Subject: Age » Old (Page 12)

The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.

(1803 – 1882) essayist, poet, & philosopher

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve; middle age is when you're forced to.

(1915 – 1977) columnist, writer & actor

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

I have reached an age when, if someone tells me to wear socks, I don't have to.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

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

Senility: A cleansing of the mental blackboard shortly before class is dismissed.

When you become senile, you won't know it.

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

I ask myself questions in those stores I don't ask myself anywhere else, like, 'Will I live long enough to use all those paper towels?'

American comedian & musician

I can't tell you his age, but when he was born the wonder drug was Mercurochrome.

(1908 – 2002) comedian, radio & television actor

Old age is when the liver spots show through your gloves.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

What can you say when your husband says: “You can’t expect me to remember your birthday, when you never look any older.”

Jewelry takes people's minds off your wrinkles.

(1912 – 1969) Norwegian figure skater & actress

As I understand President Bush's Medicare plan, it provides for unlimited coverage for anyone over 72 whose parents can pass the physical.

(1932 – ) American political satirist & comedian

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

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

He's so old that when he orders a three-minute egg, they ask for the money up front.

(1908 – 2002) comedian, radio & television actor

You can live to be a hundred if you give up all the things that make you want to live to be a hundred.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

My health is good; it’s my age that’s bad.

(1903 – 1992) country music singer, fiddler & promoter

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

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

There is still no cure for the common birthday.

(1921 – ) U.S. senator (Ohio) Marine Corps pilot & astronaut

By the time a man finds greener pastures, he’s too old to climb the fence.

Children are a great comfort in your old age… and they help you reach it faster too.