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Forties Quotes

Careers, style, and sport past forty.

These forties quotes celebrate a decade often written off too early, from NASCAR drivers still racing in their forties and fifties to actors whose careers only reach their Able prime around then.

I'd love to be a NASCAR driver because they're, like, in their forties and fifties.

Quotes by Valee

I've been embracing the red lip and just wearing it every day, not just for going out. And I get so many compliments on it. I love the Julie Hewett Rouge Noir: it's sort of a forties red.

Quotes by Stephanie March

The British who arrived in the United States in the eighteen-thirties and forties had imagined the young republic as a wide-eyed adolescent, socially ungainly and politically gauche, but with some hint of promise.

Quotes by Simon Schama

I don't know how we're going to have this baby because I'm in my forties and I can't even remember my first son's name. But I'm going to have another baby because I'm feeling good.

Quotes by Sherri Shepherd

Able Quotes

Other people get moody in their forties and fifties - men get the male menopause. I missed the whole thing. I was just really happy.

Quotes by Rik Mayall

Here's an irony of the history of conservatism's relationship with business and business's relationship with conservatism: 'Wall Street' used to be the right-wing industrialists of the forties and fifties' greatest term of derision. (Wall Street was the place that humiliated...

Quotes by Rick Perlstein

Certainly I was a bully. I'm not ashamed of it at all. The hostility of the establishment to what you were able to do in the Forties and Fifties was very strong. Sometimes you have to fight against your society.

Quotes by Pierre Boulez

The classic hat image was during the Forties and Fifties, and Elizabeth Taylor was the epitome of that; she was the ultimate celebrity of excess and glamour, and she worked major sun hats.

Quotes by Philip Treacy

Some of my ancestors were religious dissenters who came to America over three hundred years ago. Others were abolitionists in New England in the eighteen forties and fifties.

Quotes by Pete Seeger

Aches Quotes

It sounds so weird, but I'm totally pro-aging. If you look at the film industry, it's so funny how it's so much more accepted that actors begin their prime in their forties or fifties, and for women, it's so different....

Quotes by Michiel Huisman

In the South America of the forties and fifties, everyone was into beauty and glamour and fashion.

Quotes by Mario Testino

Your forties is not the time to be thinking about getting pregnant.

Quotes by Marcia Cross

A few of us who are around the sixty mark don't play that much these days and if you are taking on a couple of guys in their forties it is very difficult.

Quotes by John Newcombe

It was an odd coincidence that my career took off the same decade as having babies. I often wished it had been different, that I had my big career bump in my thirties and my babies in my forties or...

Quotes by Jane Kaczmarek

Ale Quotes

The forties are the time when you begin to take notice of certain aches and pains. Your body and brain behave in inexplicable ways: Less hair on your head, more in your ears and nostrils. More memories in the bank,...

Quotes by Hampton Sides

It's like I'm thin skinned, I guess, but I thought I could never write about my youth for the longest time. It took getting to my forties before I could even look back on it.

Quotes by Greg Mottola

Nobody ever said that growing old would be easy. Just having to hold the newspaper out in your forties and then hair growing out of unusual parts of your body in your fifties. It's tough on the ego.

Quotes by Geoffrey Rush

As a drama student I got into Thirties and Forties suits.

Quotes by Gary Oldman

It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.

Quotes by F. Scott Fitzgerald

America Quotes

I think The Doors are one of the classic groups, and I think we're all tempted to feel like the time in which we grew up was somehow special, but I really do believe that there were two golden eras...

Quotes by Edgar Winter

Frequently Asked Questions

What is this Forties quotes page about?
This page gathers quotes about being in your forties, covering sport, film careers, and personal style. Most of the quotes push back on the idea that forty marks a decline rather than a prime.
Why do people search for quotes about turning forty or being in their forties?
People search for forties quotes when they want a more positive or realistic take on that decade, especially in careers where youth is often overvalued. These quotes offer specific examples from sport, film, and style.
Is there a quote about athletes competing in their forties?
Yes, one quote mentions wanting to be a NASCAR driver specifically because many competitors race well into their forties and fifties. It treats motorsport as an example where age isn't a disqualifying factor.
Do any quotes discuss acting careers and age?
One quote notes it's becoming more accepted that actors, particularly in film, reach their prime in their forties or fifties, though it adds that this shift has been slower for women. See America quotes for more on how industries there value experience.
What do these quotes say about forties and personal style?
One quote describes embracing a bold red lipstick daily, calling the specific shade a "forties red" and noting the compliments it earns. It connects the decade to a distinct, confident style choice rather than caution.

One line admits it gets harder to compete against players in their forties once you pass sixty yourself, a small nod to lasting skill. For beauty and style choices tied to age, see Aches quotes as well.