Elderly Quotes

274 Elderly quotes by 232 unique authors

A collection of short stories is generally thought to be a horrendous clinker; an enforced courtesy for the elderly writer who wants to display the… — John Cheever
Medicaid protects impoverished children, the frail elderly and people in crisis, .. Its limited resources will be further stretched serving hurricane victims. Proponents of Medicaid… — Sherrod Brown
Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people grow up. They forget. They don't remember what it's like… — Walt Disney
We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the mistrust. We must… — Thurgood Marshall
The bride, white of hair, is stooped over her cane Her faltering footsteps need guiding. While down the church aisle, with wan toothless smile, The… — Richard Armour
Old age is a shipwreck. — Charles de Gaulle
The older I get, the more I believe in what I can't explain or understand, even more than the things that are explainable and understandable. — Lillian Gish
My humanitarian work evolved from being with my family. My mom, my dad, they really set a great example for giving back. My mom was… — Cat Cora
Old age is no place for sissies. — Bette Davis
Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought. — Emily Dickinson
The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife. — Will Durant
A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point… — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Nobody with an IQ higher than emergency-room temperature could ever believe that 'death panels' would be appointed to nudge the elderly toward euthanasia. Yet for… — Carl Hiaasen
I had real plans for my next decade and felt I'd worked hard enough to earn it. Will I really not live to see my… — Christopher Hitchens
Doesn't matter whether it's a teen girl who's pregnant, hasn't told her parents, or an elderly couple dealing with one of them being diagnosed with… — Mike Huckabee
Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old. — Victor Hugo
It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children;… — Hubert H. Humphrey
Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. — William James
Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going or gone and we survive amongst the dead and the… — St. Jerome
Poverty is clearly one source of emotional suffering, but there are others, like loneliness. A policy to reduce the loneliness of the elderly would certainly… — Daniel Kahneman
Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week. — Louis Kronenberger
Many seniors understand that Social Security is social insurance as opposed to a program where we put money aside for our own retirement. But most… — Richard Lamm
Why can't we build orphanages next to homes for the elderly? If someone were sitting in a rocker, it wouldn't be long before a kid… — Cloris Leachman
Some writing and production projects will be a great way to spend my elderly rock years. — Geddy Lee
Life expectancy in many parts of Africa can be something around the age of thirty five to thirty eight. I mean you're very fortunate if… — Annie Lennox

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