Clear Quote by Harold Brodkey

I am 65 now and the world is just ahead of me at a time when most people are retiring.

— Nigel Hawthorne

Reaching 50, I've started to conjure up thoughts of my own mortality.

— John Elway

Longevity is something I never gave a second thought to. I guess it's the shadow of growing up in post WWII, but I never…

— Eric Burdon

“So here you are, in your twenties, thinking that you’ll have another 40 years to go. Four decades in which to live long and…

— Adrian Tan

Ageing's a difficult thing, moving closer to death, but it's okay. I've had a good time living, so I'm gonna have a good time…

— Nick Nolte

We were never supposed to live until 40. We were built to self-destruct at 30, whether from cancer or mental illness. We're all going…

— Douglas Coupland

We really feel the fact of our mortality after we turn forty years old.

— Hideo Kojima

“In fact, if you're not prepared to die when you're almost sixty, then I would say you've been falling down on your philosophical responsibilities…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

As I get older, I'm more comfortable with the idea of dying.

— Courtney Act

“And anyway by the time you are retired at the age of sixty there is nothing to do. Death seems to be a relief,…

— Osho

I feel now at 53 I have grown into a deeper understanding of what a human life is.

— John Lennon

People race to achieve everything by a certain age in their life, be it 40, 50 or 60 - but with increasing life spans…

— Tom Butler-Bowdon