Drew Barrymore Quotes

Ageing's alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here.

You can't be as old as I am without waking up with a surprised look on your face every morning: 'Holy Christ, whaddya know - I'm still around!' It's absolutely amazing that I survived all the booze and smoking and the cars and the career.

Nobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.

Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.

Don't complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.

The best advice about getting older? Just be thankful you're not dead!

I do think about aging. I have those moments of panic and vanity, but life keeps getting better, so you can't worry about it too much.

Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.

Death isn't a funny thing. We're all lucky to be living.

I don't expect to live forever, but I do intend to hang on as long as possible.

But I'm kind of comfortable with getting older because it's better than the other option, which is being dead. So I'll take getting older.

All of us have the same thing coming - death. It's waiting. But I don't want to go. I want to live to be 102!

It's wonderful to know you're aging, because that means you're still on the planet, right?

I don't mind aging - I'm glad to be aging. I'll never die young.

For if there is any single thing that everyone hopes for most dearly, it must be this: that the youngest outlive the oldest.

As I get older... I start to realize that life ain't half bad. Each year, I'm amazed that I'm still alive. I don't take any of this for granted, I'm a lucky dude.

People talk philosophically, Oh, I don't want to live past 100.' You know, I'd like to hear them say that when they're 99.

There's no point in being unhappy about growing older. Just think of the millions who have been denied the privilege.

What we know for sure from our work and from others' is that mice have a life span of 1,000 days, dogs have 5,000 days, and we humans have 29,000 days. Recognizing that the duration is limited, and aging is inevitable, focus the attention on enhancing the quality of the days you have.

You get into your late fifties, people start falling like flies all around you. I don't take life for granted any more. I'm really glad to be here.

Getting older is no problem. You just have to live long enough.

All of my friends are my age and we are all ageing at the same time. We talk about it and moan, but it doesn't bother me.

Ah, I hope to live to 87 and drink from the the goblet of life to the dregs.

I didn't know I was going to live for 50 years. It has come as a shock.

My audience is going to die before I do.