Quotes from Maggie Kuhn

Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind - even if your voice shakes.

I enjoy my wrinkles and regard them as badges of distinction - I've worked hard for them!

Power should not be concentrated in the hands of so few, and powerlessness in the hands of so many.

People who have had power, when they become powerless, are really tragic.... We just allow ourselves to be conditioned by a society so we become as important as we're supposed to be.

Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.

There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!

Old age is an excellent time for outrage.

The ultimate indignity is to be given a bedpan by a stranger who calls you by your first name.

There are six myths about old age: 1. That it's a disease, a disaster. 2. That we are mindless. 3. That we are sexless. 4. That we are useless. 5. That we are powerless. 6. That we are all alike.

The best age is the age you are.

Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion.

By the year 2020, the year of perfect vision, the old will outnumber the young.

Power should not be concentrated in the hands of so few, and powerlessness in the hands of so many.

The ultimate indignity is to be given a bedpan by a stranger who calls you by your first name.

Speak your mind even if your voice shakes.

Speak your mind, even though your voice shakes.

My goal is to do something outrageous every day.

Learning and sex until rigor mortis.

When you least expect it, someone may actually listen to what you have to say.

Speak you mind, even if your voice shakes.

Speak the truth, even if your voice shakes

Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind—even if your voice shakes.

Old age is not a disease - it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses.

A healthy community is one in which the elderly protect, care for, love and assist the younger ones to provide continuity and hope