Quotes About Age

One compensation of old age is that it excuses you from picnics.

Age has been the perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth.

I am at that age when you panic at the slightest thing.

Twenty-five, he was. Twenty-five tomorrow. Some years the snow had melted for his birthday, but not this year, and so it had been a long winter full of cows.

What is Aldous capable of?" "Aldous is two thousands years old. He's capable of anything." "Aldous Nix is two thousands years old?" "So, I've heard. He doesn't invite me to his birthday parties.

I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me.

At my age you don't go into fatherhood lightly.

I was confirmed at my prep school at the age of 13.

What is amazing for a woman of my age is that I change as the world is changing-and changing very, very fast. I don't think my mother had that opportunity to change.

Looking 50 is great, if you're 60.

Look, demanding somebody do anything in this day and age is not going to fly.

The book [The Dissemblers] officially came out two weeks after my thirtieth birthday...am I still young?

I always do big birthday things. In three years, I'm 70. I'm going to do something outrageous. In America, everyone's always hiding their age.

On your 60th, here's something philosophical To give the old grey matter a stir How old would you be If you didn't know how old you were?

If age was temperature, You'd be getting hotter Happy 60th degree You, hot shotter

Don't think of 60 as ten years older than 50. Think of it as only 1 year older than 59 Go ahead, as it's your birthday Delusion, today, is just fine

Don't be pessimistic Because, today, the sun hasn't shone It probably won't next year And you'll then be 61

Congratulations on turning 60 Now you can wear what you like No one cares, and more particularly You're fine telling 'em 'Take a hike'

I was getting hot flashes and sweats on a regular basis. That's not normal, even for my age.

What I wouldn't give to be seventy again!

Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter.

People still stereotype all day long. But if you forget your own age, you'll get so focused on the business that you become ultra-confident and people will forget to question how old you are.

Then there's that 'You're only as old as you feel' business, which is true to a point, but you can't be Shirley Temple on the Good Ship Lollipop forever. Sooner or later, dammit, you're old.

I'm not saying all seniors should be running a city or running a business, but I am saying seniors are good for a lot more than simply running a bath, baking cookies or babysitting grandchildren.