Subject: Age (Page 8)

He's skating like he's 36 again.

Canadian hockey player

I’m 50 years of old.

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

Your modern teenager is not about to listen to advice from an old person, defined as a person who remembers when there was no Velcro.

You know you’ve reached middle age when you’re cautioned to slow down by your doctor, instead of by the police.

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

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

stand-up comedian

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

(1919 – 1990) educator & writer

He’s 31 this year – last year he was 30.

(1926 – ) English sports commentator

Looking fifty is great – if you're sixty.

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

Have you ever tried to put an oyster in a slot machine?

(1922 – ) actor, film director, producer, writer & comedian

A woman telling her true age is like a buyer confiding his final price to an Armenian rug dealer.

(1913 – 1983) journalist & author

The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist

I am in the prime of senility.

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

Birthdays are nice to have, but too many of them will kill a person.

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

Middle age is when we can do just as much as ever – but would rather not.

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

I’m still going on bad dates, when by now I should be in a bad marriage.

(1969 – ) American actress, comedian, producer & writer

She is so old… she's in God's year book.

She said she was approaching forty, and I couldn't help wondering from what direction.

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

No matter how calmly you try to referee, parenting will sometimes produce bizarre behavior… and I’m not talking about the kids.

(1937 – ) comedian & television actor

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

(1899 – 1995) humorist