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title: "11 Old Sick Quotes by 10 authors"
description: "Browse 11 Old Sick quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Old Sick sayings and thoughts."
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> [If only we could be old and sick while we're still young and healthy enough to put up with it!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mignon-mclaughlin/if-only-we-could-be-old-and-sick-while-we-re-still-young-and-healthy/)

[Mignon McLaughlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mignon-mclaughlin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d86/mignon-mclaughlin-742_enough_if-only-we-could-be-old-and-sick-while-w_1274584.png)

> [“One night, when I am old, sick, right out of semen, and don’t need things to get any worse, I hear the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanif-kureishi/one-night-when-i-am-old-sick-right-out-of-semen-and-don-t-need-things/)

[Hanif Kureishi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanif-kureishi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec6/hanif-kureishi-3233_old_one-night-when-i-am-old-sick-right-out-o_578186.jpg)

> [“I'm old, sick, tired, disillusioned, harassed, slandered, and unappreciated.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/i-m-old-sick-tired-disillusioned-harassed-slandered-and-unappreciated/)

[Gabriel García Márquez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fe/gabriel-garc-a-m-rquez-116_simon-bolivar_i-m-old-sick-tired-disillusioned-harasse_2955214.jpg)

> [“Never too old, never too sick, never too bad to start again.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bikram-choudhury/never-too-old-never-too-sick-never-too-bad-to-start-again/)

[Bikram Choudhury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bikram-choudhury/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18b/bikram-choudhury-7642_late_never-too-old-never-too-sick-never-too-b_396587.png)

> [No matter how old or sick or out of shape, you can still stretch and have a new beginning with yoga.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bikram-choudhury/no-matter-how-old-or-sick-or-out-of-shape-you-can-still-stretch-and/)

[Bikram Choudhury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bikram-choudhury/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05e/bikram-choudhury-7642_matter_no-matter-how-old-or-sick-or-out-of-shap_1043410.png)

> [It's just what people do when they're getting old, when they're sick of themselves and their life; they think of money and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul-sartre/it-s-just-what-people-do-when-they-re-getting-old-when-they-re-sick/)

[Jean-Paul Sartre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul-sartre/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/708/jean-paul-sartre-220_care_it-s-just-what-people-do-when-they-re-ge_1801186.png)

> [Old and sick, more than one hundred years Face haggard, hair white, I'm happy to still live in the mountains A cloth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hanshan/old-and-sick-more-than-one-hundred-years-face-haggard-hair-white-i-m/)

[Hanshan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hanshan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1f/hanshan-20006_clever_old-and-sick-more-than-one-hundred-years_1746157.jpg)

> [I think the dirtiest word in the English language is retirement. When you do that, you get old and you get sick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-sinatra-jr/i-think-the-dirtiest-word-in-the-english-language-is-retirement-when/)

[Frank Sinatra Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-sinatra-jr/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d1/frank-sinatra-jr-5470_english-language_i-think-the-dirtiest-word-in-the-english_754392.jpg)

> [When one gets old and they are sick, there are not many things they can count on but they should be able…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-mikulski/when-one-gets-old-and-they-are-sick-there-are-not-many-things-they/)

[Barbara Mikulski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-mikulski/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9df/barbara-mikulski-8601_able_when-one-gets-old-and-they-are-sick-ther_3183099.jpg)

> [Although you may be old or sick, it's not too late to take stock and ask yourself if you really are the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morrie-schwartz/although-you-may-be-old-or-sick-it-s-not-too-late-to-take-stock-and/)

[Morrie Schwartz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/morrie-schwartz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdd/morrie-schwartz-9885_ask-yourself_although-you-may-be-old-or-sick-it-s-not_1111512.png)

> [I take my dog to the vet a lot because he's old and sick, and I always step on the scale when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ike-barinholtz/i-take-my-dog-to-the-vet-a-lot-because-he-s-old-and-sick-and-i-always/)

[Ike Barinholtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ike-barinholtz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0c/ike-barinholtz-19645_always_i-take-my-dog-to-the-vet-a-lot-because-h_2719582.jpg)

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