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Daily Inspiration Quote by Scott Foley

"The older I get, the more I become an apple pie, sparkling cider kind of guy"

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Aging, in Scott Foley's telling, isn't a crisis or a reinvention. It's a quiet, almost comic downgrade from edge to ease: apple pie and sparkling cider, the comfort-food version of choosing the soft chair over the loud room. The line works because it frames maturity as preference, not loss. No sermon about wisdom, no macho insistence that he's still got it. Just a shrug toward sweetness.

The specificity matters. "Apple pie" isn't just dessert; it's an entire brand of American wholesomeness, the kind that smells like family gatherings and low-stakes joy. "Sparkling cider" is the real punchline: celebratory, but conspicuously non-alcoholic, what you hand to kids at a wedding so they can feel included. Foley is signaling a shift from performative adulthood (cocktails, nightlife, the curated chaos of being interesting) to a different status marker: stability. It's self-deprecating without being self-loathing, a way of admitting he's opting out of certain scripts while staying likable.

As an actor, Foley's public identity has long been tied to romantic-drama charisma and TV's polished version of adulthood. This quote nudges that image toward "dad energy" in the best way: someone who'd rather host than haunt the bar. The subtext is cultural, too. In an era when youth is marketed as a lifestyle you can buy back, he makes aging sound like relief - a narrowing of choices that feels like freedom.

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APA Style (7th ed.)
Foley, Scott. (2026, January 16). The older I get, the more I become an apple pie, sparkling cider kind of guy. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-older-i-get-the-more-i-become-an-apple-pie-119038/

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Foley, Scott. "The older I get, the more I become an apple pie, sparkling cider kind of guy." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-older-i-get-the-more-i-become-an-apple-pie-119038/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"The older I get, the more I become an apple pie, sparkling cider kind of guy." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/the-older-i-get-the-more-i-become-an-apple-pie-119038/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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Scott Foley (born July 15, 1972) is a Actor from USA.

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