Subject: Age (Page 24)

If something’s old and you’re trying to sell it, it’s obsolete; if you’re trying to buy it, it’s a collector’s item.

I’d rather have two girls at seventeen than one at thirty-four.

(1894 – 1956) American radio comedian

My health is good; it’s my age that’s bad.

(1903 – 1992) country music singer, fiddler & promoter

I'm a little kid; I'm gone 12, 13, 14 hours… I don't remember anybody coming looking for me… no Amber Alert goes off.

American comedian

When you’re older than the manager and the general manger, that’s not a good sign.

American baseball player

Jewelry takes people's minds off your wrinkles.

(1912 – 1969) Norwegian figure skater & actress

Growing old is compulsory – growing up is optional.

(1928 – 2003) English entertainer

I still feel 30, except when I try to run.

(1929 – ) American comedian & comic actor

I ask myself questions in those stores I don't ask myself anywhere else, like, 'Will I live long enough to use all those paper towels?'

American comedian & musician

It was traumatic for me — not as traumatic as turning gay.

television executive & comedian

A woman is as young as her knees.

(1934 – ) British fashion designer

The whole dating ritual was different when I was a kid; girls got pinned, not nailed.

(1956 – ) comedian, television host, social critic & political commentator

No one is completely unhappy at the failure of his best friend.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.

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

I’m at the age where I can’t take anything with a grain of salt.

American comedian

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

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

Retire? … I'm going to stay in show business until I'm the only one left.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

He’s 31 this year – last year he was 30.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

Setting a good example for children takes all the fun out of middle age.

(1908 – 1976) publisher & author

She has discovered the secret of perpetual middle age.

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

I've dated men my age, younger than me and older and the only difference is the young ones are quicker at taking out the garbage.

(1970 – ) American film & television actress