Getting Old Quotes

246 quotes by 219 authors

Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle. — Bob Hope
I'm not bothered by the idea of getting old, or I guess you could say by having arrived at old. I was 10 when my… — Penn Jillette
I may be getting old, but not foolish. — Elia Kazan
You don't see me in Los Angeles a lot. I go back home. Because I can't play the game. I can't - my tolerance -… — Bernie Mac
Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do. — Golda Meir
It is better to be young in your failures than old in your successes. — Flannery O'Connor
When you're 50 you start thinking about things you haven't thought about before. I used to think getting old was about vanity - but actually… — Eugene O'Neill
Every time I think that I'm getting old, and gradually going to the grave, something else happens. — Elvis Presley
It's paradoxical, that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone. — Andy Rooney
What's missing is leadership in the White House. And the story that Barack Obama does tell, forever shifting blame to the last administration, is getting… — Paul Ryan
You know you're getting old when you get that one candle on the cake. It's like, 'See if you can blow this out.' — Jerry Seinfeld
Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. — George Bernard Shaw
You can't be afraid of getting old. Old is good, if you're gathering in life. Our band is good at understanding that equation. — Bruce Springsteen
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been. — Mark Twain
When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old. — Mark Twain
In sharp contrast to the idea that this stage of life is enviable, we hear high levels of anxiety about getting old, anxieties about health,… — Rowan Williams
There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine. — P.G. Wodehouse
I thoroughly object to getting old. If you could let me be 16 again, I'd give you everything I've got and everything I'll ever have. — Felix Dennis
To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable. — Oscar Wilde
I'm getting old, that's the thing! What's in me now won't be there anymore. — Leo Tolstoy

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