Gene Fowler Quotes

By common consent grey hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respect that can never excite envy.

To be old is to be part of a huge and ordinary multitude... the reason why old age was venerated in the past was because it was extraordinary.

I am not old but mellow like good wine.

A hundred things are done today in the divine name of Youth, that if they showed their true colors would be seen by rights to belong rather to old age.

Being seventy is not a sin.

That's the privilege of old age: You don't have to remember.

I am in the prime of my senility.

At one point in my life, I thought getting old was a bad thing. Then I realized that the prestige, the respect, and the honor that people hold you at for being able to do anything for 20 years is well worth it.

Being old is such a treat!

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

I quite like being old.

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

A lot of people are frightened by old age - by being around people who are, basically, on their way out - but I'm fascinated by it. It's an amazing thing to be around someone who has had a life well lived.

He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young.

Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

Because one of the benefits of getting older, I guess-there are very few benefits, really - most of them are a pain in the butt. People depend on me more; they believe in me more, they think I'm good.

I have a feeling of reverence about my father being in his 80s - a feeling that I want to whisper, take soft steps, not intrude too much. He's like a stately old cathedral to me now.

Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.

I have a wonderful respect for old people.

As human beings we value the experience that comes with age. We are reminded over and over again with statements like 'older and wiser' and 'respect your elders,' promoting age as something to be cherished and respected.

I love to see old women. I love wrinkles. I love gray hair.

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

You hit a certain age, and you haven't died yet, and you become an elder statesman. I think I get a lot of applause because I'm not keeling over.

Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long.

All my life I've been taught how to die, but no one ever taught me how to grow old.