2008 – Page 590 – Dictionary of Quotes

When you get to fifty-two food becomes more important than sex. Prue Leith

When you get to fifty-two food becomes more important than sex.Age and AgingQuotations by Prue Leith

It is a sobering thought, that when Mozart was my age he had been dead for two years. Tom Lehrer

It is a sobering thought, that when Mozart was my age he had been dead for two years.Age and AgingQuotations by Tom Lehrer

The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball. Doug Larson

The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.Age and AgingQuotations by Doug Larson

O what a thing is age! Death without death’s quiet. Walter Savage Landor

O what a thing is age! Death without death’s quiet.Age and AgingQuotations by Walter Savage Landor

Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth. Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.Age and AgingQuotations by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Few people know how to be old. Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Few people know how to be old.Age and AgingQuotations by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish. Francois De La Rochefoucauld

As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.Age and AgingQuotations by Francois De La Rochefoucauld

The trouble with our age is that it is all signpost and no destination. Louis Kronenberger

The trouble with our age is that it is all signpost and no destination.Age and AgingQuotations by Louis Kronenberger

The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is important. King Jr. Martin Luther

The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is important.Age and AgingQuotations by King Jr. Martin Luther

I’m like old wine. They don’t bring me out very often, but I’m well preserved. Rose F. Kennedy

I’m like old wine. They don’t bring me out very often, but I’m well preserved.Age and AgingQuotations by Rose F. Kennedy

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art. Garson Kanin

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.Age and AgingQuotations by Garson Kanin

How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete. (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal

How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.Age and AgingQuotations by (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal

From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to die with life. Carl Jung

From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to die with life.Age and AgingQuotations by Carl Jung

At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest. Samuel Johnson

At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.Age and AgingQuotations by Samuel Johnson

Talking is the disease of age. Ben Johnson

Talking is the disease of age.Age and AgingQuotations by Ben Johnson

Wrecked on the lee shore of age. Sarah Orne Jewett

Wrecked on the lee shore of age.Age and AgingQuotations by Sarah Orne Jewett

My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me. Thomas Jefferson

My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me.Age and AgingQuotations by Thomas Jefferson

Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age. Victor Hugo

Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.Age and AgingQuotations by Victor Hugo

When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age. Victor Hugo

When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age.Age and AgingQuotations by Victor Hugo

Growing old is not growing up. Doug Horton

Growing old is not growing up.Age and AgingQuotations by Doug Horton

I don’t generally feel anything until noon, then it’s time for my nap. Bob Hope

I don’t generally feel anything until noon, then it’s time for my nap.Age and AgingQuotations by Bob Hope

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

Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle.Age and AgingQuotations by Bob Hope

You know you’re getting old when the candles cost more than the cake. Bob Hope

You know you’re getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.Age and AgingQuotations by Bob Hope

A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time. Oliver Wendell Holmes

A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time.Age and AgingQuotations by Oliver Wendell Holmes

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old. Oliver Wendell Holmes

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old.Age and AgingQuotations by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Age, like distance lends a double charm. Oliver Wendell Holmes

Age, like distance lends a double charm.Age and AgingQuotations by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty. Edward Hoagland

Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.Age and AgingQuotations by Edward Hoagland

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

As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary.Age and AgingQuotations by Ernest Hemingway

The worst old age is that of the mind. William Hazlitt

The worst old age is that of the mind.Age and AgingQuotations by William Hazlitt

To be happy, we must be true to nature, and carry our age along with us. William Hazlitt

To be happy, we must be true to nature, and carry our age along with us.Age and AgingQuotations by William Hazlitt

Age is not important unless you’re a cheese. Helen Hayes

Age is not important unless you’re a cheese.Age and AgingQuotations by Helen Hayes

There are only three ages for women in Hollywood–Babe, District Attorney, and Driving Miss Daisy. Goldie Hawn

There are only three ages for women in Hollywood–Babe, District Attorney, and Driving Miss Daisy.Age and AgingQuotations by Goldie Hawn

You’re only young once, but you can be immature forever. John Greier

You’re only young once, but you can be immature forever.Age and AgingQuotations by John Greier

The older we get the more we must limit ourselves if we wish to be active. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The older we get the more we must limit ourselves if we wish to be active.Age and AgingQuotations by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

We must not take the faults of our youth with us into old age, for age brings along its own defects. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

We must not take the faults of our youth with us into old age, for age brings along its own defects.Age and AgingQuotations by Johann …

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