“This son of his old age was yet more dear— Less from instinctive tenderness, the same Fond spirit that blindly works in… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
“Seven Ages: first puking and mewling Then very pissed-off with your schooling Then fucks, and then fights Next judging chaps' rights Then… — Robert Conquest Copy Share Image
“Alma's existence at once felt bigger and much, much smaller — but a pleasant sort of smaller. The world had scaled itself… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
I think old age is in each one's head; so if you're happy doing what you love, you're going to be young. — Anderson Silva Copy Share Image
“But the trouble is that conscious futility is something only for the young. One cannot go on "despairing of life" in to… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“For a patrimonial state to be stable over time, it is best ruled with consent, at least with consent from the largest… — Paul Kriwaczek Copy Share Image
“The only things that old age comes standard with: grey hair and wrinkles. Wisdom and intellect are earned.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Forget about your lists and do what you can because that’s all you can do. Phone up the people you miss and… — pleasefindthis Copy Share Image
the country of the aged is a land few people think very hard and seriously about before the time of life when… — Maggie Scarf Copy Share Image
When one begins to think of oneself as growing old, one is already old. — Elsie de Wolfe Copy Share Image
...it is so silly of people to fancy that old age means crookedness and witheredness and feebleness and sticks and spectacles and… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
It’s [old age] not a surprise, we knew it was coming – make the most of it. So you may not be… — Betty White Copy Share Image
Writing about the indignities of old age: the daunting stairway to the restaurant restroom, the benefits of a wheelchair in airports and… — John Mortimer Copy Share Image
It's one of the terrors of old age that your body is not your friend. Or to be out on the street… — Israel Horovitz Copy Share Image
“A thoroughgoing paternalist who holds it cannot be dissuaded by being shown that he is making a mistake in logic. He is… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
When we come to the sundown road, we need all the love we have managed to take with us from the summit… — Myrtle Reed Copy Share Image
“So long as our parents are alive, we are children. Then we become childish.” — Ljupka Cvetanova Copy Share Image
“God help me, how Tolstoy sweats over drying up people's sources of life, of wild and joyful life, drying them up and… — Knut Hamsun Copy Share Image
[On her 101-year-old sister and herself, at 103:] We have a lot to do ... People don't understand this. They think we're… — Sarah Louise Delany Copy Share Image
Singularity is only pardonable in old age and retirement; I may now be as singular as I please, but you may not. — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Your spiritual family is even more important than your physical family because it will last forever. Our families on earth are wonderful… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image