Aging Quotes by Mason Cooley

I am now old enough to make common cause with my predecessors against my successors.

— Mason Cooley

After sixty, the self-questioning of middle age is obsolete.

— Mason Cooley

The children of childish parents age quickly.

— Mason Cooley

With age, the mind grows slower and more wily.

— Mason Cooley

Old age learns about less after a lifetime of more.

— Mason Cooley

With age, comfort becomes more seductive than beauty.

— Mason Cooley

As an elder I mistrust the wisdom of age.

— Mason Cooley

Youth demands more than ordinary life. Age clings to it.

— Mason Cooley

The noisy vacancy of youth, the quiet vacancy of age.

— Mason Cooley

The imaginary audience for my life is growing small and silent.

— Mason Cooley

Growth provides novel experiences for youth; decay the same, alas, for age.

— Mason Cooley

At sixty, I would like to give my future back its vistas of uncertainty.

— Mason Cooley

The older we become, the more certain our future.

— Mason Cooley

With age, I have become both more pious and more shameless.

— Mason Cooley

The vices of youth now exceed my powers, but not my fancy.

— Mason Cooley

With decrepitude, longevity has overshot the mark.

— Mason Cooley

As the tenor roars his passion, I think sadly of my spreading middle, and his.

— Mason Cooley

As a youth, I sought out decadence; as an elder, I try to avoid decay.

— Mason Cooley