Subject: Age (Page 5)

Younger Generation: A group that is alike in many disrespects.

The older the fiddle, the sweeter the tune.

You know you're getting old when kids start to dress like you used to.

(1936 – 2014) American standup comedian, actor & author

The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have remembrances of what never happened.

(1870 – 1916) British writer

Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else… and usually is.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

Good hospitality is making your guests feel at home, even when you wish they were.

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

You know you're getting old when everything dries up or leaks.

I’m 50 years of old.

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

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

(1893 – 1971) American film actor & producer

At eighty-eight how do you feel when getting up in the morning? … Amazed!

(1881 – 1973) German economist

A study says owning a dog makes you 10 years younger; my first thought was to rescue two more, but I don’t want to go through menopause again.

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

She is such a good friend that she would throw all her acquaintances into the water for the pleasure of fishing them out again.

(1754 – 1838) French prime minister & diplomat

Oh, to be seventy again.

(1841 – 1929) French statesman, physician & journalist

I must admit he exhibits the most extraordinary capacity for middle age that I’ve ever encountered in a young man of twenty-four.

movie character, in Kind Hearts And Coronets (Dennis Price)

He's as old as some trees.

Canadian hockey player & coach

The four stages of a man are infancy, childhood, adolescence and obsolescence.

(1912 – 2010) Canadian-born American radio & television personality & humorist

The idea is to die young as late as possible.

If you want to recapture your youth, just cut off his allowance.

(1919 – 2006) American comedian & actor

I was born when my dad was 50; it’s weird growing up with a dad that much older than you… we’d go to the movies and we’re both getting discounts.

(1970 –) American stand-up comedian

Yesterday: The infancy of youth, the youth of manhood, the entire past of age.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.