Elderly Quotes

274 Elderly quotes by 232 unique authors

When elderly invalids meet with fellow-victims of their own ailments, then at last real conversation begins, and life is delicious. — Logan Pearsall Smith
Youth is immortal; Tis the elderly only grow old! — Herman Melville
The brief span of our poor unhappy life to its final hour Is hastening on; and while we drink and call for gay wreaths, Perfumes,… — Juvenal
In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today. They don't want their villain to be thrown at them… — Alfred Hitchcock
Not everyone grows to be old, but everyone has been younger than he is now. — Evelyn Waugh
Raking over the past and sifting its dust is an occupation for the idle or the elderly retired. — Armand Hammer
But I like going to church. If you've been brought up in the Church of England, it feels like visiting an elderly relative. And I… — Jack Dee
If Copenhagen were a person, that person would be generous, beautiful, elderly, but with a flair. A human being that has certain propensities for quarrelling,… — Connie Nielsen
But I think people see 'Wallace and Gromit' as something akin to an elderly couple. These two know each other so well. Nothing can split… — Nick Park
Do the elected officials in Washington stand with ordinary Americans - working families, children, the elderly, the poor - or will the extraordinary power of… — Bernie Sanders
My first job was when I was about 12, cleaning houses in the afternoons for different elderly women in town. I hated it. — Elizabeth Strout
A lot of kids do look up to us. But there are just as many elderly people to put us down. — Donnie Wahlberg
If I were mayor, I'd invite everyone to have free boat trips on the river and free balloon rides over the city. I'd let the… — Jane Birkin
I've personally demanded that tyrants let their people go. I've tried to feed the hungry, clothe the poor, protect the elderly and infirm, and defend… — Gary Ackerman
The elderly are all someone's flesh and blood and we cannot just shut them in a cupboard and hand over the responsibility for taking care… — Simon Callow
His view of time, and of change, has become that of most elderly people: he hates change, since for him - for his body -… — Susan Sontag
Few nations do more than the United States to assist their least fortunate citizens-to make certain that no child, no elderly or handicapped citizen, no… — John F. Kennedy
Social Security is one of the greatest achievements of the American government, protecting our elderly against poverty and assuring young people of a more secure… — Mark Foley
Loving an old bachelor is always a no-win situation, and you come to terms with that early on, or you go away. — Jean Harris
The more we rely on the market, the more hooked we become on its promises: Do you need a tidier closet? A nicer family picture… — Arlie Russell Hochschild
I know what I write about seems exotic to a lot of people, but not for me. I pulled up to an old trading post… — Tony Hillerman
There is only one inborn erroneous notion that we exist in order to be happy So long as we persist in this inborn error the… — Arthur Schopenhauer
It's one of the best programs I've ever seen because it benefits both sides: children, who need love, and grandparents, elderly people, who need to… — Nancy Reagan
Old age is wasted on the elderly: the young know what to do with it-insist on something different. — Herbert Gold
Elderly gentlemen, gentle in all respects, kind to animals, beloved by children, and fond of music, are found in lonely corners of the downs, hacking… — A. P. Herbert

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