Subject: Age (Page 8)

By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere.

(1948 – ) comedian, actor, writer, producer & film director

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

stand-up comedian

My wife and I are discussing whether we’re going to spank our child or not; I say wait ’til she does something wrong.

American comedian

When we’re young, we want to change the world… when we’re old, we want to change the young.

book publisher

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

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

The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools.

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist

Getting old is when a narrow waist and a broad mind change places!

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

Teenagers: Those old enough to know everything.

If a woman tells you she's twenty and looks sixteen, she's twelve. If she tells you she's twenty-six and looks twenty-six, she's damn near forty.

(1965 – ) comedian, actor, screenwriter, television producer & director

He has a profound respect for old age… especially when it’s bottled.

(1890 – 1960) journalist, author & dramatist

Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else… and usually is.

(1902 – 1971) American humorist & poet

She's all done up like a well-kept grave.

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

Youth: The first fifty years of your life… the first twenty of anyone else’s.

Puberty is a phase… fifteen years of rejection is a lifestyle.

stand-up comedian

In Los Angeles, by the time you’re 35, you’re older than most of the buildings.

(1941 – 2012) American novelist, producer, screenwriter & director

Legend: A lie that has attained the dignity of age.

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

When you've seen a nude infant doing a backward somersault you know why clothing exists.

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

If you want to recapture your youth, just cut off his allowance.

(1919 – 2006) American comedian & actor

When you are down and out something always turns up – and it is usually the noses of your friends.

(1915 – 1985) stage & film actor & director

I know we were buddies because he threatened to kill me on no fewer than three occasions, and he did that only to his friends.

(1935) British film director, producer & food critic