--- title: "17 Eighty Year Quotes by 17 authors" description: "Browse 17 Eighty Year quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Eighty Year sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c8/sebastian-barry-3654_eighty_what-is-the-sound-of-an-eighty-nine-year_1014644.png" --- > [What is the sound of an eighty-nine-year-old heart breaking?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-barry/what-is-the-sound-of-an-eighty-nine-year-old-heart-breaking/) [Sebastian Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sebastian-barry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c8/sebastian-barry-3654_eighty_what-is-the-sound-of-an-eighty-nine-year_1014644.png) > [An eighty-nine year old kid from Boston playing a blues in New Orleans takes a lot of chutzpah.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-wein/an-eighty-nine-year-old-kid-from-boston-playing-a-blues-in-new/) [George Wein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-wein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a57/george-wein-61948_blues_an-eighty-nine-year-old-kid-from-boston_1609224.png) > [There are numerous advantages in being fifty, ask any eighty year old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/there-are-numerous-advantages-in-being-fifty-ask-any-eighty-year-old/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cb/anonymous-1_50-year-old-birthday_there-are-numerous-advantages-in-being-f_1376486.jpg) > [Do you have any idea how hard it is to tail an eighty year-old woman Its hard. Really hard. Really...slow. -Grabrielle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ally-carter/do-you-have-any-idea-how-hard-it-is-to-tail-an-eighty-year-old-woman/) [Ally Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ally-carter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/587/ally-carter-530_ideas_do-you-have-any-idea-how-hard-it-is-to-t_2341817.png) > [I'm a fifty-three-year-old writer who can remember being a ten-year-old writer and who expects someday to be an eighty-year-old writer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-butler/i-m-a-fifty-three-year-old-writer-who-can-remember-being-a-ten-year/) [Octavia Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-butler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/587/octavia-butler-8606_eighty_i-m-a-fifty-three-year-old-writer-who-ca_253593.jpg) > [“But if I could choose how and when I wanted to die, I would want to be an eighty-year-old man shot by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-demille/but-if-i-could-choose-how-and-when-i-wanted-to-die-i-would-want-to-be/) [Nelson DeMille](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-demille/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc6/nelson-demille-3019_eighty_but-if-i-could-choose-how-and-when-i-wan_1110263.jpg) > [“An eighty-year-old man has managed to climb Mount Everest. I have enough trouble stepping up on the curb. It isn’t fair.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hendrik-groen/an-eighty-year-old-man-has-managed-to-climb-mount-everest-i-have/) [Hendrik Groen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hendrik-groen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fd/hendrik-groen-3652_mount-everest_an-eighty-year-old-man-has-managed-to-cl_2161028.jpg) > [“As Terry Pratchett observed, inside every eighty-year-old man is an eight-year-old wondering what the hell just happened to him”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-stross/as-terry-pratchett-observed-inside-every-eighty-year-old-man-is-an/) [Charles Stross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-stross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad2/charles-stross-896_terry-pratchett_as-terry-pratchett-observed-inside-every_1900094.png) > [“Everybody ages. Eighty-year-olds don’t look like twenty-year-olds, and they shouldn’t. We live in a throwaway culture that stashes older people away and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vicki-myron/everybody-ages-eighty-year-olds-don-t-look-like-twenty-year-olds-and/) [Vicki Myron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vicki-myron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b07/vicki-myron-25971_eighty_everybody-ages-eighty-year-olds-don-t-lo_469260.png) > [“Robert...When you are eighty-two years old, know that there is an eighty-year-old woman somewhere who loves you. Isn’t that a delightful thought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-balogh/robert-when-you-are-eighty-two-years-old-know-that-there-is-an-eighty/) [Mary Balogh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-balogh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d50/mary-balogh-914_eighty_robert-when-you-are-eighty-two-years-old_1160656.png) > [Live your life like you're 80 looking back on your teenager years. You know if your dad calls you at eight in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-swift/live-your-life-like-you-re-80-looking-back-on-your-teenager-years-you/) [Taylor Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-swift/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bf/taylor-swift-125_breakfast_live-your-life-like-you-re-80-looking-ba_1555200.jpg) > [“If an eighty-year-old wants to skydive, then so be it. If I want to blow soap bubbles in the park, then