Old Quotes

No man is so old but thinks he may yet live another year.

Every man who has lived for fifty years has buried a whole world or even two; he has grown used to its disappearance and accustomed to the new scenery of another act: but suddenly the names and faces of a time long dead appear more and more often on his way, calling up series of […]

I’m so old, they’ve canceled my blood type.

Wrecked on the lee shore of age.

The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of poverty.

I have a wonderful make-up crew. They’re the same people restoring the Statue of Liberty.

Men are like wine – some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.

Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.

When I was a kid the adults told us what to do: now the kids are telling me what to do; when do I get my ups?

It is a hopeless endeavour to unite the contrarieties of spring and winter; it is unjust to claim the priveleges of age, and retain the play-things of childhood.