Jerry Lewis Quotes

What happens at 90 is that I don't walk so good, my eyes are going, I can't hear well, and I'm getting all of the 90s residuals.

My grandmother is 82, and some days she doesn't even put her teeth in.

When you get to be over 80, your coordination goes to hell and a half.

It's one of the terrors of old age that your body is not your friend. Or to be out on the street and be frightened of someone because you're not in good shape and can't do anything about it.

When I reached 80, my world turned upside down physically. I've had a lot of physical problems.

As I approach my 88th birthday, it's become apparent to me that my eyes and ears, among other appurtenances, aren't quite what they used to be. The prospect of long flights to wherever in search of whatever are not quite as appealing.

My eyesight is not nearly as good. My hearing is probably going away. My memory is slipping too. But I'm still around.

There is a good chance that, at 60, I will be in a wheelchair, but hey, I signed up for that. I know that.

I don't know how to deal with being 80.

Now people live into their 90s and beyond. As long as I have quality of life, I'm good.

You get old, you slow down.

Each day it's like: 'How many more days am I going to feel young and vibrant? I feel young and vibrant now, but I also feel the aches and pains a little bit.

I think that a man should not live beyond the age when he begins to deteriorate, when the flame that lighted the brightest moment of his life has weakened.

I'm going to be 80, walking with a stick down the runway.

It's good to be here. At 98, it's good to be anywhere.

I really think that it's better to retire, in Uncle Earl's terms, when you still have some snap left in your garters.

Age is not different from earlier life as long as you're sitting down.

Other than my memory being a bit woolly and my knees being a bit creaky, I don't really think there's anything I can't do.

When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.

I guess maybe when you get past 70, other people start asking you how you feel.

When you get older, two things happen to you. You begin to lose your hearing, and I forget what the other one is.

The word that scares the hell out of me is 'frail.' I don't want to be frail.

It's much better to go when you are still capable than wait until people say you're so doddery it's time you went.

I don't sing as well as I used to. Nor does anyone else in their 60s.

When you get older, you've got to find some things differently because sometimes your body won't allow you do what you. When you're younger you can do a lot of stuff, moving around.