Subject: Age » Old (Page 9)

I've only got one wrinkle and I'm sitting on it.

(1875 – 1997) French, 120 year old woman

Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with coffee and obituaries.

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

Growing old’s like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.

(1905 – 2000) English writer

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

(1921 – 2004) English actor & author

May God defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies.

(1694 – 1778) French author, humanist & satirist

You know you’re getting old when you buy a sexy sheer nightgown and don’t know anyone who can see through it.

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

Some folks as they grow older grow wise, but most folks simply grow stubborner.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

You know you are getting older when “Happy Hour” is a nap.

If you're 19 and you stay up all night, it's like a victory, like you've beat the night, but, if you're over 30, then that sun is like God's flashlight.

(1953 – ) American comedian, actor, voice artist, & columnist

Centenarian: A person who has lived to be one hundred years old. He never smoked or he smoked all his life. He used whiskey for eighty years or he never used it. He was a vegetarian or he wasn’t a vegetarian.

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

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist

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

Good taste is the worst vice ever invented.

(1887 – 1964) English biographer, critic, novelist & poet

I'm at an age when my back goes out more than I do.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist

The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.

(1803 – 1882) essayist, poet, & philosopher

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, we’re both getting discounts.

(1970 –) American stand-up comedian

When I turned two I was really anxious, because I'd doubled my age in a year, and I thought, if this keeps up, by the time I'm six I'll be ninety.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

I’ve always said that in politics, your enemies can’t hurt you, but your friends will kill you.

(1933 – 2006) politician

Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon.

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist

The worst feature of a new baby is its mother’s singing.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist