Subject: Age (Page 5)

You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

Anyone can get old; all you have to do is live long enough.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

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

There are only two things a child will share willingly – communicable diseases and his mother’s age.

(1903 – 1998) American pediatrician & author

Adolescence begins when children stop asking questions – because they know all the answers.

(1899 – 1995) humorist

How old would you be if you didn't know how old you are?

(1906 – 1982) baseball player

Middle age is when anything new in the way you feel is most likely a symptom.

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer

If you live long enough, the venerability factor creeps in; first, you get accused of things you never did, and later, credited for virtues you never had.

(1907 – 1989) American writer

I know she's a bit touchy about her age – even though it's not the first time she's turned 40.

(1955 – ) American actor, comedian, producer, director & singer

I’m at the age where I have to find my hearing aid to ask where my glasses are.

(1927 – ) magician & comedy writer

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

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

Younger Generation: A group that is alike in many disrespects.

I’m now at the age where I’ve got to prove that I’m just as good as I never was.

(1908 – 1990) English actor

He has become the oldest living cute boy in the world.

(1953 – ) American author, journalist & opinion columnist

Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous; when I was sixty-five, I still had pimples.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

When I was little, my grandfather used to make me stand in a closet for five minutes without moving… he said it was elevator practice.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

What a kid I got, I told him about the birds and the bees and he told me about the butcher and my wife.

(1921 – 2004) stand-up comedian & actor

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success!

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist

My mother used to say: the older you get, the better you get… unless you’re a banana.

1922) American actress, comedian & television personality

I like my buddies from west Texas; I liked them when I was young; I liked them then I was middle – age; I liked them before I was president; and I like them during president, and I like them after president.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president

Old Age: When you wink at a girl and she says, “Something wrong with your eyes?”