Quotes by Old Age Old age is the repose of life; the rest that precedes the rest that remains. Robert Collyer old-age remains age No one's so old that he mayn't with decency hope for one more day. Seneca the Younger one-more-day old-age age Old age is life's parody. Simone de Beauvoir old-age parody age We have a great regard for old age when it is bottled. Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar old-age regard age old folks is the nation. Toni Cade Bambara old-age folks age Old age is the harbor of all ills. Wilfred Bion old-age harbors age Old age is the Outpatient's Dept of purgatory. William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley purgatory old-age age 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. Tom Reiss problems old-age age heart Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age. Hosea Ballou old old-age youth age There are times when the presence of more choices can make us choose things that are not good for us. For me the clearest example is that the more retirement fund options a person has, the less likely they are to save for their old age. Sheena Iyengar good me old-age age Whatever poet, orator or sage may say of it, old age is still old age. Sinclair Lewis whatever say old-age age Where nothing in a person's earlier years lends itself to an old age devoted to continuing intellectual and physical pursuits, a late-life interest in Tolstoy or even crossword puzzles is unlikely to appear, no matter the urging by well-intentioned social workers or people like me who write books about it. Sherwin B. Nuland me old-age age people By the time I met Julia Child, her husband, Paul, was little more than a ghost of a man, so diminished by old age and its attendant diseases that it was impossible to discern the remarkable artist, photographer and poet he once had been. Ruth Reichl man old-age age time The public has lost faith in the ability of Social Security and Medicare to provide for old age. They've lost faith in the banking system and in conventional medical insurance. Ron Chernow old-age medical age faith 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. Rhys Darby great me old-age age Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man. James Thurber happen man old-age unexpected age There has been enough suffering in our country, there has been enough of children whose dreams die before they have a chance to grow and there has been enough of our elders who, having served their nation, are forced into indignity in their old age. John Agyekum Kufuor dreams old-age age children For me, old age is just something that happens. June Whitfield something me old-age age In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us. Josh Billings difficulties old-age youth age The theme of old age doesn't seem to fascinate Hollywood. John Updike old old-age theme age «123456»