Elderly Quotes

274 Elderly quotes by 232 unique authors

Law and order is a social service. Crime and the fear which the threat of crime induces can paralyse whole communities, keep lonely and vulnerable… — Margaret Thatcher
In District 12, looking old is something of an achievement since so many people die early. You see an elderly person, you want to congratulate… — Suzanne Collins
Real mothers don't just listen with humble embarrassment to the elderly lady who offers unsolicited advice in the checkout line when a child is throwing… — Jodi Picoult
Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young. — Nikolai Gogol
I am not a religious man. I have not attended a service for many years. But I do believe in God. My own practice of… — Jodi Picoult
She wasn't the only one to be physically morphed by reader expectation. Miss Havisham was now elderly whether she liked it or not, and Sherlock… — Jasper Fforde
...it's as empty as a merchant's soul. Sorry, Kheldar, it's just an old expression." "That's all right, Beldin," Silk forgave him grandly. "These little slips… — David Eddings
1. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he… — Arthur C. Clarke
I am not in love with you," she said. "It is an infatuation. I have heard of such derangements happening to elderly spinsters. — Loretta Chase
Niko caught my hand and slapped it lightly down on the bar. “Pistol whipping elderly women isn’t precisely our mission statement, Cal.” I hadn’t been… — Rob Thurman
Was it the case that colours dimmed as the eye grew elderly? Or was it rather that in youth your excitement about the world transferred… — Julian Barnes
I don't see any elderly people in the crowd. Are there any old Dauntless? Do they not last that long, or are they just sent… — Veronica Roth
I have become convinced that the more wealth a country accumulates, the more isolated and lonely its people become. The loneliest are usually the children… — Wess Stafford
When, however, the lay public rallies round an idea that is denounced by distinguished but elderly scientists and supports that idea with great fervor and… — Isaac Asimov
Age-based retirement arbitrarily severs productive persons from their livelihood, squanders their talents, scars their health, strains an already overburdened Social Security system, and drives many… — Claude Pepper
Treat the elderly as a nonrenewable resource; they care! — Woodrow M. Kroll
It would be better, in a way, if any adults present were completely uneducated. There is nothing children like more than passing on information they… — Sugata Mitra
Obamacare is going to destroy the elderly by denying care, by even perhaps denying treatment to people who are in catastrophic circumstances. — Rafael Cruz
In terms of foods for me, I think I have more of the usual associations - foods from childhood that I associate with care and… — Aimee Bender
I think that society has to be careful not to shift all of its resources to the elderly versus the young. — Bill Gates
What about those who help growth indirectly, those who stay at home and look after others - mothers, carers of elderly parents or sick relatives… — Noreena Hertz
Too many of the elderly do not have the family or the communal attachments necessary to feel valued; too many are widowed or otherwise alone;… — Sherwin B. Nuland
I started doing some interviews with elderly people in the family because I knew they would pass away and we would lose the power of… — Anthony Shadid
As the United States has become an older nation, reverse mortgages have grown into a $20-billion-a-year industry, with elderly homeowners taking out more than 132,000… — Charles Duhigg
Everyone dies, and before that, most people eventually lose some of their faculties. So some people worry that as marketers get better at targeting the… — Charles Duhigg

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