Subject: Age (Page 19)

I didn’t see [Christy] Mathewson, but Oquendo said he had a good slider.

American baseball player

I don’t look older, I just look worse.

(1982 – ) American comedian, actor, writer & producer

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?

(1906 – 1982) baseball player

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

(1903 – 1966) English writer

If you resolve to give up smoking, drinking and loving you don’t actually live longer; it just seems longer.

(1924 – 2009) English broadcaster, writer, politician & chef

Middle age: When a woman’s hair starts turning from gray to black.

Middle age is when we can do just as much as ever – but would rather not.

Ask any woman her age, and nine times out of ten she’ll guess wrong.

comedian

There are younger Aztec ruins.

sportswriter & newspaper columnist

I just need to make it to 34 and I’ve beaten Jesus at living.

(1975 – ) English comedian

Nostalgia is heroin for old people.

(1972 – ) Irish comedian & television presenter

You are 32, you are rapidly approaching the age when your body, whether it embarrasses you or not, begins to embarrass other people.

English author, actor, humorist & playwright

Zeal: A certain nervous disorder afflicting the young and inexperienced.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

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

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

I’ve been doing it [stealing from hotels] for so long, I have a set of towels from the Ark.

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

Old age is always fifteen years older than I am.

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

I don’t want to lose weight; my tongue and my taste buds are the only friends I got.

American stand-up comedian

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've been around as long as me… you'll know that there are three types of sex… One – brand-new, kitchen-table sex; Two – bedroom sex; then number three – hallway sex… when you pass each other in the hallway and say 'f**k you.’

(1958 – ) Australian author

We were a generation born too late to eat goldfish and too early to flash.

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist