Subject: Age (Page 16)

I am not young enough to know everything.

(1860 – 1937) Scottish author, dramatist (creator of Peter Pan)

When I was a boy the Dead Sea was only sick.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

Stay busy, get plenty of exercise, and don’t drink too much… then again, don’t drink too little.

Adolescence is that period in a kid’s life when parents become more difficult.

(1941 – ) American actor

Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life.

(1930 – ) American author and billiard player, teacher & commentator

Younger Generation: A group that is alike in many disrespects.

You know, you get that tattoo of barbed wire when you’re 18, but by the time you’re 80, it’s a picket fence.

(1951 – 2014) comedian & actor

My wife and I are discussing whether we’re going to spank our child or not; I say wait ’til she does something wrong.

American comedian

I smoke 10 to 15 cigars a day, at my age I have to hold on to something.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

She has discovered the secret of perpetual middle age.

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

I may be forty, but every morning when I get up, I feel like a twenty-year-old… unfortunately there’s never one around.

(1927 – ) magician & comedy writer

Last year my birthday cake looked like a prairie fire.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

Middle age: When you begin to exchange your emotions for symptoms.

(1876 – 1944) American author, humorist & columnist

Do not worry about avoiding temptation; as you grow older it will avoid you.

(1911 – 1999) comedian, author & columnist

Whatever happened to the good old days when kids was scared to death of their parents?

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)

I personally stay away from natural foods; at my age I need all the preservatives I can get.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

Regarding my family, I’m the youngest of three; my parents are both older.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

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

The gods bestowed on Max [Beerbohm] the gift of perpetual old age.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.

(1803 – 1882) essayist, poet, & philosopher

He is so old… I told him to act his own age, and he died.