Nicola Formichetti Quotes

French culture takes ageing very seriously. There's much less ageism than in Anglo-Saxon countries.

Somehow our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them.

I think our elderly are forgotten sometimes.

We treat old people so badly. There is nothing easy about 80.

If someone says to you, 'Go to an old-folks' home,' that's kind of ridiculous, because a lot of old people are doing terrific things for society.

I invite you, from my sentiments, my convictions and my responsibilities, to work together in the construction of a Uruguay where being young is not suspicious, where aging is not a problem.

Stop this attitude that older people ain't any good anymore! We're as good as we ever were - if we ever were any good.

We older women in Europe are lucky not to be shoved away in a drawer.

Old people are scary. And I have to face it. I am old and I am scary.

It is self-evident that at sixty-five a man has done all that he is fit to do.

Sure, I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself someday.

Rise before the elderly.

Why is it, I wondered, that old people are always so self-centered and excitable? But I just smiled benignly and stood back, comforted by the thought that soon they would be dead.

I got a gerontology certificate a million years ago along with my law degree, so I've been interested in older people for many years. Some people grow up with a lot of kids around, but I just grew up with a lot of old people.

Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.

I'm sure that is a reason why young people occasionally bash up old people - because the ages don't mix any more.

I'm too young for Medicare and too old for broads to care.

In America, the old are neglected.

There is room in our ranks for the old and decrepit, as well as the young and vigorous.

A lot of people are living in a dream world - they want to deny that aging occurs or believe it doesn't have to occur. They'll hold on to this belief until the moment they die. The reality will eventually hit them.

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

Luckily, West End audiences seem to rather like very old people.

I can't think of anyone who has done anything remotely useful after the age of 80.

Never ask anyone over 70 how they feel. They'll tell you.

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