“If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.”

— Larry McMurtry

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American novelist, essayist, bookseller and screenwriter 1936

Gregory David Roberts (1952) Australian writer and bank robber

“[bends over] *errgh* Sorry for making that noise, but … that's what happens when you get older. One day what happens is that you bend over, and you never come back.”

Craig Ferguson (1962) Scottish-born American television host, stand-up comedian, writer, actor, director, author, producer and voice a…

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The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2005–2014)

“The older you get, the fewer slumber parties there are, and I hate that. I liked slumber parties. What happened to them?”

Drew Barrymore (1975) American actress, director and producer

“As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can’t remember the other two.”

Norman Wisdom (1915–2010) English actor, comedian and singer-songwriter

“I used to think the years would go by in order, that you get older one year at a time. But it's not like that. It happens overnight.”

Haruki Murakami book Dance Dance Dance

Source: Dance Dance Dance

“You don't get everything all at once. You wait.”

Elizabeth Berg (1948) American novelist

Source: Until The Real Thing Comes Along

“You can't just sit there and wait for people to give you that golden dream, you've got to get out there and make it happen yourself.”

Diana Ross (1944) American vocalist, music artist and actress

As quoted in Jet magazine, Vol. 67, No. 2 (4 February 1985), p. 40

“It's the same the whole world over.
Every year we get a little bit older.
No matter what you say, no matter what you do
Rich or poor, you know it's gonna happen to you.”

Gilbert O'Sullivan (1946) Irish singer-songwriter

"The Same the Whole World Over" (song) <br class="br">Song lyrics <br class="br">Source: Gilbert O'Sullivan, "The Same the Whole World Over" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoBdc1uUxiA (song on YouTube)

“If something takes too long, something happens to you. You become all and only the thing you want and nothing else, for you have paid too much for it, too much in wanting and too much in waiting and too much in getting.”

Robert Penn Warren (1905–1989) American poet, novelist, and literary critic

“Then I thought, boy, isn't that just typical? You wait and wait and wait for something, and then when it happens, you feel sad.”

Sharon Creech book Absolutely Normal Chaos

Source: Absolutely Normal Chaos

“If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.”

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