Maggie Smith Quotes

Turns out I'm getting old.

I am a grandmother now, and that means age is creeping on, creeping on.

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'm getting so old, I don't even buy green bananas anymore.

Some feel old at 45.

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

Even my stuntman is old.

How are we supposed to get old? What am I supposed to do? Am I supposed to get old? My kids tell me, 'We want you to look like a grandmother.' I agree with them. I want to look like a grandmother.

There's one more terrifying fact about old people: I'm going to be one soon.

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

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

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.

The only person who can say they're happy getting old is someone who isn't actually old yet. Every day, I get less and less happy about that idea.

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.

I've finally become an old guy.

I survived turning 60, I was not thrilled to turn 61, I was less thrilled to turn 62, I didn't much like being 63, I loathed being 64, and I will hate being 65. I don't let on about such things in person; in person, I am cheerful and Pollyanna-ish. But the honest truth is that it's sad to be over 60.

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

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

I hate getting old, but I'm sticking with it!

The more the years go by, the more difficult it gets. I'm getting old.

I'm approaching 70. Unfortunately, from the wrong direction.

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

I like gettin' old.

Everyone gets old - there's nothing you can do about it.