Old Quotes

Within this century we find, New encouragement for all mankind. What we once thought “old” is now passe, We set no limits on the day That meets our view with each sunrise We see life’s span extend beyond the surmise Our parents saw. Indeed we find Age is in truth a state of mind. The […]

Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.

At last now you can be what the old cannot recall and the young long for in dreams, yet still include them all.

I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.

You know you’re getting too old when the candles cost more that the cake.

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

Who soweth good seed shall surely reap; The year grows rich as it groweth old, And life’s latest sands are its sands of gold!

If youth knew; if age could.

When people tell you how young you look, they are telling you how old you are.

I am forty now, and forty years is a lifetime; it is extremely old age. To go on living after forty is unseemly, disgusting, immoral! Who goes on living after forty? Give me a sincere and honest answer! I’ll tell you – fools and rogues.