Quotes About Wisdom

How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.

A man growing old becomes a child again.

Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.

Every day is a gift from God, no matter how old we are.

I'm so old, I don't buy green bananas any more.

I would fain grow old learning many things.

I'm not getting old, I'm getting dead.

The more the years go by, the more difficult it gets. I'm getting old.

If every day is an awakening, you will never grow old. You will just keep growing.

Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture.

Beauty and folly are old companions.

The exhaustion of old age is something people who are younger don't fully appreciate.

I've gotten crankier in my old age.

A lot of people are frightened by old age - by being around people who are, basically, on their way out - but I'm fascinated by it. It's an amazing thing to be around someone who has had a life well lived.

My Bubbie lived to 104, which is probably a little too old to consider a ripe old age, because she had already started to turn. I still say she died young.

I have no desire to be a centenarian. I think 90 is a great time. You've had a good innings. You have to deal with the cards that have been dealt, of course, but I don't think very old age, if you haven't got your marbles, can be very nice.

I softened in my old age.

I have the problems of, I must confess, old age.

For me, old age is just something that happens.

I'm getting older and mellower in my old age.

I have gained no wisdom at all in my old age, but that's the only message I have. It's down to you, ultimately. It really is.

I never forget my old days and I never fly too high I have my feet fixed firmly on the ground!

No man is ever old enough to know better.

Right now, writing for me is most rewarding because I'm old enough now to have something to say, which probably wasn't always the case.