Sandi Toksvig Quotes

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

People talk about the brain weakening as it ages. Mine feels stronger.

I have an old brain but a terrific memory.

If a brain is exercised properly, anyone can grow intelligence, at any age, and potentially by a lot. Or you can just let your brain idle - and watch it slowly, inexorably, go to seed like a sedentary body.

My brain is fine.

I'm not as sharp as I used to be.

The worst old age is that of the mind.

Walking is the only way proven to stave off cognitive decline - it works.

Memory is the first casualty of middle age, if I remember correctly.

I may be getting old, but not foolish.

Blueberries, strawberries, raspberries and other varieties have anthocyanins that can help reverse some loss of balance and memory associated with aging.

The wonderful thing about age is that your knees don't work as well, you can't run down steps quite as easily and obviously you can't lift heavy weights. But your mind doesn't feel any different.

I used to be able to think. My brain's circuits were all connected, and I had spark, a quickness of mind that let me function well in the world.

Our brain starts a long degenerative arc beginning around age 40.

At 83 Shaw's mind was perhaps not quite as good as it used to be, but it was still better than anyone else's.

I like to remember phone numbers because it keeps your brain active. If you don't use it, you lose it.

In midlife, we're as dumb as we get.

Working keeps me young. Anything that exercises the brain like learning lines.

My brain- the older I get, it holds even less. There's not the capacity I would wish there to be.

Tell your readers to use it or lose it. If you don't use your muscles, they get weak. If you don't use your mind it begins to fail.

The brain is a tool that gets rusty without constant, albeit moderate, exercise.

I'm maybe not quite as sharp as I used to be.

I don't think I've gotten any smarter, but your reflexes slow down before you do something stupid when you're older.

It is man's own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind grows torpid in old age.

The first thing you lose on a diet is brain mass.