Quotes About Aging

Even more than dying itself, I'm scared of the horror-movie changes that happen to the human body as it ages. I think of it as a sort of haunted-house effect, living inside a crumbling, creaking structure that is full of ghosts and will, some day, fall down.

Getting older and adjusting to all the things that biologically happen to you is not easy to do and is a constant struggle and adjustment.

As I get older the stars have gone from my eyes more, and I see that life is just something that has to be lived with, that it's better not to struggle.

It was amazing to watch him in the darkroom at an advanced age, still get excited when the results were pleasing. He still struggled like we all do in the darkroom and he struggled behind the camera, and when he had a success he was beaming.

I am interested in struggle - between our hearts and our head, between principle and desire - and one of those struggles is with mortality; and no one at all is immune to it, which makes it even more interesting to me. Some people fall in love, some don't. Some sky dive, some don't. Everyone who lives, ages.

As you get older, whatever your struggles may be - how you sound, how you look, how you dress - you grow into yourself a little bit more. You end up realizing the world wants you and not a carbon copy of six other people.

As life expectancy extends beyond 80 years in some parts of the world, more people are struggling with brain diseases. For older people, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and other conditions become a major impediment to quality of life.

It's different from being 21 and you think there's endless amount of opportunities. At 33, the ending is much, much closer.

The goal of my diet-style is eating for optimal health and longevity. What greater benefit could there be than living healthfully and actively into old age with no dependence on medications and almost no risk of heart disease, diabetes or dementia?

I get more optimistic as I get older.

The optimum frequency with which comedians should do a series is every year. I do one every three years. My audience is literally dying off.

But I'm kind of comfortable with getting older because it's better than the other option, which is being dead. So I'll take getting older.

I'm kind of comfortable with getting older because it's better than the other option, which is being dead. So I'll take getting older.

If I want to run around a field when I'm 70, I would like to have that option.

I think that as actors age, the work becomes more organic to them.

I have severe osteoporosis. Your bones start to collapse.

You come on as a guest. You don't get the girl anymore. But that is our lives. You start off as the boyfriend, then you are the lover, then you are the husband, then you are the father, and then you are the grandfather.

If we all knew we were going to live to be 150 years old, we'd all approach our lives very differently.

You know you're getting old when you get that one candle on the cake. It's like, 'See if you can blow this out.'

Everything that I write is sort of autobiographical, and I don't know that I'm getting better, but I'm certainly running out of time.

People just haven't saved enough for retirement. And they're going to outlive their money.

The ultimate gathering when I was younger would be an over-the-top Christmas party. Now, ugh, it's so sad... as I'm getting older, I kind of look forward to more intimate, really nice dinners.

I am fine with the fact that some of my hair is gray. If it was all gray overnight, that would be a scary thing.

The people I know who have retired, so many of them lose interest and die; they just become nobodies overnight.