Aging Quotes
You can only perceive real beauty in a person
as they get older."
- Anouk Aimee
"To know how to grow old is the master
work of wisdom, and one of the most difficult
chapters in the great art of living."
- Henri Frederic Amiel
"Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it
takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice;
it whitens only the hair."
- Ira Gershwin
"Old age is no place for sissies."
- Bette Davis
"People who don't cherish their elderly have forgotten
whence they came and whither they go."
- Ramsey Clark
"The older generation thought nothing of getting up
at five every morning - and the younger generation
doesn't think much of it either."
- John J. Welsh
"The secret to staying young is to live honestly,
eat slowly, and lie about your age."
- Lucille Ball
"People do not quit playing because they grow old;
they grow old because they quit playing."
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
"If you carry your childhood with you,
you never become older."
- Tom Stoppard
"Looking fifty is great... if you're sixty."
- Joan Rivers
"Just remember, once you're over the hill,
you begin to pick up speed."
- Charles Schulz
