Grace Napolitano Quotes

The life expectancy is much longer today than it was when Social Security was created.

Most people understand life expectancy has changed since Social Security started in 1937 when folks lived to be 59 years old. Today, they live to be 77 years old.

It's paradoxical, that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone.

People over 100 are the fastest-growing group in America. People soon will be working 'til 100 - some because they have to - and living 'til 125 or even 135. What do I know, I'm just a weatherman, but I've made a hobby of studying this, and it's phenomenal.

As far as I'm concerned, ageing is humanity's worst problem, by some serious distance.

We've got to make sure our younger workers understand that as life expectancy increases, the retirement date for benefits increases also.

We are living longer, and we need to live better.

In 1990, Howard Friedman and Leslie Martin, two psychologists at the University of California, Riverside, embarked on a research project within a research project, seeking answers to the question, 'What makes for a long life?'

When men reach their sixties and retire, they go to pieces. Women go right on cooking.

A major goal of good government is that the people with gray hair should not be seen carrying burdens on the street.

What we know for sure from our work and from others' is that mice have a life span of 1,000 days, dogs have 5,000 days, and we humans have 29,000 days. Recognizing that the duration is limited, and aging is inevitable, focus the attention on enhancing the quality of the days you have.

More retirees, longer life expectancy, larger benefits, and fewer workers - these trends have meant substantial increases in the payroll tax. Since the social security program began, the payroll tax has increased more than 500 percent.

Getting older is no problem. You just have to live long enough.

Women would be disproportionately affected by the privatization of social security. It is one of the most important safety nets for American women in old age, or in times of disability, to insure financial income for their families.

I'm too young for Medicare and too old for broads to care.

Now people live into their 90s and beyond. As long as I have quality of life, I'm good.

We're saying no changes for Medicare for people above the age of 55. And in order to keep the promise to current seniors who've already retired and organized their lives around this program, you have to reform it for the next generation.

Demography is changing us as we are older societies, we're living longer. How the generations balance each other out, how that affects education and health care.

I didn't know I was going to live for 50 years. It has come as a shock.

There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward.

A man has a birthright to be tired and retired. I am retired completely.

For these reasons, women tend to rely more heavily on Social Security in their retirement than do men.

We have some control over when we retire. However, we have very little control over how long we will live.

Advances in science and medical research and public health policies have meant that life expectancy for Australians is one of the highest in the world.

Old age treats freelance writers pretty gently.