Famous Quotes about Age

“ Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter. ”
Mark Twain

“ Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many. ”
Unknown

“ Father Time is not always a hard parent, and, though he tarries for none of his children, often lays his hand lightly upon those who have used him well; making them old men and women inexorably enough, but leaving their hearts and spirits young and in full vigour. With such people the grey head is but the impression of the old fellow's hand in giving them his blessing, and every wrinkle but a notch in the quiet calendar of a well-spent life. ”
Charles Dickens

“ I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your annuities. It is the only pleasure I have left. ”
Francois Voltaire

“ Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing. ”
Oliver Wendell Holmes

“ Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle. ”
Bob Hope

“ No man loves life like him that's growing old. ”
Sophocles

“ None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm. ”
Henry David Thoreau

“ Old age is fifteen years older than I am. ”
Oliver Wendell Holmes

“ Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. ”
Sir Francis Bacon

“ Regrets are the natural property of grey hairs. ”
Charles Dickens

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

“ The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity. ”
Mark Twain

“ The years teach much which the days never knew. ”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened. It is sad to go to pieces like this but we all have to do it. ”
Mark Twain