Subject: Age

I never drank anything stronger than beer before I was twelve.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

He has a profound respect for old age… especially when it’s bottled.

(1890 – 1960) journalist, author & dramatist

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.

(1947 – ) author, humorist & satirist

That’s one you can tell your grandchildren about – tomorrow.

American baseball player

The whole dating ritual was different when I was a kid; girls got pinned, not nailed.

(1956 – ) comedian, television host, social critic & political commentator

Old ladies in wheelchairs with blankets over their legs, I don’t think so… retired mermaids.

(1964 – ) English comedian

Adolescents: People who never seem to realize that one day they will be as dumb as their parents.

Until I was 13, I thought my name was ‘Shut Up.’

(1943 – ) American football player

When you are over the hill, you pick up speed.

The older I grow the more I listen to people who don’t talk much.

As you grow older, you stand for more and fall for less.

My mother used to say: the older you get, the better you get… unless you’re a banana.

1922) American actress, comedian & television personality

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

There’s one advantage to being 102, there’s no peer pressure.

Old Age: When you wink at a girl and she says, “Something wrong with your eyes?”

I was getting dressed and a peeping Tom looked in the window, took a look and pulled down the shade.

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

Old age is when you resent the swimsuit issue of Sports Illustrated because there are fewer articles to read.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

Women are not forgiven for aging; Robert Redford's lines of distinction are my old-age wrinkles.

(1937 – ) American actress, writer, political activist, & fitness exponent

I'm a little kid; I'm gone 12, 13, 14 hours… I don't remember anybody coming looking for me… no Amber Alert goes off.

American comedian

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.


You know you’re getting older when you don’t care where your wife goes, just so you don’t have to go along