In a man's middle years there is scarcely a part of the body he would hesitate to turn over to the proper authorities. ~E.B. White The years teach much which the days never knew. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair. ~Sam Ewing Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been. ~Mark Twain, Following the Equator Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children. ~George Bernard Shaw The age of a woman doesn’t mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles. –Sigmund Z. Engel
There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward. ~John Mortimer Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative. ~ Old Time, that greatest and longest established spinner of all!.... his factory is a secret place, his work is noiseless, and his hands are mutes. ~Charles Dickens Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many. ~Author Unknown A man's age is something impressive, it sums up his life: maturity reached slowly and against many obstacles, illnesses cured, griefs and despairs overcome, and unconscious risks taken; maturity formed through so many desires, hopes, regrets, forgotten things, loves. A man's age represents a fine cargo of experiences and memories. ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Wartime Writings 1939-1944, translated from French by Norah Purcell Jesus, I can't believe how fat, bald and old you look! I thought somebody invited your father to the reunion!! --R. Scott Pressler Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of your life. ~Robert Southey, The Doctor A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. ~John Barrymore How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were? ~Satchel Paige Father Time is not always a hard parent, and, though he tarries for none of his children, often lays his hand lightly upon those who have used him well; making them old men and women inexorably enough, but leaving their hearts and spirits young and in full vigour. With such people the grey head is but the impression of the old fellow's hand in giving them his blessing, and every wrinkle but a notch in the quiet calendar of a well-spent life. ~Charles Dickens The first sign of maturity is the discovery that the volume knob also turns to the left. ~Jerry M. Wright When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened. It is sad to go to pieces like this but we all have to do it. ~Mark Twain Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle. ~Bob Hope |
