Subject: Age » Old

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

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

At my age, patience is not a virtue… it’s a luxury.

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

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

When we’re young, we want to change the world… when we’re old, we want to change the young.

book publisher

Middle age is when you go to bed at night and hope you feel better in the morning; old age is when you go to bed at night and hope you wake up in the morning.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

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

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

I don’t plan to grow old gracefully; I plan to have face-lifts until my ears meet.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.

(1694 – 1778) French author, humanist & satirist

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

I was the kid next door’s imaginary friend.

(1956 – ) American comedian

He is so old… his social security number is 6.

Last year my birthday cake looked like a prairie fire.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere.

(1948 – ) comedian, actor, writer, producer & film director

Old age is like learning a new profession; and not one of your own choosing.

(1907 – ) French-born American historian of ideas & culture

I’m at the age where I can’t take anything with a grain of salt.

American comedian

Dinah [Shore] formed a foundation to locate missing senior citizens by putting their pictures on prune juice bottles.

(1919 – 2006) American comedian & actor

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

He may be the only kicker to kick and collect Social Security at the same time.

(1923 – 2001) American football coach

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

The years that a woman subtracts from her age are not lost… they are added to the ages of other women.


(1499 – 1566) French noblewoman & prominent courtier

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