John Ford Quotes

No, Time, thou shalt not boast that I do change.

You know, I don't mind dying. The thing that pisses me off is that I won't get to be an old man. I was looking forward to that.

It is a little disappointing to see that your legs are not as strong. But I like the idea of growing old, and the thought of approaching death is not particularly daunting to me.

If you're not getting older, you're dead.

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.

When I was young, I used to be very frightened of getting older and of death. Now, I'm more resigned to the inevitability.

Though I'm 75, I'm not looking forward to death, but it's there for all of us.

Old Time, that greatest and longest established spinner of all!... his factory is a secret place, his work is noiseless, and his Hands are mutes.

I think that, with age, people come to realize that death is inevitable. And we need to learn to face it with serenity, wisdom and resignation. Death often frees us from a lot of senseless sufferings.

His time was past, her handmaid Irri declared. No man should live longer than his teeth.

Time is a kind friend, he will make us old.

I have not long to live. I have lasted more than a man's average allotted span, and while I still am hale and hearty, I know full well the hand of time , while it may miss a man at one reaping, will get him at the next.

It's funny, don't you think, how time seems to do a lot of things? It flies, it tells, and worst of all, it runs out.

There is no place in which to hide when Age comes seeking for his bride.

We tried not to age, but time had its rage.

I'm older than I'd like and I'm creaky, but I'm doing alright.

Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old.

Everything I do has the tinge of the finite, of my own demise. At some point you either accept death or you just keep pushing it back as you get older and older. I've accepted it.

I'm one year away from 70 and I've had a good run. I really believe I'm okay.

The clock never stops, never stops, never waits. We're growing old. It's getting late.

You can't be scared of death. When that time comes, it comes.

Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.

Age carries all things away, even the mind.

By the time I'm old, I'm sure I'll have lived a full enough life. I think we're mortal for a reason. Life gets tiring, man!

I don't have a fear of aging or a fear of death.