Getting Older Quotes - Page 15

• Grandchildren don't make a man feel old; it's the knowledge that he's married to a grandmother.

  J. Norman Collie

  Grandmother, Men, Grandchildren

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• Most men experience getting older with regret, apprehension. But most women experience it even more painfully: with shame. Aging is a man's destiny, something that must happen because he is a human being. For a woman, aging is not only her destiny . . . it is also her vulnerability.

  Susan Sontag

  Regret, Destiny, Men

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• You can't turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.

  Bonnie Prudden

  Inspirational, Life, Time

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• The older I get, the more I feel.

  Sharon Olds

  Daughter, Natural Talent, Age

  "Trauma Units" by Stephen Burt, www.nytimes.com. December 15, 2002.

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• Then again, if the plant is slow growing, and you are getting older, you may want to start with a larger plant. I find myself buying larger plants each year.

  Billy Cannon

  Death, Years, Dying

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• One of the things that goes with getting older is that one becomes more conservative - and I emphasise that when I use the word conservative I do not mean politically.

  Jeffrey Bernard

  Mean, Use, Conservative

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• In any case, you can't turn back the clock.

  Michel Patini

  Aging, Clock, Cases

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• The whole thrust of science and the medical profession is to try and prevent it from happening, to try to prolong life, to keep you from dying, to keep you from getting older, to rejuvenate you. I mean, that's everybody's wish. The fountain of youth is everybody's sought-after thing.

  Woody Allen

  Mean, Wish, Dying

  Interview with Douglas McGrath, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 1, 2008.

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• One of the pluses of getting older is you set some limits.

  Nicolas Cage

  Limits

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• My friends are Peter Gabriel, Bruce Springsteen, and we're singing about mortality, getting older. It's an interesting time.

  Sting

  Interesting, Singing, Gabriel

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• None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspirational, Life, Birthday

  Henry David Thoreau (2015). “Thoreau on Nature: Sage Words on Finding Harmony with the Natural World”, p.40, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.

  Samuel Ullman

  Life, Birthday, Leadership

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• You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confidence, as old as your fear, as young as your hope, as old as your despair.

  Samuel Ullman

  Birthday, Confidence, Self

  "The Silver Treasury, Prose and Verse for Every Mood" by Jane Manner, (p. 323-24), 1934.

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  We turn not older with years but newer every day.

  Emily Dickinson

  Inspirational, Life, Birthday

  Emily Dickinson, Thomas Herbert Johnson, Theodora Ward (1986). “The Letters of Emily Dickinson”, p.499, Harvard University Press

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• The air is like being wanted, we say, and they nod approvingly. The air is like getting older, they say, and they touch our arms gently.

  Dave Eggers

  Air, Arms, Wanted

  Dave Eggers (2007). “How the Water Feels to the Fishes”

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• The problem with getting older is you still remember how things used to be.

  Paul Newman

  Remember, Problem, Used

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• If you're not going to get any wiser, what's the point of getting older?

  Elizabeth Lowell

  Wiser, Ifs

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• Happy people look young. You’re really afraid of getting older, aren’t you? You should only be afraid of getting less happy.

  Deborah Smith

  People, Looks, Should

  Deborah Smith (2006). “The Crossroads Cafe”, p.228, BelleBooks

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• Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of your life.

  Robert Southey

  Funny Birthday, Years, Long

  'The Doctor' (1812) ch. 130

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• We are very lucky to be men because women have a terrible time getting older parts. It's much more difficult.

  Ian Mckellen

  Men, Lucky, Terrible Times

  Source: collider.com

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• I'm getting older , so I'm quieting down a bit.

  Steve Coogan

  Bits, Getting Old

  "Q&A: Steve Coogan on Sex, Drugs & Bad Press". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.esquire.com. July 9, 2013.

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• I remember, as a kid, my dad always told me, "Getting older beats the alternative." Although, now my father actually is the alternative, so I don't know what he would say. He's completely dead.

  Leslie Mann

  Dad, Father, Kids

  Source: collider.com

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• This weekend President Obama attended the annual Gridiron Club Dinner, and during his speech he joked that he is getting older and crankier. Which explains why he announced he no longer supports President Obama.

  Jimmy Fallon

  Weekend, Support, President

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• Your life may be draining away. Every day you may be getting older instead of younger, more frustrated instead of happier. Your job, your relationships may not be evolving - then your power is dwindling.

  Frederick Lenz

  Jobs, Frustrated, May

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• I'm getting older. I'm getting sexier. I'm getting meaner. I can still do what I do.

  Shaquille O'Neal

  Basketball, Stills, I Can

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