My life divides into three parts. In the first I was wretched; in the second ill at ease; in the third hunting.
Shows are my saving grace. In between actual jobs, the only thing that keeps me sane is the knowledge that I can go up on stages.
I remember the first time I spoke to an editor. I thought I'd be sick, I was so nervous. The first time I spoke to a large group at a conference, I had the jitters for days beforehand.
Well-being changes as we move through life, which is why a child's version of it cannot be the same as an old person's.
Kings are for nations in swaddling clothes.
Photography is about freezing a moment in time; McGinley's is about freezing a stage in a lifetime.
I look at my contemporaries, and we're all at different stages and levels, and all choosing different routes, different ways to do things.
There are many stages of grief.
There are three things which the superior man guards against. In youth ... lust. When he is strong ... quarrelsomeness. When he is old ... covetousness.
They say seven stages of grief. I think it's more like 77.
I think it is nice to get older.
I'm not sad at all about turning 40.
There are new eras in one's life that are equivalent to youth-are something better than youth.
We must keep on trying to solve problems, one by one, stage by stage, if not on the basis of confidence and cooperation, at least on that of mutual toleration and self-interest.
People mature at different stages and I feel I'm learning a lot.
You can't be 16 forever.
It's not hard to have a second act. It's just that the second act's not going to be as exciting.
The infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is stationary, the old man approaches it with his back turned.
The three ages of man: youth, middle age and 'my word you do look well'.
Life should serve up its feast of experience in a series of courses.
If you're always battling against getting older, you're always going to be unhappy, because it's going to happen anyhow.
There are children born to be children, and others who must mark time till they can take their natural places as adults.
Do not believe that living together before marriage guarantees the future. By burning certain stages, you risk burning love itself. Time needs to be respected gradually, just like the expressions of love.
Youth, large, lusty, loving -- Youth, full of grace, force, fascination. Do you know that Old Age may come after you with equal grace, force, fascination?
Enjoy the pregnancy, not racing ahead and relishing the moment. I think people see pregnancy as something to get over with, but every stage of becoming a mother is really special.
