Older Quotes

the real evidence of growing older is that things level off in importance ... Days are no longer jagged peaks to climb; time is a meadow, and we move over it with level steps.

My older sister has entire kingdoms inside of her, and some of them are only accessible at certain seasons, in certain kinds of weather.

The beauty of getting older is the surprise of what else you can do to make the world a better place with the wisdom that you've accrued over those years.

So what really works? Treatments in jail do some good, but it's mostly too late: finding a family and a job or just growing older make most prisoners eventually give up crime.

Growing older is not upsetting; being perceived as old is.

And you know, the baby boomers are getting older, and those off the rack clothes are just not fitting right any longer, and so, tailor-made suits are coming back into fashion.

Older people sit down and ask, 'What is it?' but the boy asks, 'What can I do with it?'.

The older theory was, marry an older man because they're more mature. But the new theory is men don't mature. Marry a younger one.

"Isn't it fun getting older?" is really a terrible fallacy. That's like saying I prefer driving an old car with a flat tire.

Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with coffee and obituaries.

As men get older, the toys get more expensive.

I don't know how I got over the hill without getting to the top.

The older I get, the more I feel.

At 50, don't let aging get you down. It's too hard to get back up. Happy 50th birthday.

There are some older women out there who are just knockouts, real beauties, and they're not getting the roles they should.

The great thing about getting older is that you learn not to care about being cool. I'm happy with who I am, I know what I like and I can't see myself changing… not for a little while, at least.

I'm the daughter of two Indian immigrant doctors, and I have an older sister and younger brother, and none of us have pursued medicine as a career. We're all over the artistic side of things.

I have left orders to be awakened at any time during national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.

So scared of getting older, I'm only good at being young.

Older women can afford to agree that femininity is a charade, a matter of colored hair, ecru lace and whalebones, the kind of slap and tat that transvestites are in love with, and no more.

I'm a person who gets better with practice. Getting older is awesome - because you get more practice.

I have two older sisters and one older brother and hold them largely responsible for the trouble I got into growing up. I believe as the youngest child, that is my right.

We older women in Europe are lucky not to be shoved away in a drawer.

When I grow up I want to be an old woman.

There is a trade off - as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose spontaneity.

In any case, you can't turn back the clock.

What I'm doing is keeping the spirit of Rock'N Roll alive. Rock 'n roll is supposed to be fast and loud and its supposed to piss off the older generation.

But now it seems possible that the truth about getting older is that there are fewer and fewer things to make fun of until finally there is nothing you are sure you will never be.

I'm always impressed with what young people can do before older people tell them it's impossible

Why are people afraid of getting older? You feel wiser. You feel more mature. You feel like you know yourself better. You would trade that for softer skin? Not me!

Madeleine Albright, when you see her, she's not a beautiful woman and she's getting older. But you're saying that woman has gravitas. She knows what she's talking about.

Life changes and that's cool. Growing older is amazing, I think.

A man's age represents a fine cargo of experiences and memories.

Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.

Don't let aging get you down. It's too hard to get back up.

The older women were Sunbeams and I guess we were Cherubs or Lambs, but our mothers were Nightingales.

I tell you, if I'm going to go through a divorce, I would date again a younger man. Because I have so much energy, there's no way an older man can keep up with me.

Since people are going to be living longer and getting older, they'll just have to learn how to be babies longer.

The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the older man who will not laugh is a fool.

I have absolutely no objection to growing older. I am a stroke survivor so I am extremely grateful to be ageing - I have nothing but gratitude for the passing years. I am ageing - lucky, lucky me!

For the younger sisters, we always look up to the older sisters because they're always ahead of us and they always win.

In 1984, my mom gave birth to my older sister, Teresa. Due to a complicated delivery, she needed a blood transfusion, and at that moment, my mom had HIV+ blood put into her body.

Getting older is tough. I remember the last time I felt an erection. It was at the movies. The only trouble is, it belonged to the guy sitting next to me.

It gave me a strange feeling, and the rest of that night I didn’t say much, but merely sat there and drank, trying to decide if I was getting older and wiser, or just plain old.

Is my growing old making me any closer to Christ? Am I only getting older or am I getting more godly?

The best advice about getting older? Just be thankful you're not dead!

You should see his older brother,” said Jem. “Makes Gabriel look sweeter than gingerbread. Hates Will even more thanGabriel, too, if that’s possible.

As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary.

Give life long enough and it will solve all your problems, including the one of being alive.

The more defects a man may have, the older he is, the less lovable, the more resounding his success.