Maggie Kuhn Quotes
Old age is not a disease - it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses.
I enjoy my wrinkles and regard them as badges of distinction - I've worked hard for them!
A healthy community is one in which the elderly protect, care for, love and assist the younger ones to provide continuity and hope.
There are six myths about old age: 1. That it's a disease, a disaster. 2. That we are mindless. 3. That we are sexless. 4. That we are useless. 5. That we are powerless. 6. That we are all alike.
Power should not be concentrated in the hands of so few, and powerlessness in the hands of so many.
Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion.
Being sixty-five ... became a crossroads. We said, we have nothing to lose, so we can raise hell.
The ultimate indignity is to be given a bedpan by a stranger who calls you by your first name.
Men and women approaching retirement age should be recycled for public service work, and their companies should foot the bill. We can no longer afford to scrap-pile people.
People who have had power, when they become powerless, are really tragic.... We just allow ourselves to be conditioned by a society so we become as important as we're supposed to be.
