Subject: Age » Old (Page 2)

I didn’t see it [old age] coming — it hit me from the rear.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

I’ve always said that in politics, your enemies can’t hurt you, but your friends will kill you.

(1933 – 2006) politician

I’ve traveled a long way and some of the roads weren’t paved.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

As I get older I'm going to hear "You look great" a lot less than I'm going to hear "You look sick.”

American stand-up comedian

Barney: I think of you as experienced. In an emergency, you would be the first one that I’d call.
Fish: You should call me first. I need time to put my teeth in.

(1921 – ) American actor

Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can’t suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he must be numb.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

I have everything now I had twenty years ago – except now it’s lower.

(1911 – 1970) American burlesque entertainer, actress, author & playwright

Regardless of their age, most folks are not as old as they hope to be.

A study says owning a dog makes you 10 years younger; my first thought was to rescue two more, but I don’t want to go through menopause again.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

When men reach their sixties and retire they go to pieces; women just go on cooking.


Senility: The pleasantly rueful experience of forgetting what we’ve forgotten.

Wrinkled Was Not One of the Things I Wanted to Be When I Grew Up

I was getting dressed and a peeping Tom looked in the window, took a look and pulled down the shade.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

A young man is a theory, an old man is a fact.

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor

I can tell I’m getting old because my Kindle is turning into a self-help library.

(1982 – ) American actress, stand-up comedian & writer

To an old man any place that’s warm is homeland.

(1868 – 1936) Russian writer & political activist

Sex at 90 is like trying to shoot pool with a rope.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

You're an old-timer if you can remember when setting the world on fire was a figure of speech.

(1908 – 1980) businessman, humorist

The only good thing about [aging] is you’re not dead.

(1905 –1984) American playwright

If you want to be adored by your peers and have standing ovations wherever you go – live to be over ninety.

(1887 – 1995) American theater produce, director & playwright, screenwriter & film director

Fighting aging is like the War on Drugs… it’s expensive, does more harm than good, and has been proven to never end.

(1971 – ) American actress, comedian, producer & writer