Samantha Akkineni Quotes

I have realised that my time has come and gone. I'm not bitter, just a realist.

I had my moment on the stage. The trick in life is to know when to leave.

The last suit that you wear, you don't need any pockets.

Have you ever thought about those last moments of your life? Nobody wants a long, lingering illness; nobody wants just that; but it would be nice if you could have a day or two where you know it's coming.

Your body must become familiar with its death - in all its possible forms and degrees - as a self-evident, imminent, and emotionally neutral step on the way towards the goal you have found worthy of your life.

You know you're getting old when you go to more funerals than you do weddings.

I think that the older I get, the more I play, you realise when it's your time.

It seems like people are just dropping off the Earth. I suppose that happens when you get older. It's part of life. No one's getting out of it.

I always wondered what hearing one's own obituary might sound like, and I sort of feel like I may have just heard part of it at least.

I'm aging, and the world is seeing it.

I am simply not such a slave to my vanity, and I don't want to be, because as you get older you really have to start accepting the inevitable.

You get older and you see yourself and say, 'God, he's old, who's that?'

I want to plant a few more seeds here and there before they plant me

It is only the dead who do not return.

It's much better to go when you are still capable than wait until people say you're so doddery it's time you went.

I find old women at weddings and funerals attractive; I have this weird mortality thing.

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

Once in a while, when I'm alone, I think about my age. I think, 'How many more years do I have on this earth?' But I can't really conceive of dying.

As I sit here writing and look across the room at Janice, I keep thinking of the most heartbreaking question: which of us will go first?

I knew it was time to pack it in. I was in my 60s... I could still sing but I didn't want to get to that point where people feel sorry for me.

As you get older, you realize you're only the protagonist in your own story and a blip in someone else's life.

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

I'm getting older. That's realistic. I can't reverse time. I can slow it down a little bit.

Father Time is whether you're an athlete or not an athlete. Father Time is always around. I think I'm just special.

I don't love the fact that gravity is winning as I get older, but there's also a calmness that comes with it, which I'm secretly enjoying.