Old People Quotes

250 quotes by 225 authors

When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do… — Chinua Achebe
I think back to the old people I knew when I was growing up, and they always seemed larger than life. — Chinua Achebe
Medicines are only fit for old people. — Napoleon Bonaparte
I have this weird obsession with kids and old people falling. Like, funny falls. It is awful, but it's the thing that makes me laugh… — Malin Akerman
Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of… — Pearl S. Buck
I think it would be interesting if old people got anti-Alzheimer's disease where they slowly began to recover other people's lost memories. — George Carlin
Both young children and old people have a lot of time on their hands. That's probably why they get along so well. — Jonathan Carroll
You know you must be doing something right if old people like you. — Dave Chappelle
I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
I'm grateful to intelligent people. That doesn't mean educated. That doesn't mean intellectual. I mean really intelligent. What black old people used to call 'mother… — Maya Angelou
Old people, don't watch it because you might die just watching it. — Jaromir Jagr
Children, old people, vagabonds laugh easily and heartily: they have nothing to lose and hope for little. In renunciation lies a delicious taste of simplicity… — Matthieu Ricard
It is not necessary to advertise food to hungry people, fuel to cold people, or houses to the homeless. — John Kenneth Galbraith
That's what American democracy has come down to at these town hall meetings: old people and gun nuts, which is a terrible combination. I heard… — Bill Maher
When I think of Cool Britannia I think of old people dying of hypothermia. — Tony Benn
I remember when I used to sit on hospital beds and hold people s hands, people used to be shocked because they d never seen… — Princess Diana
You can't hold firewalls and intrusion detection systems accountable. You can only hold people accountable. — Darryl White
One of the reasons why old people make so many journeys into the past is to satisfy themselves that it is still there. — Ronald Blythe
Even as wisdom often comes from the mouths of babes, so does it often come from the mouths of old people. The golden rule is… — Mahatma Gandhi
What's sad is that an 80-year-old grandpa has to be the open-minded one. Old people aren't old because of their age, but because of what's… — Jose Mujica

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