Subject: Age (Page 26)

Outside of a dog, a book is your best friend, and inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

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

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

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

When you’re in your 20s and 30s and you drop some weight, people notice, they’re nice about it… they’re like, ‘Hey man, you look good!' … but when you’re in your 40s and you lose weight, people are like, ‘You doin’ all right?'

(1963 – ) American comedian & author

To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.

(1870 – 1965) businessman & politician

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

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

I now consider it a good day when I don’t step on my boobs.

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

What a kid I got, I told him about the birds and the bees and he told me about the butcher and my wife.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

You know you’re getting older when you don’t care where your wife goes, just so you don’t have to go along

[My mother] had something like ‘time out;' it was called ‘knock out.'

American comedian

Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with coffee and obituaries.

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

Birthday: Anniversary of one’s birth, observed only by men and children.

Golden Years My Ass: Adventures in Geriatric Indignity

If you want to know what you’ll look like in ten years, look in the mirror after you’ve run a marathon.

American cardiologist & marathoner

Sometimes I feel that I’m not just aging… I’m decomposing.

(1949 – ) American federal judge

A child is a curly, dimpled lunatic.

(1803 – 1882) essayist, poet, & philosopher

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

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor

Have you ever tried to put an oyster in a slot machine?

(1922 – ) actor, film director, producer, writer & comedian

My friends and I played a new version of Russian roulette; we passed around six girls and one of them had VD.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

When I was a boy, I thought myself a man; now that I am a man, I find myself a boy.

(1773 – 11829) English genius & polymath

What can you say when your husband says: “You can’t expect me to remember your birthday, when you never look any older.”