Bill Cosby Quotes

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

When we looked at the life cycle in our 40s, we looked to old people for wisdom. At 80, though, we look at other 80-year-olds to see who got wise and who not. Lots of old people don't get wise, but you don't get wise unless you age.

The ordinariness of living to be old is too novel a thing to appreciate.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

Age is like love, it cannot be hid.

I am an old geezer: a grandpa kind of a guy. I was born October 19, 1931. I have gray hair, a beard, and a little pot belly. I have two children who are over 30 years old and a sweet little granddaughter who is 11 years old.

The fear of old age is something that one feels when they're younger. Once you get to being old, you're already there, so you don't even think about it anymore.

As you get older, you find that everything looks better more natural!

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

Few people know how to be old.

I didn't get old on purpose, it just happened. If you're lucky, it could happen to you.

In time we grow older, we grow wiser, we grow smarter, and we're better. And I feel like I'm becoming more seasoned, although I don't have my salt-and-pepper hair.

Age has been the perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth.

Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.

Growing old is not growing up.

I'm interested in playing old ladies because I am becoming one. And I want to become a very good one!

Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.

The face you have at age 25 is the face God gave you, but the face you have after 50 is the face you earned.

Age is not our fault.

Aging has a wonderful beauty and we should have respect for that.

I've been writing about growing old for some time, really from the beginning of my career. It's something I'm apparently hung up about and now that I am old, hopefully I speak about it with some authority.

There's a small club of women who are willing to age.

I'm enjoying the aging process and the gray hair and the wrinkles.

Life has its trade-offs. As you age, you lose things like teeth and the ability to play in the ball pit at fast-food restaurants, and you gain things like experience and employer-based health insurance.