Elderly Quotes

274 Elderly quotes by 232 unique authors

My father died when I was 7. I was his favorite child, and he was my beloved father. I brought him along with me all… — P L Travers
Elderly parents tend to think their relationship with their middle-aged children is smoother than the children do. Adult grandchildren, who have little stake in pulling… — Robin Marantz Henig
Music is nothing but a door opener to meet families and their children and the elderly. — Dick Dale
Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
It is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily. — Arnold Palmer
The tendency of old age to the body, say the physiologists, is to form bone. It is as rare as it is pleasant to meet… — Bob Wells
Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it whitens only the hair. — Ira Gershwin
When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is… — Arthur C. Clarke
I believe that if you are elderly, physically or mentally handicapped we have an obligation too you, but if you are able-bodied, you should be… — Alphonso Jackson
This administration is cutting the programs that our Nation and its citizens need most, while dissolving the safety nets created to protect the elderly and… — Corrine Brown
So my father grew up in an orphanage in Boston. He was then adopted by an elderly childless couple from Maine, who gave him the… — George J. Mitchell
I cannot forget a conversation that I had with an elderly couple from the tribe. They asked me whether I would kill them after I… — Roland Joffe
I had always been literary, in the sense of loving poetry and discovering novels, but I found my voice, as they say, in an office… — Andrew O'Hagan
Strong families serve society by bringing forth healthy children and maturing young adults, by being a rich source of a compassion for sick members, of… — Vincent Nichols
At 60 the sexual preoccupation, when it hits you, seems sometimes sharper, as if it were an elderly malady, like gout. — Edmund Wilson
Why is it that, as we grow older, we are so reluctant to change? It is not so much that new ideas are painful, for… — Dale E. Turner
Old age has been charged with being insensible to pleasure and to enjoyments arising from the gratification of the senses, a most blessed and heavenly… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
At ten, a child; at twenty, wild; at thirty, tame, if ever; at forty, wise; at fifty, rich; at sixty, good or never — Aldous Huxley
Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart. — Unknown Author
Sure I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself someday. — Lillian Gordy Carter
In old age, one should do something monumental. — Unknown Author
To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to feel oneself not merely an isolated individual whose day will… — Bertrand Russell
Listen to your elder's advice. Not because they are always right but because they have more experiences of being wrong... — Melchor Lim
Happiness to elderly men is like new life opportunity given to them. — Juniorjk
How do you get a sweet little 80-year-old lady to say the F word? Get another sweet little 80-year-old lady to yell BINGO! — SangFroid Stalker

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