Rudy Boesch Quotes

Age is an ugly thing, and it goes on getting worse.

Talking about the body getting old, there's a sadness to it in a way.

You get old, you slow down.

I think that a man should not live beyond the age when he begins to deteriorate, when the flame that lighted the brightest moment of his life has weakened.

One time, I was young. I was skinny. I was elegant. Getting old is terrible.

The appearance of aged persons is too well known to make detailed description necessary. The skin of the face is dry and wrinkled and generally pale. The hairs on the head and the body are white. The back is bent, and the gait is slow and laborious, whilst the memory is weak. Such are the most familiar traits of old age.

Old age is the supreme evil, for it deprives man of all pleasures while allowing his appetites to remain, and it brings with it every possible sorrow. Yet men fear death and desire old age.

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

No one looks forward to getting old do they?

I'm not getting old, I'm getting dead.

It sucks getting old.

It's paradoxical, that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone.

You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there.

Even my stuntman is old.

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

Every time I think that I am getting old, and gradually going to the grave, something else happens.

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

Each day it's like: 'How many more days am I going to feel young and vibrant? I feel young and vibrant now, but I also feel the aches and pains a little bit.

I retired from rugby because I was old and getting really slow.

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

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.

Every time I think that I'm getting old, and gradually going to the grave, something else happens.

My eyesight is not nearly as good. My hearing is probably going away. My memory is slipping too. But I'm still around.

Of course, it's no fun getting old and getting sick and dying; we all know that's coming, and it's a bore.

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