Old age Quotes
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"The three touchstones that woke Buddha up - sickness, old age, and death - are a pretty good place to start when crafting a tragic tale. And if we need to get more specific: heartbreak, destruction, miscomprehension, natural disasters, betrayal, and the waste of human potential."
"The themes that make one laugh always stem from poverty, hunger, misery, old age, sickness, and death. These are the themes that make Italians laugh, anyway."
"Cherish all your happy moments they make a fine cushion for old age."
"Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple."
"No sociologist should think himself too good, even in his old age, to make tens of thousands of quite trivial computations in his head and perhaps for months at a time."
"After 3 years, I left the army at the ripe old age of 20, but I'd like to think some of the skills are still with me. I'm great at physical movement; I can still remember Morse code, and perhaps most importantly, I can fold my socks up into little balls with smiley faces."
"Eighteenth-century doctors prescribed sugar pills for nearly everything: heart problems, headache, consumption, labor pains, insanity, old age, and blindness. Hence, the French expression 'like an apothecary without sugar' meant someone in an utterly hopeless situation."
"There's no such thing as old age. I'm no different now than I was 50 years ago. I'm just having more fun."
"A lot of people are frightened by old age - by being around people who are, basically, on their way out - but I'm fascinated by it. It's an amazing thing to be around someone who has had a life well lived."
"I admire those people who hold on to their elegance in old age but I'd rather have fun."
"Most women are indulgent of themselves. This is a mistake. It should be only the reward of old age."
"I am involved in a lot of nonprofits. And when I reached the ripe old age of 60, I wanted to provide leadership to some I had been involved in."
"I don't mind being older. I'm proud of my age. I've achieved a lot. It's the same thing with Mick and the Stones. They should be revered and respected. Isn't it strange that now we're living longer we have so much less respect for old age? Perhaps it's a less valuable commodity?"
"I don't know what's happened to me. I've got a bit more sophisticated in my old age. I like a bit of jasmine tea. I love it."
"A graceful and honorable old age is the childhood of immortality."
"Old age may have its limitations and challenges, but in spite of them, our latter years can be some of the most rewarding and fulfilling of our lives."
"That's the privilege of old age: You don't have to remember."
"There is always some chance of recession in any year. But the evidence suggests that expansions don't die of old age."
"Not everything in old age is grim. I haven't walked through an airport for years, and wheelchairs are the way to travel."