Subject: Age (Page 23)

How young can you die of old age?

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

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

In Los Angeles, by the time you’re 35, you’re older than most of the buildings.

(1941 – 2012) American novelist, producer, screenwriter & director

When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

(1923 – 1999) American satirical novelist, short story writer & playwright

We've had bad luck with our kids… they've all grown up.

(1890 – 1957) author & journalist

When I broke in, they didn’t have bats – we just grabbed the branch of a tree.

American baseball pitcher

Geriatricide joint

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

I’m throwing as hard as I ever did, but the ball is just not getting there as fast.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

We thought it was a bad idea you guys got married, but we didn’t feel like we could say anything because it was open bar.

(1974 – ) American stand-up comedian

I still feel 30, except when I try to run.

(1929 – ) American comedian & comic actor

A woman is as young as her knees.

(1934 – ) British fashion designer

You know how your friends are all morons, and they got the stories wrong all the time?… it’s the same here with the Bible.

(1960 – ) American stand-up comedian & writer

Maybe a silver lining to growing old is being able to watch Usual Suspects for the first time… again.

(1970 –) American stand-up comedian

The secret of eternal youth is arrested development.

(1884 – 1980) author & wit

I don’t know why my elderly neighbor bothers subscribing to newspapers if he’s just going to let them pile up outside his house.

comedian

If you have a funny costume, you can’t really wear it when you get older.

(1959 – ) American actor, stand-up comedian & television host

Do not worry about avoiding temptation; as you grow older it will avoid you.

(1911 – 1999) comedian, author & columnist

My grandad has a chair in his shower which makes him feel old, so in order to feel young he sits on it backwards like a cool teacher giving an assembly about drugs.

(1991 – ) English stand-up comedian

You want to look younger… rent smaller children.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

If you live long enough, the venerability factor creeps in; first, you get accused of things you never did, and later, credited for virtues you never had.

(1907 – 1989) American writer

I am just turning forty and taking my time about it.

(1893 – 1971) American film actor & producer