Joanna Lumley Quotes

You can't be afraid of getting old. Old is good, if you're gathering in life. Our band is good at understanding that equation.

It's a good thing to be old. Because when you get older, that means you haven't died yet, right? And when I do get older, I want to have the grace to be proud of it, not to lie about it or try to fight it.

It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.

Being old is such a treat!

To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old.

I'm not bothered by the idea of getting old, or I guess you could say by having arrived at old. I was 10 when my mom turned 55. For 1955, she was a very old mom.

I wouldn't be young again even if it were possible, but I am not going to pretend that growing old is all sweetness and light.

The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it just enables them to finish the job.

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

Now I am in my eighties, and I have known the joys and sorrows of a full life. Age, however, has its privileges. One is to reminisce, and another is to reminisce selectively.

As I get older, I get happier.

Life is sweet, but sometimes old people just don't get it.

The thing about growing old is you have to accept it - if you don't, you'll be as miserable as sin. You've got to try and find the few good things about it.

Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.

I'm actually excited about turning 60. I feel on top of my game.

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

I ain't learn everything yet at 95. But I got good fingers, that's one thing, I got good fingers. If it weren't for them fingers I wouldn't be going now.

I hate getting old, but I'm sticking with it!

I didn't get old on purpose, it just happened. If you're lucky, it could happen to you.

I like gettin' old.

It is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily.

Age, like distance lends a double charm.

I've had 60 years of ups and downs, and all of the downs that I've had, I'm happy that I've had them because it's taught me to appreciate all the ups.

When you're old, you are more certain of who you are, and that may be a good thing or a bad thing.

Now there is this whole terror about getting old. Today, that fascination with youth is overrated. What's so special about being young? I just say that because I'm old.