Age Quote by Douglas Rushkoff

Like childhood, old age is irresponsible, reckless, and foolhardy. Children and old people have everything to gain and nothing much to lose. It's middle-age…

— John Mortimer

I think that society has to be careful not to shift all of its resources to the elderly versus the young.

— Bill Gates

Societies as well as people become afraid of change as they grow older. It's human nature. The young have adventures while the old sit…

— Paul J. McAuley

Old age is wasted on the elderly: the young know what to do with it-insist on something different.

— Herbert Gold

I think ageing is challenging, surprising, fun, and full of friendship, so that is the approach I'll take, objecting to the stigmatization of ageing…

— Martha Nussbaum

Ageing is inevitable, and the idea that we can be eternally youthful is the pitfall of our society.

— Jennifer Grey

Our age gives the more receptive among the young such a sense of social responsibility that one is inclined at times to fear that…

— Ellen Key

Ageism is something that does exist.

— Martin Landau

In a society in which the median age keeps advancing, we have no choice but to keep redefining youth.

— Tom Junod

Age doth not rectify, but incurvate our natures, turning bad dispositions into worser habits.

— Thomas Browne

A major advantage of age is learning to accept people without passing judgment.

— Liz Carpenter

What amazes me is when I see people in their twenties who have families or live a life that seems of a much older…

— Meghan Daum