Russell B. Long Quotes

There's no such thing as old age. I'm no different now than I was 50 years ago. I'm just having more fun.

Now people live into their 90s and beyond. As long as I have quality of life, I'm good.

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

Health care does not worry me a great deal. I've been impressed by some wonderful old people.

When you are 81 years old, you don't really need a lot of the trappings of wealth.

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

I just pray I can keep working. I just pray I grow old gracefully.

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

You reach a certain age, and you're so proud that you're walking and breathing and loving and working and all of that at 90.

Becoming eighty is a matter of life or death. I chose life. It is a much better position to be in, and it's easier on your back.

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

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

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

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.

There was a point where there was a vision that we'll get to a certain age, and then we'll retire and be happy. Now that's like, that's being compromised every day. So I think we have to start living happy now and stop waiting for the forty years because by then you'll be so sick, you wouldn't enjoy it anyway.

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.

Longevity is something I never gave a second thought to. I guess it's the shadow of growing up in post WWII, but I never believed I would live past 20. Here I am though... a senior citizen... my voice and heart are stronger than ever, but boredom is the greatest enemy so I have to be careful not to slip over the edge.

Even my stuntman is old.

The exhaustion of old age is something people who are younger don't fully 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.

Education is the best provision for old age.

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.

My philosophy is very simple. To feel young, you must work as long as you can.

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