Subject: Age » Old (Page 10)

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

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

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

It’s good to be here… but at 98, it’s good to be anywhere.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

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


They tell you that you’ll lose your mind when you grow older; what they don’t tell you is that you won’t miss it much.


The older you get, the better you realize you were.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

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

I'm in a restaurant one time, we go to the men's room – my grandfather was standing by the condom machine going, 'Hey, this gum has got no flavor.'

American comedian & actor

Fun is like life insurance; the older you get, the more it costs.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

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

(1904 – 1986) English-American actor

Good taste is the worst vice ever invented.

(1887 – 1964) English biographer, critic, novelist & poet

Despite his infirmities, Strom Thurmond showed up to work every day and did not miss a Senate vote in his final year, though no one is sure if a shouted "Bingo!" counted as a yea or a nay.

(1962 – ) American political satirist, writer, television host & comedian

Geriatricide joint

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

He is so old… when he was in school they didn’t teach history!

Some folks as they grow older grow wise, but most folks simply grow stubborner.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

I'm at the age now where just putting my cigar in it's holder is a thrill.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

Your modern teenager is not about to listen to advice from an old person, defined as a person who remembers when there was no Velcro.

There is nothing so aggravating as a fresh boy who is too old to ignore and too young to kick.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

Anyone can get old; all you have to do is live long enough.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Centenarian: A person who has lived to be one hundred years old. He never smoked or he smoked all his life. He used whiskey for eighty years or he never used it. He was a vegetarian or he wasn’t a vegetarian.

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