Elderly Quotes · Page 8

Someone asked me if I would like to write a man on death row, be a pen pal, and I was like,…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

The way the elderly are treated, and in some cases warehoused and medicated, rather than nurtured and listened to, is distressing.

— Bill Nighy

I first came across her [Bae Suah] when I read some elderly male critic castigating her for 'doing violence to the Korean…

— Deborah Smith

“You found us, and then lied to us so you could get a job?”

— Dianne Harman Coyote in Provence

There is work to do; that is why I cannot stop or sit still. As long as a child needs help, as…

— Rosa Parks

No elderly person should be like an “exile” in our families. The elderly are a treasure for our society.

— Pope Francis

When Ive ridden in parades, I always throw to the kids, the elderly and anyone who is smiling and having a great…

— Bryan Batt

Flexible working is not just for women with children. It is necessary at the other end of the scale. If people can…

— Theresa May

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— Kamil Ali

“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

[Pope Francis] has done this not through angry speeches, but through the powerful symbols and examples of embracing a badly deformed man,…

— John I. Jenkins

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

— Robert M. Edsel

I have never admitted the right of an elderly author to alter the work of a young author, even when the young…

— George Bernard Shaw

As the nation's elderly population grows, dozens of industries have tried to harness the political might of older Americans for corporate goals.

— Charles Duhigg

Why can't we build orphanages next to homes for the elderly? If someone were sitting in a rocker, it wouldn't be long…

— Cloris Leachman

Always take the time to show compassion for those less fortunate, and there are many. Take the time to help a young…

— Jack Lambert

Elderly people and those in authority cannot always be relied upon to take enlightened and comprehending views of what they call the…

— Winston Churchill

If we're to honor the heritage of our country, whether it be in terms of religious freedom, whether it be in terms…

— Tom Coburn

I enjoy entering the viewpoint of characters who are as different from myself as I can get - children, elderly women, animals,…

— Scott Bradfield

I had come to realize the importance of the Nation, and of shared, communal, social responsibility, to be held as equally important…

— Thomas Paine

We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the…

— Thurgood Marshall

Do the elected officials in Washington stand with ordinary Americans - working families, children, the elderly, the poor - or will the…

— Bernie Sanders

Films are deprived of the conventional elderly figures now. They are more into yo moms and dads.

— Alok Nath

“Do not forget you mother, when she is old.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

There's a small worm called Loa Loa Filariasis. This parasite can survive in one environment exclusively- namely, underneath the skin and inside…

— David Attenborough