why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angela-scott/if-an-eighty-year-old-wants-to-skydive-then-so-be-it-if-i-want-to/) [Angela Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/angela-scott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cbc/angela-scott-52739_eighty_if-an-eighty-year-old-wants-to-skydive-t_105069.jpg) > [“Even if you are eighty years old, or a lesbian, or a strident feminist, or a nun, or an eighty-year-old strident feminist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-gilbert/even-if-you-are-eighty-years-old-or-a-lesbian-or-a-strident-feminist/) [Elizabeth Gilbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-gilbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49d/elizabeth-gilbert-131_eighty_even-if-you-are-eighty-years-old-or-a-le_254401.jpg) > [I intend to give my eighty-two-year-old dad a copy of God Never Blinks. I will also buy one for a sixteen-year-old friend.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thrity-umrigar/i-intend-to-give-my-eighty-two-year-old-dad-a-copy-of-god-never/) [Thrity Umrigar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thrity-umrigar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/764/thrity-umrigar-18261_blink_i-intend-to-give-my-eighty-two-year-old_239709.png) > [Mum said earlier what a lovely dress you’re wearing.” Beryl’s eyebrows wriggled like two tiny tapeworms. “This?” she said. “But I’ve had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derek-landy/mum-said-earlier-what-a-lovely-dress-you-re-wearing-beryl-s-eyebrows/) [Derek Landy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derek-landy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ca/derek-landy-826_dresses_mum-said-earlier-what-a-lovely-dress-you_1399268.jpg) > [“I can let go of the twenty-three-year-old idiot who didn't realize just how much he could love you. I can. He's gone.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lexi-blake/i-can-let-go-of-the-twenty-three-year-old-idiot-who-didn-t-realize/) [Lexi Blake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lexi-blake/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/690/lexi-blake-12302_bdsm_i-can-let-go-of-the-twenty-three-year-ol_958568.jpg) > [“8. Chapter 4 describes the birth of the assisted-living facility concept (Park Place), designed by Keren Wilson to provide her disabled mother,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/atul-gawande/8-chapter-4-describes-the-birth-of-the-assisted-living-facility/) [Atul Gawande](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/atul-gawande/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/486/atul-gawande-1871_freedom_8-chapter-4-describes-the-birth-of-the-a_12685.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eighty-year/#itemlist", "name": "Eighty Year Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What is the sound of an eighty-nine-year-old heart breaking?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sebastian Barry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sebastian-barry/what-is-the-sound-of-an-eighty-nine-year-old-heart-breaking/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c8/sebastian-barry-3654_eighty_what-is-the-sound-of-an-eighty-nine-year_1014644.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c8/sebastian-barry-3654_eighty_what-is-the-sound-of-an-eighty-nine-year_1014644.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c8/sebastian-barry-3654_eighty_what-is-the-sound-of-an-eighty-nine-year_1014644.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What is the sound of an eighty-nine-year-old heart breaking?” — Sebastian Barry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "An eighty-nine year old kid from Boston playing a blues in New Orleans takes a lot of chutzpah.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George Wein" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-wein/an-eighty-nine-year-old-kid-from-boston-playing-a-blues-in-new/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a57/george-wein-61948_blues_an-eighty-nine-year-old-kid-from-boston_1609224.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a57/george-wein-61948_blues_an-eighty-nine-year-old-kid-from-boston_1609224.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a57/george-wein-61948_blues_an-eighty-nine-year-old-kid-from-boston_1609224.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“An eighty-nine year old kid from Boston playing a blues in New Orleans takes a lot of chutzpah.” — George Wein", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are numerous advantages in being fifty, ask any eighty year old.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/there-are-numerous-advantages-in-being-fifty-ask-any-eighty-year-old/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cb/anonymous-1_50-year-old-birthday_there-are-numerous-advantages-in-being-f_1376486.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cb/anonymous-1_50-year-old-birthday_there-are-numerous-advantages-in-being-f_1376486.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cb/anonymous-1_50-year-old-birthday_there-are-numerous-advantages-in-being-f_1376486.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There are numerous advantages in being fifty, ask any eighty year old.” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Do you have any idea how hard it is to tail an eighty year-old woman Its hard. 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