Subject: Age (Page 25)

I’d like to grow very old as slowly as possible.

(1907 - 1990) American theatrical producer

I was thinking about how people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older; then it dawned on me – they're cramming for their final exam.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.

(427 BC – 347 BC) Greek author & philosopher

Everyone I like stays the hell away from me.

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

Sometimes I feel that I’m not just aging… I’m decomposing.

(1949 – ) American federal judge

She has discovered the secret of perpetual middle age.

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

Parents often talk about the younger generation as if they didn’t have anything to do with it.

(1922 – 1973) Israeli teacher & child psychologist

What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy.

(1694 – 1778) French author, humanist & satirist

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

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

Adolescents: People who never seem to realize that one day they will be as dumb as their parents.

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

comedian

I'd rather have two girls at 21 each than one girl at 42.

(1880 – 1946) comedian, actor, juggler & writer

Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life.

(1782 – 1871) French composer

The hands on my biological clock are giving me the finger.

(1961 – ) American stand-up comedian

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

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

I knew her before she was a virgin.

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

How young can you die of old age?

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

I refuse to admit I'm more than 52, even if that does make my sons illegitimate.

(1879 – 1964) British politician

Adolescence is the time in life when a youngster is well informed about anything he doesn’t have to study.