now, I've arrived!" Your entireeducation has deprived you of this capacity because it was preparingyou for the future, instead of showing you how to be alive now. Alan Watts
Bill Watterson quote: "Years from now, when I'm successful and happy, ...and he's in..."
Years from now, when I'm successful and happy, ...and he's in prison... I hope I'm not too mature to gloat. Bill Watterson
Henry James quote: " was after all a rather mature blossom, such as could be..."
... was after all a rather mature blossom, such as could be plucked from the stem only by a rigorous jerk. Henry James

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