Subject: Age (Page 5)

There are no old people nowadays; they are either 'wonderful for their age' or dead.

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I won't say I was slow developer, but our teacher was quite pleased to have someone her own age in the class to talk to.

(1919 – 1985) Scottish comedian & actor

Geriatricide joint

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

I don't need you to remind me of my age; I have a bladder to do that for me.

(1957 – ) English actor, writer, journalist, comedian & film director

The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.

(1803 – 1882) essayist, poet, & philosopher

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

She is so old… she used to baby-sit Jesus.

Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.

(1775 – 1834) English critic & essayist

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

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

Say Satch, tell me, was Abraham Lincoln a crouch hitter?

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

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

Before borrowing from a friend, decide which you need most.

Adolescence: That period when children feel their parents should be told the facts of life.

We thought it was a bad idea you guys got married, but we didn’t feel like we could say anything because it was open bar.

(1974 – ) American stand-up comedian

Biologically, I'm 10; chronologically, I'm 33, but in hockey years, I'm 66.


When you are over the hill, you pick up speed.

I’ve been doing it [stealing from hotels] for so long, I have a set of towels from the Ark.

(1935 – 2014) American comedian, television personality, writer & director

If you want to know how old a woman is, ask her sister-in-law.

(1853 – 1937) journalist, writer & editor

I’m 65. People say I look 55. I feel 45. I’d settle for 35 and you make me feel 25.

(1922 – 1991) American comedian

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 never drank anything stronger than beer before I was twelve.

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