Subject: Age (Page 3)

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

Adult: A person who has stopped growing at both ends and started growing in the middle.

When I was born, I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.

(1895 – 1964) comedian (wife & partner of George Burns)

There are five stages in the life of an actor: Who’s Mary Astor? … Get me Mary Astor… Get me a Mary Astor type… Get me a young Mary Astor… Who’s Mary Astor?

(1906 – 1987) American actress

I feel I can talk with more authority, especially when I say, ‘I don’t know.’

(1921 – 2004) English actor & author

Any child who chatters nonstop at home will adamantly refuse to utter a word when requested to demonstrate for an audience.

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

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

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

I’m like old wine; they don't bring me out very often, but I’m well preserved.

(1890 – 1995) American philanthropist & wife of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.

No one is completely unhappy at the failure of his best friend.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Forty: The most difficult age for a woman to pass; it often takes years.

I ask myself questions in those stores I don't ask myself anywhere else, like, 'Will I live long enough to use all those paper towels?'

American comedian & musician

Tommy John is so old, he uses Absorbine Senior.

(1952 – ) American sportscaster

Robins: I've just written my 87th book.
Barbara Cartland: I've written 145.
Robins: Oh I see, one a year.

(1897 – 1985) British novelist

When you are down and out something always turns up – and it is usually the noses of your friends.

(1915 – 1985) stage & film actor & director

When I was young, the old regarded me as an outrageous young fellow and now that I’m old the young regard me as an outrageous old fellow.

(1915 – 2001) English astronomer & mathematician

As I understand President Bush's Medicare plan, it provides for unlimited coverage for anyone over 72 whose parents can pass the physical.

(1932 – ) American political satirist & comedian

Except for an occasional heart attack I feel as young as I ever did.

(1889 – 1945) actor, author & humorist

Setting a good example for children takes all the fun out of middle age.

(1908 – 1976) publisher & author

Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what the hell happened.

singer & musician

I like a man who's good, but not too good; for the good die young, and I hate a dead one.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol