Being sixty-five ... became a crossroads. We said, we have nothing to lose, so we can raise hell.

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!

Old age is an excellent time for outrage.

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.

When you least expect it, someone may actually listen to what you have to say.

Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.

Power should not be concentrated in the hands of so few, and powerlessness in the hands of so many.

The best age is the age you are.

Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion.

Let every man shovel out his own snow, and the whole city will be passable, " said Gamache. Seeing Beauvoir's puzzled expression he added, "Emerson.""Lake and Palmer?""Ralph and Waldo.

Family isn’t something that’s supposed to be static, or set. People marry in, divorce out. They’re born, they die. It’s always evolving, turning into something else.

The emotions are not always subject to reason ... but they are always subject to action. When thoughts do not neutralize an undesirable emotion action will.

Every country I've had different hit records, so we have to change the set to fit the country.

Winners take responsibility, losers blame others.

Words that do not match deeds are not important.

The most all penetrating spirit before which will open the possibility of tilting not tables, but planets, is the spirit of free human inquiry. Believe only in that.

Death is an equall doome To good and bad, the common In of rest.

...with what we spent in Iraq we could build nuclear power plants and space solar power satellites and tell the Arabs to drink their oil.

I’m conceited, I got a reason