Subject: Age (Page 27)

Stay busy, get plenty of exercise, and don’t drink too much… then again, don’t drink too little.

When you become senile, you won't know it.

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

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

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator

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

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

I used to dread getting older because I thought I would not be able to do all the things I wanted to do, but now that I am older I find that I don't want to do them.

(1879 – 1964) British politician

How young can you die of old age?

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

My wife and I are discussing whether we’re going to spank our child or not; I say wait ’til she does something wrong.

American comedian

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

(1881 – 1973) German economist

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

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

Fighting aging is like the War on Drugs… it’s expensive, does more harm than good, and has been proven to never end.

(1971 – ) American actress, comedian, producer & writer

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become president… now I'm beginning to believe it.

(1857 – 1938) American lawyer

Everyone I like stays the hell away from me.

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

My parents didn’t want to move to Florida, but they turned sixty, and that’s the law.

(1954 – ) comedian & television actor

I was not a particularly small child; I was the one who always got picked to play Bethlehem in the school play.

(1957 – ) British stand-up comedian

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

Regarding my family, I’m the youngest of three; my parents are both older.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer

Most people my age are dead at the present time.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

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

Do not worry about avoiding temptation; as you grow older it will avoid you.

(1911 – 1999) comedian, author & columnist

Jewelry takes people's minds off your wrinkles.

(1912 – 1969) Norwegian figure skater & actress

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

(1885 – 1981) American writer, historian & philosopher