Quotes on Age
Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
Mark Twain
Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment
of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone.
Jim Fiebig
Inside every older person is a younger person
wondering what happened.
Jennifer Yane
Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age.
Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.
Tom Wilson
I don't do drugs or alcohol anymore.
I get the same effect just standing up fast.
Give me chastity and continence, but not yet.
Saint Augustine
There was no respect for youth when I was young.
Now that I am old, there is no respect for age.
I missed it coming and going.
J. B. Priestly
The denunciation of the young is a necessary part
of the hygiene of older people,
and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.
Logan Pearsall Smith
At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive.
At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident and assertive.
At forty-five I am stupid, confused and indecisive.
Who would have supposed that maturity
is only a short break in adolescence?
Jules Feiffer
The aging process has you firmly in its grasp
if you never get the urge to throw a snowball.
Doug Larson