Quotes About Aging

The older I get though, the more scared I am about the pregnancy situation. I don't want to be too old that I can't enjoy it.

Well, I guess, but I just feel so strong. Actually, it was probably when I was 50 that we were trying to - to get pregnant, and I thought that I could do it then.

Many older people I know are focused on the past. When they talk about the future, they are, quite understandably, preoccupied with the hassles and obstacles of their increasing age.

The reality is, I'm not 24 or 34 anymore. Things are going to be different when I prepare for and when I compete in an athletic endeavor.

When a noble life has prepared for old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality.

I think of dying every day... At a certain age, you should be prepared to go at any time.

A lot of people aren't saving enough. And incidentally, people are living longer now, and health care is improving. You might end up retired for 30 years - people are not really preparing for that.

Like the diminishing beauty returns for a facially paralyzed Botox addict, the more forcefully we attempt to stop the passage of time, the less available we are to the very moment we seek to preserve.

I don't know why everyone feels the pressure to look young. Personally, I hate it. I don't want to inject Botox and look young forever. It's living in denial and anything that has an undercurrent of this philosophy is bad for your growth.

One of the reasons for me that there's no 'Spaced 3' is that I don't think you can pretend to be 26 for ever.

I think in your 30s you can still pretend you're in your 20s, or at least maintain some semblance of youth. Forty is when you've got to stop denying the inevitable.

You feel you can pretend to be young until you're 50, but after that, what happens and how do you approach it?

As a baby boomer myself, I can tell you we are part of the have-it-all generation. We pretend never to age and often do our best to avoid sacrifice.

I'm not dyeing my hair and trying to pretend I'm 40. That's not going to work for me.

A lot of my audience are in their 50s. But they want me to pretend to continue to be pretending.

I was given a mask of myself by Frances Barber when we opened 'Julius Caesar.' I looked much younger and prettier. Wearing it was certainly cheaper than Botox.

It's true that blondes attract most of the attention. But it's the brunettes who look prettier as they get older.

I think I look pretty good. And I know there are human beings my age who look the way I do. There must be stories about us - not just about people who are young and good-looking.

The only time I ever think about getting old is when I look in the mirror. I feel pretty good about it, actually.

I find that the older I get, the more I see that there really aren't huge zeniths of happiness or a huge abyss of darkness as much as there used to be.

The image of my face I hold in my mind is always about 10 years out of date.

In my mind, I've always checked out in 2037; that's always been my expiration date. I'll be 75.

I should be married and have 19 kids. And now I'm thinking my eggs are dying on the shelf. They're going to go past their expiration date. But it's what I chose, so I'm fine with that decision.

I find it quite sad to see the likes of Evander Holyfield carrying on past their sell-by date.