Subject: Age (Page 6)

The best years are the forties; after fifty a man begins to deteriorate, but in the forties he is at the maximum of his villainy.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist

She’ll never admit it, but I believe it is Mama.

(1917 – 2016) Hungarian-born American actress

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

You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come in contact with a new idea.

The secret of eternal youth is arrested development.

(1884 – 1980) author & wit

Barometer: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

I’m throwing as hard as I ever did, but the ball is just not getting there as fast.

(1908 – 1989) American baseball player

The four stages of a man are infancy, childhood, adolescence and obsolescence.

(1912 – 2010) Canadian-born American radio & television personality & humorist

I am a success today because I had a friend who believed in me and I didn’t have the heart to let him down.

(1809 – 1865) 16th U.S. president

I am in the prime of senility.

(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor

People who say you're just as old as you feel are all wrong, fortunately.

(1925 – ) columnist & journalist

Some folks as they grow older grow wise, but most folks simply grow stubborner.

(1818 – 1885) humorist

I’m like old wine; they don't bring me out very often, but I’m well preserved.

(1890 – 1995) American philanthropist & wife of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.

Teenagers: People who express a burning drive to be different by dressing alike.

He was young – He was fair – But the Injuns – Raised his hair

You know you're getting old when work is a lot less fun and fun is a lot more work.

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

Middle age occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush the net.

(1881 – 1960) American columnist

Middle age is when, whenever you go on holiday, you pack a sweater.

(1922 – ) English comedy writer & television presenter

May God defend me from my friends; I can defend myself from my enemies.

(1694 – 1778) French author, humanist & satirist

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

(1906 – 1982) baseball player