Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because youth is sweet and they are growing. Aristotle
Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because youth is sweet and they are growing.
Aging is not 'lost youth' but a new stage of opportunity and strength. Betty Friedan
Aging is not 'lost youth' but a new stage of opportunity and strength.
To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable. Oscar Wilde
To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.
I am not young enough to know everything. Oscar Wilde
I am not young enough to know everything.
The golden age is before us, not behind us. Sallust
The golden age is before us, not behind us.
The best part about being my age is in knowing how my life worked out. Sure, there's a lot more living to go, but there isn't much doubt that I'll always be the 'Dilbert guy.' Unless I go on a crime spree, in which case I'll be 'that stabbin' Dilbert guy.' Scott Adams
The best part about being my age is in knowing how my life worked out. Sure, there's a lot more living to go, but there isn't much doubt that I'll always be the 'Dilbert guy.' Unless I go on a crime spree, in which case I'll be 'that stabbin' Dilbert guy.'
A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time. Oliver Wendell Holmes
A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time.
Once I had learnt my twelve times table (at the age of three) it was downhill all the way. Fred Hoyle
Once I had learnt my twelve times table (at the age of three) it was downhill all the way.
The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy. Alfred North Whitehead
The deepest definition of youth is life as yet untouched by tragedy.
We grow too soon old and too late smart. Dutch Proverb
We grow too soon old and too late smart.
To remain young while growing old is the highest blessing. German Proverb
To remain young while growing old is the highest blessing.
I was always taught to respect my elders and I've now reached the age when I don't have anybody to respect. George F. Burns
I was always taught to respect my elders and I've now reached the age when I don't have anybody to respect.
Age to me means nothing. I can't get old; I'm working. I was old when I was twenty-one and out of work. As long as you're working, you stay young. When I'm in front of an audience, all that love and vitality sweeps over me and I forget my age. George F. Burns
Age to me means nothing. I can't get old; I'm working. I was old when I was twenty-one and out of work. As long as you're working, you stay young. When I'm in front of an audience, all that love and vitality sweeps over me and I forget my age.
I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel. Henri Frederic Amiel
I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.
The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. Frank Lloyd Wright
The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes.
Young people have an almost biological destiny to be hopeful. Marshall Ganz
Young people have an almost biological destiny to be hopeful.
I grow more intense as I age. Florida Scott Maxwell
I grow more intense as I age.
You can only perceive real beauty in a person as they get older. Anouk Aimee
You can only perceive real beauty in a person as they get older.
An old doting fool, with one foot already in the grave. Plutarch
An old doting fool, with one foot already in the grave.
I am thirty-three - the age of the good Sans-culotte Jesus; an age fatal to revolutionists. Gerald Brenan
I am thirty-three - the age of the good Sans-culotte Jesus; an age fatal to revolutionists.
One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from being young. William Feather
One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from being young.
Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else. Ogden Nash
Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.
Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so. Tryon Edwards
Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.
Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough. Groucho Marx
Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.
Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever. Don Marquis
Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever.
Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death. Edith Wharton
Old age, calm, expanded, broad with the haughty breadth of the universe, old age flowing free with the delicious near-by freedom of death.
The older I get, the more I feel almost beautiful... Sharon Olds
The older I get, the more I feel almost beautiful...
The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. H. L. Mencken
The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
If one age believes too much it is natural that another believes too little. Ludwig Borne
If one age believes too much it is natural that another believes too little.
The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools. Doug Larson
The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools.
I will never give in to old age until I become old. And I'm not old yet! Leo Rosten
I will never give in to old age until I become old. And I'm not old yet!
To resist the frigidity of old age one must combine the body, the mind and the heart - and to keep them in parallel vigor one must exercise, study and love. Karl von Bonstetten
To resist the frigidity of old age one must combine the body, the mind and the heart - and to keep them in parallel vigor one must exercise, study and love.
I never feel age...If you have creative work, you don't have age or time. Louise Nevelson
I never feel age...If you have creative work, you don't have age or time.
You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing. Michael Pritchard
You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.
As you get older, you find that often the wheat, disentangling itself from the chaff, comes out to meet you. Gwendolyn Brooks
As you get older, you find that often the wheat, disentangling itself from the chaff, comes out to meet you.
When you're young, the silliest notions seem the greatest achievements. Pearl Bailey
When you're young, the silliest notions seem the greatest achievements.
Every schoolmaster after the age of forty-nine, is inclined to flatulence is apt to swallow frequently and to puff. Harold Nicolson
Every schoolmaster after the age of forty-nine, is inclined to flatulence is apt to swallow frequently and to puff.
You're never too old to become younger. Mae West
You're never too old to become younger.
A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried. Garson Kanin
A man ninety years old was asked to what he attributed his longevity. I reckon, he said, with a twinkle in his eye, it because most nights I went to bed and slept when I should have sat up and worried.
