Subject: Age (Page 5)

The thing about getting old is the number of things you think that you can’t say aloud because it would be too shocking.

(1919 – 2013) British writer, poet & playwright

Old Age: When you don’t recognize either the host or the musical guest on Saturday Night Live.

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

At my age flowers scare me.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

Retire? … I'm going to stay in show business until I'm the only one left.

(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer

I've dated men my age, younger than me and older and the only difference is the young ones are quicker at taking out the garbage.

(1970 – ) American film & television actress

I can tell a woman’s age in half a minute — and I do!

(1836 – 1911) English dramatist, librettist, poet & illustrator

You know you’re getting old when you start watching golf on TV and enjoying it.

(1953 – ) American comedian, actor, voice artist, & columnist

Looking fifty is great – if you’re sixty.

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

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

(1954 – ) comedian & television actor

The older you get, the faster you ran as a kid.

professional football player & coach

There are three ages of man – youth, middle age, and ‘you're looking wonderful.’

(1889 – 1967) American bishop & cardinal of the Catholic Church

He's as old as some trees.

Canadian hockey player & coach

Sudden success in golf is like the sudden acquisition of wealth; it is apt to unsettle and deteriorate the character.

(1881 – 1975) English writer & humorist

It’s a good thing to be old, because that means you haven’t died yet, right?

(1974 – ) Spanish actress & model

The only difference between friends and lovers is about four minutes.

writer, website creator

To an old man any place that’s warm is homeland.

(1868 – 1936) Russian writer & political activist

I must admit he exhibits the most extraordinary capacity for middle age that I’ve ever encountered in a young man of twenty-four.

movie character, in Kind Hearts And Coronets (Dennis Price)

Adult: One who has ceased to grow vertically, but not horizontally.

writer

Barney: I think of you as experienced. In an emergency, you would be the first one that I’d call.
Fish: You should call me first. I need time to put my teeth in.

(1921 – ) American actor

Girls used to come up to me and say, “My sister loves you.” Now they say, “My mother loves you.”

baseball player