Subject: Age » Old (Page 4)

I knew her before she was a virgin.

(1906 – 1972) pianist, composer, author, comedian & actor

I used to dread getting older because I thought I would not be able to do all the things I wanted to do, but now that I am older I find that I don't want to do them.

(1879 – 1964) British politician

Barometer: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

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

1922) American actress, comedian & television personality

She's all done up like a well-kept grave.

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

We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for our to amuse them.

(1903 – 1966) English writer

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

I watched Ken Burns' Civil War series on PBS… my favorite segment is when Bob Hope entertains the troops at Gettysburg.

(1927 – ) Canadian-born American comedian & actor

I told my doctor I wanna stop aging, he gave me a gun!

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast.

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor

No one becomes forty without incredulity and a sense of outrage.

(1886 – 1962) English writer

Age is a function of mind over matter; if you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

(1906 – 1982) baseball player

I feel I can talk with more authority, especially when I say, ‘I don’t know.’

(1921 – 2004) English actor & author

If you want to know what you’ll look like in ten years, look in the mirror after you’ve run a marathon.

American cardiologist & marathoner

Robins: I've just written my 87th book.
Barbara Cartland: I've written 145.
Robins: Oh I see, one a year.

(1897 – 1985) British novelist

Barney: I think of you as experienced. In an emergency, you would be the first one that I’d call.
Fish: You should call me first. I need time to put my teeth in.

(1921 – ) American actor

Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

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

(1964 – ) English comedian

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

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

The comfort of turning 49 is the realization that you are now too old to die young.

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

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer