Quotes About Aging

Life is most delightful on the downward slope.

My goal in life is to get as old as I possibly can, to have as much fun as I possibly can, and then die.

Our judgment ripens; our imagination decays. We cannot at once enjoy the flowers of the Spring of life and the fruits of its Autumn.

When you get older, everybody sort of changes and moves away. I think that stands the test of time, when you have a friendship from youth that's still in your life today.

One good reason for writing novels based on your life is that you have something to read in old age when you've forgotten what happened.

Time doth run with calm and silent foot, Shortening my days and thread of vital life.

It's horrible getting older. I mean, it's wonderful because you see the circles of life get completed. But it's horrible losing your looks.

Old age is the verdict of life.

A long healthy life is no accident. It begins with good genes, but it also depends on good habits.

Good thing I'm aging, otherwise I'd be dead.

The important thing in life is to let the years carry us along.

Every moment of life is a step toward the grave. [Fr., Chaque instant de la vie est un pas vers la mort.]

I don't expect anything from anybody. When you grow old Your days are gone; it is part of life.

What is that song that Willie Nelson sang? 'Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few.' I think of that. No big deal. I've reached a stage in my life where I am content.

It is a triumph of life that old people lose their memories of inessential things.

In youth, we get plenty of exercise through games and running around, but as middle life approaches, we settle down, literally and figuratively.

I had dreamed my life for nearly fifty years (I am about to be fifty-nine). But, you see, there are two tones in Les Mats: the echo of this condemnation and a mitigation of that severity.

At a certain age, death becomes familiar to you-or a loss becomes familiar-the tragedies that are more commonplace in life.

I would rather not watch myself in movies. I enjoy the experience, but I won't really see the film until they're on cable deep on into my life so I can pretend it's someone else at another time.

It is inevitable that those to whom is vouchsafed a long life of usefulness should outlive the friends of their youth.

As I get older... I start to realize that life ain't half bad. Each year, I'm amazed that I'm still alive. I don't take any of this for granted, I'm a lucky dude.

Most people think that aging is genetic and yet if your parents lived to age 80+ that will add three years to your life.

I can't maintain the body of a 16-year-old anymore. That's just a really boring life to me. You really just cannot do anything fun, ever.

When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.