I can say now is that sneaking up on people is a major delight in my old age, but it always has… — Patricia McConnell Copy Share Image
Neither lemonade nor anything else can prevent the inroads of old age. At present, I am stoical under its advances, and hope… — Lydia M. Child Copy Share Image
“As though on a seedling whose blossoms ripen at different times, I had seen in old ladies, on that beach at Balbec,… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
For inside all the weakness of old age, the spirit, God knows, is as mercurial as it ever was. — May Sarton Copy Share Image
“WESTMORELAND. O that we now had here But one ten thousand of those men in England That do no work to-day! KING.… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
King David and King Solomon Led merry, merry lives, With many, many lady friends And many, many wives; But when old age… — James Ball Naylor Copy Share Image
“The world is going to crack in half: that's what is happening! And it will break across us, the old people...we don't… — Valentin Rasputin Copy Share Image
The roots of the aged palm tree exceed those of the young one; the old have a greater attachment to the world. — Saib Tabrizi Copy Share Image
Unto each man comes a day when his favorite sins all forsake him, And he complacently thinks he has forsaken his sins. — John Hay Copy Share Image
“Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness; and reverence towards the Gods must be inviolate. Great words of prideful men are ever… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
“Do not let me hear Of the wisdom of old men, but rather of their folly, Their fear of fear and frenzy,… — T.S. Eliot Copy Share Image
The trouble is, old age is not interesting until one gets there. It's a foreign country with an unknown language to the… — May Sarton Copy Share Image
You will perceive by my preaching that I am growing old: it is the privilege of years, and I am sure you… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Nothing gives a sadder sense of decay than this loss or suspension of the power to deal with unaccustomed things, and to… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
Some reckon their age by years, Some measure their life by art; But some tell their days by the flow of their… — Abram Joseph Ryan Copy Share Image
Do you realize that in 40 years, there will be thousands of old women walking with tatoos? — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My son, by all means desist from kicking the venerable and enlightened Vizier: for as a costly jewel retains its value even… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Then I remember that God is really, really old. So maybe God has God arthritis. And maybe that's why the world sucks.… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
He who cares only for himself in youth will be a very niggard in manhood, and a wretched miser in old age. — Josiah Johnson Hawes Copy Share Image
“I'm past competing in pissing contests. My jet stream is now more of a trickle. The only contest I'd win is the… — Brian MacLearn Copy Share Image
I have drawn things since I was 6. All that I made before the age of 65 is not worth counting. At… — Hokusai Copy Share Image
“If the two women feared that the coming of this date [their retirement] might give some clue to their ages, it was… — Barbara Pym Copy Share Image
“So I pulled the sun screen down and squinted and put the throttle to the floor. And kept on moving west. For… — Robert Penn Warren Copy Share Image
