Quotes About Aging

Chastity is not chastity in an old man, but a disability to be unchaste.

No spring, nor summer beauty hath such grace,As I have seen in one autumnal face.

They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green. (Ps. 92:12–14)

In our youth-oriented culture, aging is feared, something to be put off as long as possible.It has been said:"Everyone wants to live a long time, but no one wants to grow old.

I think we look back at times past with fondness because we were younger. Life had not yet begun pecking away at our innocence like buzzards on fresh road kill.

You have a huge amount of confidence when you're younger, which slowly ebbs away for the rest of your life. You think: 'No problem. I can do that. Why shouldn't I do it?'

We're supposed to lose our friends to time, at an age when we're ready to agree to the terms of having lived a long life. Not now.

If you're worrying about the wrinkles on your bollocks I'd say your life's pretty good

The happy problem of our time - longer life.

Oh, the worst of all tragedies is not to die young, but to live until I am seventy five and yet not ever truly to have lived.

It is a blessing to get old. It is a blessing to find the time to do the things, to read the books, to listen to the music. I have nothing now but praise for my life.

If I give up drinking, smoking, and fatty foods, I can add ten years to my life. Trouble is, I'll add it to the wrong end.

I thought to spend my declining years writing poetry and teaching - but that won't pay the Bergdorf's bill. I think I'll move to somewhere life is cheaper.

In France, older women are considered sensual, and they don't have to mask the lines and wrinkles and erase every sign of their life on earth to be attractive and get laid.

I have to tell you I never in my life anticipated getting this old, this fast. It seems as if I were 25 just a few days ago.

Nothing seemed as scary as waking up at 40 and realizing that I had not lived a very courageous life.

You can't be afraid of getting old. Old is good, if you're gathering in life. Our band is good at understanding that equation.

Emily and I have now reached the time in life when not only do we lie about our ages, we forget what we've said they are.

And I'm a really happy person, I enjoy life. I think you see that on people. I think there's nothing more aging than misery.

The aging process is totally minimizing. Life in general is pretty minimizing because you have a lot of big ideas, and you have to battle the mistaken delusions and instability that come with youth.

I've decided that my motto in life is "Get off my lawn." It's the right answer to everything.

You spend the first two-thirds of your life asking to be left alone and the last third not having to ask.

If we ... capitalize on the very real strengths of older people, then added years of life can dramatically improve quality of life at all ages.

Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before.