Subject: Age (Page 2)

When you are about 35 years old, something terrible always happens to music.

(1921 – 2009) British composer, pianist and radio & television presenter

That’s one you can tell your grandchildren about – tomorrow.

American baseball player

He’s so old his social security number is two digits.

Sixty years ago I knew everything; now I know nothing.

(1885 – 1981) American writer, historian & philosopher

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

You know you're getting old when work is a lot less fun and fun is a lot more work.

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

That's the time of your life when even your birthday suit needs pressing.

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

There are younger Aztec ruins.

sportswriter & newspaper columnist

When I was young, the old regarded me as an outrageous young fellow and now that I’m old the young regard me as an outrageous old fellow.

(1915 – 2001) English astronomer & mathematician

What's the advantage of having a kid at 49?… you can both be in diapers at the same time?

stand-up comedian

Middle Age: That time of life when you'd rather not have a good time than recover from it. 

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

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

At eighty-eight how do you feel when getting up in the morning? … Amazed!

(1881 – 1973) German economist

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

American baseball player

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

The only thing I said to my parents when I was a teenager was “Hang up, I got it!”

comedian, writer, actor & producer

She is so old… her dreams are in black and white.

The best years are the forties; after fifty a man begins to deteriorate, but in the forties he is at the maximum of his villainy.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

Getting old is when a narrow waist and a broad mind change places!

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

Forty: The most difficult age for a woman to pass; it often takes years.

If you live long enough, the venerability factor creeps in; first, you get accused of things you never did, and later, credited for virtues you never had.

(1907 – 1989) American writer