Abraham A. Ribicoff Quotes

The worst thing about age is not quite being able to do what you once did. The best thing is learning to accept what you've got and what you are.

I wouldn't want to be 20 again for anything.

I wouldn't go back and be 25 again for all the tea in China.

I think it's nice to age gracefully. OK, you lose the youth, a certain stamina and dewy glow, but what you gain on the inside as a human being is wonderful: the wisdom, the acceptance and the peace of mind. It's a fair exchange.

I don't want to be 25 again.

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles.

I appreciate and enjoy my age.

The best part about being my age is in knowing how my life worked out.

The older you get the more you try to appreciate what you've accomplished.

I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me.

I'm far more comfortable in my 40s than I ever was.

I think as I've gotten older, I've learned to look at life and take every day as it comes.

One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from being young.

I do not want to be young again.

There's a reason God didn't give me this success in my 20s, because I'd have blown it.

As I get older, I've been having a better and better time.

The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully.

I don't want to be one of those people who have the best part of their life be 'back when.'

I hope we've lightened up over the years. We're fairly comfortable where we are, living-wise, and we're excited, honestly, just to still be around. I think we're less earnest than we were.

I think this is one of the benefits of getting older: that one has that perspective on things farther away. One is so caught up in middle years in the idea of accomplishing something when, in fact, the full accomplishment is always with one.

I love being in my 40s.

Ageing might have its drawbacks but it brings with it hard-won wisdom and a wonderful sense of freedom.

The older you get, the more you appreciate where you are and the more confidence you have in what you can do.

As I get older, I get happier.

I appreciate what I have a lot more than I did when I was younger.