Getting Old Quotes

My hat goes off to anybody who can sit down and put their heads together. I am ready for something like that because I am free and I am happy and I have time. There were a lot of things in the way before. I have nothing but time, and I love getting older.

Do not complain about growing old. It is a privilege denied to many.

Getting old is not for sissies.

Looking back over a lifetime, you see that love was the answer to everything.

Every stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for its survival after a stressful situation by becoming a little older.

The older you get the stronger the wind gets - and it's always in your face.

Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.

There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine.

The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.

Act as young as you feel. You're not getting older; you're getting more entitled to be your fabulous self.

When I was young, I would sit in the bath and ideas would come to me. But I'm not young any more, so now I just sit in the bath.

The baby boomers are getting older, and will stay older for longer. And they will run right into the dementia firing range. How will a society cope? Especially a society that can't so readily rely on those stable family relationships that traditionally provided the backbone of care?

I used to have a wild night with three women until 5am., but I am getting older. In the Olympic village here, I will live it up with five women, but only until 3am.

You have to embrace getting older. Life is precious, and when you've lost a lot of people, you realize each day is a gift.

The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.

One of the good things about getting older is you find you're more interesting than most of the people you meet.

Getting old and dying alone is my worst fear.

I'm not getting old I'm evolving.

Wrinkles are engraved smiles.

The thing about getting older is that you don't need everything to be possible any more, you just need things to be certain.

I don't like mushiness. I'm a very emotional person but I hate sentimentality. I don't like great demonstrations of emotion. But as I'm getting older, I'm getting much more open about all that.

My message is "Getting older is inevitable. Aging and deterioration are optional."

I do not ask to be young again; all I want is to go on getting older.

If you're not getting older, you're dead.

We are very lucky to be men because women have a terrible time getting older parts. It's much more difficult.