Middle age is the awkward period when Father Time starts catching up with Mother Nature. Harold Coffin
Middle age is the awkward period when Father Time starts catching up with Mother Nature.
I'm very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was forty. I was a bit upset about reaching that milestone, but an older friend consoled me. 'Don't complain about growing old - many, many people do not have that privilege.' Earl Warren
I'm very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was forty. I was a bit upset about reaching that milestone, but an older friend consoled me. 'Don't complain about growing old - many, many people do not have that privilege.'
Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to. Bill Vaughn
Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.
After 12 years, the old butterflies came back. Well, I guess at my age you call them moths. Franco Harris
After 12 years, the old butterflies came back. Well, I guess at my age you call them moths.
Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay. Doris Day
Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay.
Few people know how to be old. Maggie Kuhn
Few people know how to be old.
Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him. George Santayana
Before you contradict an old man, my fair friend, you should endeavor to understand him.
Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it whitens only the hair. Ira Gershwin
Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it whitens only the hair.
At age 50, every man has the face he deserves. George Orwell
At age 50, every man has the face he deserves.
To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. Bernard M. Baruch
To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
Sure I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself some day. Lillian Carter
Sure I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself some day.
I grow old ever learning many things. Solon
I grow old ever learning many things.
A major advantage of age is learning to accept people without passing judgment. Liz Carpenter
A major advantage of age is learning to accept people without passing judgment.
By the year 2020, the year of perfect vision, the old will outnumber the young. Maggie Kuhn
By the year 2020, the year of perfect vision, the old will outnumber the young.
Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending. Anne Bradstreet
Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.
Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place. Abigail Van Buren
Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
There are only three ages for women in Hollywood - Babe, District Attorney, and Driving Miss Daisy. Goldie Hawn
There are only three ages for women in Hollywood - Babe, District Attorney, and Driving Miss Daisy.
By the age of fifty, you have made yourself what you are, and if it is good, it is better than your youth. Marya Mannes
By the age of fifty, you have made yourself what you are, and if it is good, it is better than your youth.
Age is the most terrible misfortune that can happen to any man; other evils will mend, this is every day getting worse. George James
Age is the most terrible misfortune that can happen to any man; other evils will mend, this is every day getting worse.
As we grow old…the beauty steals inward. Ralph Waldo Emerson
As we grow old…the beauty steals inward.
To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to triumph over old age. Thomas Bailey Aldrich
To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to triumph over old age.
Age in a virtuous person, of either sex, carries in it an authority which makes it preferable to all the pleasures of youth. Richard Steele, Sr.
Age in a virtuous person, of either sex, carries in it an authority which makes it preferable to all the pleasures of youth.
After age seventy it's patch, patch, patch. Jimmy Stewart
After age seventy it's patch, patch, patch.
It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen. Brigitte Bardot
It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.
People who say you're just as old as you feel are all wrong, fortunately. Russell Baker
People who say you're just as old as you feel are all wrong, fortunately.
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age. Lucille Ball
The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.
The trick is growing up without growing old. Casey Stengel
The trick is growing up without growing old.
When you have loved as she has loved, you grow old beautifully. W. Somerset Maugham
When you have loved as she has loved, you grow old beautifully.
When you're eighteen your emotions are violent, but they're not durable. W. Somerset Maugham
When you're eighteen your emotions are violent, but they're not durable.
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. Andrew Carnegie
As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.
When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory. Arthur Christopher Benson
When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.
There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow. Fay Weldon
There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.
Though it sounds absurd, it is true to say I felt younger at sixty than I felt at twenty. Ellen Glasgow
Though it sounds absurd, it is true to say I felt younger at sixty than I felt at twenty.
Age is…wisdom, if one has lived one's life properly. Miriam Makeba
Age is…wisdom, if one has lived one's life properly.
Of all the self-fulfilling prophecies in our culture, the assumption that aging means decline and poor health is probably the deadliest. Marilyn Ferguson
Of all the self-fulfilling prophecies in our culture, the assumption that aging means decline and poor health is probably the deadliest.
In spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways. Edith Wharton
In spite of illness, in spite even of the archenemy sorrow, one can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things, and happy in small ways.
He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden. Plato
He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.
It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides. George Sand
It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides.
I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity. Tom Stoppard
I think age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
I'm not dead. I mean, I may be getting older, but I'm not dead! Sheryl Crow
I'm not dead. I mean, I may be getting older, but I'm not dead!
I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on. Eleanor Roosevelt
I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.
Old age is not so bad when you consider the alternatives. Maurice Chevalier
Old age is not so bad when you consider the alternatives.
As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer. Robert Quillen
As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer.
Young men's minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after. Homer
Young men's minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after.
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