Getting Older Quotes - Page 15

• I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.

  Francis Bacon

  Birthday, Time, Men

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• Getting older, you just don't want to sing fluffy.

  Christina Aguilera

  Want, Fluffy

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• 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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• If you're always battling against getting older, you're always going to be unhappy, because it's going to happen anyhow.

  Mitch Albom

  Reality, Atheism, Unhappy

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• Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Funny, Motivational

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

  Doug Larson

  Inspirational, Age, Aging

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

  Michel Patini

  Aging, Clock, Cases

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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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• 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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• There's nothing good about getting older-absolutely nothing-because the amount of wisdom and experience you gain is negligible compared to what you lose. You do gain a couple of things-you gain a little bittersweet and sour wisdom from your heartbreaks and failures and things-but what you lose is so catastrophic in every way.

  Woody Allen

  Couple, Littles, Wisdom And Experience

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

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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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• 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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  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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Getting older is fine. There is nothing you can do to stop it so you might as well stay on the bus.

  John Byrne

  Might, Fine, Bus

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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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• As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Character

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

  Nicolas Cage

  Limits

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