People do not realize that Alzheimer's is not old age. It is a progressive and fatal disease, and staggering amounts of people… — Melina Kanakaredes Copy Share Image
There has been enough suffering in our country, there has been enough of children whose dreams die before they have a chance… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Maybe the conference was an inversion layer of another kind, bringing me face-to-face with old friends and old places. With cancer and… — Connie Willis 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
I guess I just couldn't see standing there -- alive, talking, thinking, breathing, being -- one second, and dead the next. It… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To accept the fact that, after fertilization has taken place, a new human has come into being is no longer a matter… — Jerome Lejeune Copy Share Image
And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in… — Bible Copy Share Image
“Age in just a number. It carries no weight. The real weight is in impacts. The truth is that you can do… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
“First, they have small drops of moisture fall to dampen the dust of desire, and by opening the gateway of nirvana, fanning… — Gene Reeves Copy Share Image
Today, when death and old age are increasingly concealed behind euphemisms and comforting baby talk, and life is threatened with being smothered… — Martin Esslin Copy Share Image
“Zenists call them 'pairs of opposites.' It holds good also in human affairs: advantage is always accompanied by disadvantage; loss by gain;… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“The noise of the town some floors below was greatly muted. In a state of complete mental detachment, he went over the… — Michel Houellebecq Copy Share Image
“When the last autumn of Dickens's life was over, he continued to work through his final winter and into spring. This is… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
“Then, for no reason I could tell you, I tossed the spool again, even though Elaine had asked me not to. Maybe… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“And could a man sink to such triviality, such meanness, such nastiness? Could he change so much? And is it true to… — Nikolai Gogol Copy Share Image
“I, an old man, have written this fire report. Among other things, it was important to me, as an exercise for old… — Norman Maclean Copy Share Image
People are reluctant to talk about old age and death because they are afraid of emotion, and they willingly avoid the things… — Paul Tournier Copy Share Image
[Orthodox Patriarch] Kirill, my brother. We kissed each other, embraced, and then a conversation for two hours. Old age doesn't come on… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Old age diminishes our strength; it takes away our pleasures one after the other; it withers the soul as well as the… — Andre Maurois Copy Share Image
“something that happens almost always with women who maintain their clarity of spirit, freshness of impressions, and honest, pure intensity of heart… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
Eighty's a landmark and people treat you differently than they do when you're seventy-nine. At seventy-nine, if you drop something it just… — Helen Van Slyke Copy Share Image
Old age is a lease nature only signs as a particular favor, and it may be, to one, only in the space… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
It's a whole different attitude toward public service than it once was. I tell you, we can all sit around in our… — Paul Volcker Copy Share Image
Let us be men with men, and always children before God; for in His eyes we are but children. Old age itself,… — Joseph Joubert 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
I don't mind pointing out some of the failings of old age, because we are all headed in that direction, unless of… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
Humanity thinks it needs to constantly evolve so that maybe someday, old age and sickness will be eradicated from existence. However, our… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
Old age tells us that we ourselves have failed often, have never really done anything completely right, have never truly been perfect… — Joan D. Chittister Copy Share Image
I think if a physician wrote on a death certificate that old age was the cause of death, he'd be thrown out… — George Wald Copy Share Image
A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds… — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
As for old age, embrace and love it. It abounds with pleasure if you know how to use it. The gradually declining… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
I love running. It's as simple as that ... it has given me endless rewards: physical, emotional, and professional. The benefits of… — Grete Waitz Copy Share Image
There is no way to escape death, it is just like trying to escape by four great mountains touching sky. There is… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
When grace combines with wrinkles, it is admirable. There is an indescribable light of dawn about intensely happy old age. . .… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Your breath comes to its end, O my merchant friend, and your shoulders are weighed down by the tyrant of old age.… — Sri Guru Granth Sahib Copy Share Image
Somehow, when you think about yourself in old age, you think you're going to be this completely different person that you don't… — Emmylou Harris Copy Share Image
I've read a couple of reviews that say I'm getting harder in my old age but I don't think that's true at… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
Short is the life of those who possess great accomplishments, and seldom do they reach a good old age. Whatever thou lovest,… — Martial Copy Share Image
For millions, the retirement dream is in reality an economic nightmare. For millions, growing old today means growing poor, being sick, living… — Sylvia Porter Copy Share Image
Most of those whom we honor on Memorial Day died young. They never had the chance to raise a family, build a… — Letitia James Copy Share Image
![“[Orthodox Patriarch] Kirill, my brother. We kissed each other, embraced, and then a conversation for two hours. Old age doesn't come on its own.Two hours where we spoke as brothers, sincerely and no one knows what was spoke about, only what we said at the end publicly about how we felt as we spoke.” quote by Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/898/pope-francis-85_age_orthodox-patriarch-kirill-my-brother-we_1479396.png)
![“If the two women feared that the coming of this date [their retirement] might give some clue to their ages, it was not an occasion for embarrassment because nobody else had been in the least interested, both of them having long ago reached ages beyond any kind of speculation.” quote by Barbara Pym](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2df/barbara-pym-7049_ageing_if-the-two-women-feared-that-the-coming_2014476.jpg)
