Andre Maurois Quotes

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

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.

We all wish to reach a ripe old age, but none of us are prepared to admit that we are already there.

It isn't so bad getting old. It really isn't. As long as I can stay healthy.

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

Everything about aging in my experience so far has been a plus. Except the death part!

Aging is a synonym for living.

I read an article about 60 being the new 30 the other week, and I think it's very true. Our generation has not done what previous generations did and just got old and sat in a corner.

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

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.

I promised a lot of people I'd slow down when I turned 80.

I don't have time to think about age. There are so many things to do.

I've played Big Bird for over half my life, and now I'm in my 80s. It does feel older than 79. Someone said it's just a number, and I said, 'No, I genuinely feel older.'

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

Growing old has been the greatest surprise of my life.

And I'm not as young as I once was. At my age, I don't have time to be bored.

I'm not getting any younger. You're not getting any younger, so yeah. You age.

Old age is the only thing that lives up to its reputation.

Now there is this whole terror about getting old. Today, that fascination with youth is overrated. What's so special about being young? I just say that because I'm old.

I'm passionate about old people because I am one myself.

In order to grow old, you have to experience everything, but in moderation.

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

I don’t like getting old at all, but then again, who does?

For me, old age is just something that happens.

You know you're old when you're asked, 'Do you have hobbies?'