“I see my discourse leaves you cold;Dear kids, I do not take offense;Recall: the Devil, he is old,Grow old yourselves, and he'll make sense!”

“I grow old … I grow old … I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.”

“I remember an answer which when quite young I was prompted to make to a valued adviser who was wont to importune me with the dear old doctrines of the church. On my saying, What have I to do with the sacredness of traditions, if I live wholly from within? my friend suggested--'But these impulses may be from below, not from above.' I replied, 'They do not seem to me to be such; but if I am the devil's child, I will live them from the devil.”

“You're making sense, old man, a sense of your own. You're not crazy the way they think. Yes...I see...”

“Dudes in suits and politicians didn't make sense to my 18-year-old brain. All I wanted to do was be awesome.”

“I am no longer afraid of getting old. Indeed I can't believe I ever said anything so stupid. So childish. So offensive and arrogant.But mainly, so very, very stupid. I desperately want to grow old.”