Prince Philip Quotes

I don't want to die as long as I can work; the minute I can not, I want to go.

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

I think that a man should not live beyond the age when he begins to deteriorate, when the flame that lighted the brightest moment of his life has weakened.

The final disease that nature inflicts on us will determine the atmosphere in which we take our leave of life, but our own choices should be allowed, insofar as possible, to be the decisive factor in the manner of our going.

I'd rather rot on my own floor than be found by a bunch of bingo players in a nursing home.

The word that scares the hell out of me is 'frail.' I don't want to be frail.

My mind still wants to do everything; my body can't anymore. My mind would want to continue until I was 100.

I'm older than I'd like and I'm creaky, but I'm doing alright.

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

The more the years go by, the more difficult it gets. I'm getting old.

Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre.

Old age has got to start creeping up on me one day soon, and frankly I'm very scared. I don't want to be old. I've always felt so young. And I want to stay that way.

Each day it's like: 'How many more days am I going to feel young and vibrant? I feel young and vibrant now, but I also feel the aches and pains a little bit.

It's awful to have to, but I've started thinking about that, you know. 86. I'm thinking, well, maybe I might make it to 90. At least I'd like to have my brains.

I really think that it's better to retire, in Uncle Earl's terms, when you still have some snap left in your garters.

Age is not different from earlier life as long as you're sitting down.

When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory.

Ageing is something that both men and women are utterly terrified about.

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

At 66, you're supposed to die or get hemorrhoids.

I don't want to rush into retirement and regret it, because people say play as long as possible until the legs can't take any more.

My grandmother is 82, and some days she doesn't even put her teeth in.

I value my independence a lot, and the thought of having to lose that due to age or any other reason terrifies me.

I have no desire to be a centenarian. I think 90 is a great time. You've had a good innings. You have to deal with the cards that have been dealt, of course, but I don't think very old age, if you haven't got your marbles, can be very nice.

I have no desire to be 60 years old and standing on the side of the pitch.