Dan Savage Quotes

Do not complain about growing old. It is a privilege denied to many.

I'm very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was forty. I was a bit upset about reaching that milestone, but an older friend consoled me. "Don't complain about growing old - many, many people do not have that privilege."

I'm not dead. I mean, I may be getting older, but I'm not dead!

There's no point in being unhappy about growing older. Just think of the millions who have been denied the privilege.

My friends are Peter Gabriel, Bruce Springsteen, and we're singing about mortality, getting older. It's an interesting time.

Getting older is not something that you're not much concerned with.

Don't complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.

The best advice about getting older? Just be thankful you're not dead!

Stop whining about getting old. It's a privilege. A lot of people who are dead wish they were still alive.

'Back To Love' is a way of letting people know that sometimes you get caught up in trying to be successful in school or in your social life, and it's a reminder not to forget that each day people are getting older. Nobody is promised tomorrow, so we should make sure that we spend quality time with quality people.

I feel lucky to be getting older. The fact that I made it to 30 and then 40 was big enough. So I can't get too down on getting older; otherwise, it kind of undoes everything I've fought for.

I embrace old age. Look, I'm never going to dunk on LeBron James, and I've learned to accept that. I got a pretty good life, and I'm very fortunate, and I have my blessings.

Ageing's alright, better than the alternative, which is not being here.

If you're always battling against getting older, you're always going to be unhappy, because it's going to happen anyhow.

But I'm kind of comfortable with getting older because it's better than the other option, which is being dead. So I'll take getting older.

I have to say I don't mind getting older.

It's wonderful to know you're aging, because that means you're still on the planet, right?

Getting older is a fact of life.

I don't like the fact that I have to get older so fast, but I like the fact that I'm aging so well.

Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty. But everything else starts to wear out, fall out, or spread out.

Know that you are the perfect age. Each year is special and precious, for you shall only live it once. Be comfortable with growing older.

As I get older... I start to realize that life ain't half bad. Each year, I'm amazed that I'm still alive. I don't take any of this for granted, I'm a lucky dude.

Sometimes I wake up in awe that I'm alive. I can't get over that part, so I guess it makes me kind of like an existentialist.

You have to embrace getting older. Life is precious, and when you've lost a lot of people, you realize each day is a gift.

At 50, I thought proudly: Here we are, half century! Being 60 was fairly frightening. You want to know how I spent my 70th birthday? I put on a completely black face, a fuzzy black Afro wig, wore black clothes and hung a black wreath on my door.