Subject: Age (Page 21)

Middle age is when anything new in the way you feel is most likely a symptom.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer

The gods bestowed on Max [Beerbohm] the gift of perpetual old age.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.

(1900 – 1993) American actress

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)

The only thing I said to my parents when I was a teenager was “Hang up, I got it!”

comedian, writer, actor & producer

Middle Age: That period when a man begins to shed his hair, his teeth, and his illusions.

He has become the oldest living cute boy in the world.

(1953 – ) American author, journalist & opinion columnist

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

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

By the time a man can afford to lose a golf ball, he can't hit it that far.

(1946 – 1994) writer & humorist

If you're 19 and you stay up all night, it's like a victory, like you've beat the night, but, if you're over 30, then that sun is like God's flashlight.

(1953 – ) American comedian, actor, voice artist, & columnist

Pushing fifty is exercise enough


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

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

Did you ever look in a mirror and wonder how your pantyhose got so wrinkled… and then remember you weren’t wearing any?

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

Man reaches each stage in his life as a novice.

(1741 – 1794) French writer

When I turned two I was really anxious, because I'd doubled my age in a year, and I thought, if this keeps up, by the time I'm six I'll be ninety.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

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

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

Age: The time when everything hurts and what doesn’t hurt, doesn’t work.

It is not the years in your life that count, it is the life in your years.

(1900 – 1965) diplomat & Democratic politician

Is it common for people to become a pothead at 40? … asking for myself.

(1970 –) American stand-up comedian

The hands on my biological clock are giving me the finger.

(1961 – ) American stand-up comedian

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