Aging Quotes · Page 52

“It is only in the peach innocence of youth that life is at its crest on top of the wheel. And there…

— Roman Payne

“My youth was the most stubborn, peremptory part of myself. In my most relaxed moments, it governed my being. It pricked up…

— Susan Choi

Crawling still gets you there.

— Cynthia Lewis

A lot of people are living in a dream world - they want to deny that aging occurs or believe it doesnt…

— S. Jay Olshansky

Only practical work and experience lead the young to maturity.

— Maria Montessori

“Blessed are you when you enjoyed the company of elderly people. They are always ready to share their rich experience and wisdom…

— Lailah Gifty Akita

For me, old age is just something that happens.

— June Whitfield

I pointed out that men, society looks at aging men and say they get more distinguished; some say they get more handsome,…

— Rush Limbaugh

We are but older children, dear, Who fret to find our bedtime near.

— Lewis Carroll

“We must realize that growth is but an adolescent phase of life which stops when physical maturity is reached. If growth continues…

— Anonymous

The business is built on slowing or even stopping the aging process.

— William Devane

I think part of maturity as an actress comes from their experience in getting married and having children.

— Son Ye-jin

“She was an object lesson on the essential luck, whatever hardships may come their way, of those born able to make things.”

— Diana Athill

The only good thing about [aging] is you're not dead.

— Lillian Hellman

Maturity gives you greater possibilities, which I think instinctively come out.

— Mirella Freni

Middle age is the old age of the youth and the youth of old age.

— I Don't Know

Life can only be understood backwards.

— Mackenzie Astin

One of the best hearing aids a man can have is an attentive wife.

— Groucho Marx

I expect to retire to a fine-grained heaven where the temperatures are always consistent, where the images slide before one's eyes in…

— Ansel Adams

Show me a young Conservative and I'll show you someone with no heart. Show me an old Liberal and I'll show you…

— Winston Churchill

“When kids come on the dance floor it’s time for elders to go to the bed.”

— Vijay Kedia

Bourbon's the only drink. Youcan take all that champagne stuff and pour it down the English Channel. Well, why wait 80 years…

— John Michael Hayes

Elderly people are like heat-seeking missiles for people who really have an interest in listening.

— Robert M. Edsel

“But now I remember, of course, I'm never going to be old.”

— Sara Baume

Anyone who has not known that inestimable privilege can possibly realize what good fortune it is to grow up in a home…

— Suzanne La Follette