Subject: Age (Page 9)

I didn’t see it [old age] coming — it hit me from the rear.

(1917 – 2012) comedian & actress

Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency.

(1932 – 2009) author, poet & critic

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

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

When you’re in your 20s and 30s and you drop some weight, people notice, they’re nice about it… they’re like, ‘Hey man, you look good!' … but when you’re in your 40s and you lose weight, people are like, ‘You doin’ all right?'

(1963 – ) American comedian & author

Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese.

(1884 – 1970) American actress

When I was in high school, a “drive-by shooting” meant someone had their rear end hanging out a car window!

(1958 – ) stand-up comedian & television personality

I have everything now I had twenty years ago – except now it’s lower.

(1911 – 1970) American burlesque entertainer, actress, author & playwright

We idolized the Beatles, except for those of us who idolized the Rolling Stones, who in those days still had many of their original teeth.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Middle age is that perplexing time of life when we hear two voices calling us, one saying, "Why not?" and the other, "Why bother?"

(1917 –1986) American journalist

You know you're getting old when kids start to dress like you used to.

(1936 – 2014) American standup comedian, actor & author

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

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

It’s wonderful to meet so many friends that I didn’t used to like.

(1890 – 1975) American baseball manager

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

(1974 – ) Spanish actress & model

I wouldn’t be caught dead marrying a woman old enough to be my wife.

(1925 – 2010) American film actor

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

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

writer, website creator

I refuse to admit I'm more than 52, even if that does make my sons illegitimate.

(1879 – 1964) British politician

When people tell you how young you look, they are also telling you how old you are

(1904 – 1986) English-American actor

I believe in loyalty… when a woman reaches an age she likes, she should stick with it.

(1919 – 1995) Hungarian-born American socialite & actress

At my age, patience is not a virtue… it’s a luxury.

(1927 – 1996) columnist & humorist

It is amazing how quickly the kids learn to drive a car, yet are unable to understand the lawnmower, snowblower or vacuum cleaner.