Subject: Age (Page 22)

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

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

American baseball player

Tommy John is so old, he uses Absorbine Senior.

(1952 – ) American sportscaster

We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

They told me my services were no longer desired because they wanted to put in a youth program as an advance way of keeping the club going; I'll never make the mistake of being seventy again.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

I'm not saying older women are sluttier; I'm just saying, an older woman isn't gonna make you wait 'til three in the morning 'cause she's got shit to do the next day.

American comedian

When I was little, my grandfather used to make me stand in a closet for five minutes without moving… he said it was elevator practice.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

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

Teenagers: People who express a burning drive to be different by dressing alike.

The idea is to die young as late as possible.

You know you’re getting old when you start watching golf on TV and enjoying it.

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

The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

A man's only as old as the woman he feels.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

The older I grow the more I listen to people who don’t talk much.

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

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

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

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

My secret to staying young… having no sense of time.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Old age is when you know all the answers, but nobody asks you the questions.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer

By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere.

(1948 – ) comedian, actor, writer, producer & film director