Herman Melville Quotes

The ordinariness of living to be old is too novel a thing to appreciate.

The fear of old age is something that one feels when they're younger. Once you get to being old, you're already there, so you don't even think about it anymore.

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.

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

Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man.

There's one more terrifying fact about old people: I'm going to be one soon.

Time, in general, has always been a central obsession of mine - what it does to people, how it can constitute a plot all on its own. So naturally, I am interested in old age.

I think old people are scary. They remind you of your own death. People don't like to tell you that.

Old age is the only thing that lives up to its reputation.

Everything about aging in my experience so far has been a plus. Except the death part!

All my life I've been taught how to die, but no one ever taught me how to grow old.

I'm passionate about old people because I am one myself.

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.

We all wish to reach a ripe old age, but none of us are prepared to admit that we are already there.

After the age of 80, everything reminds you of something else.

To me, growing old is great. It's the very best thing - considering the alternative.

The theme of old age doesn't seem to fascinate Hollywood.

I've been writing about growing old for some time, really from the beginning of my career. It's something I'm apparently hung up about and now that I am old, hopefully I speak about it with some authority.

I don’t like getting old at all, but then again, who does?

Nobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die young either.

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.

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

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.

A lot of people are frightened by old age - by being around people who are, basically, on their way out - but I'm fascinated by it. It's an amazing thing to be around someone who has had a life well lived.