Subject: Age (Page 28)

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

stand-up comedian

I always like to know everything about my new friends, and nothing about my old ones.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

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

Nostalgia is heroin for old people.

(1972 – ) Irish comedian & television presenter

You know you're getting old when everything dries up or leaks.

Good hospitality is making your guests feel at home, even when you wish they were.

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

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

(1694 – 1778) French author, humanist & satirist

I never drank anything stronger than beer before I was twelve.

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

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

Old age is like everything else; to make a success of it, you've got to start young.

(1858 – 1919) 26th U.S. president

He's so old that when he orders a three-minute egg, they ask for the money up front.

(1908 – 2002) comedian, radio & television actor

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

Robins: I've just written my 87th book.
Barbara Cartland: I've written 145.
Robins: Oh I see, one a year.

(1897 – 1985) British novelist

A three-year-old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set of swings as it does out of finding a small green worm.

(1915 – 1977) columnist, writer & actor

Eighty is a wonderful age… especially if you’re ninety.

(1900 – 1973) American journalist & editor