George Crabbe Quotes

See all the women seated, youth in their face lifts, old age in their hands.

My mother lived till she was 95 and never had a line on her face or a frown line. She was beautiful.

If I grow older like my mum, I'll be happy. She's never touched her face. She has laughter lines but looks lovely.

Aging gracefully is about no heavy makeup, and not too much powder because it gets into the wrinkles, and, you know, to not get turtle eyelids and to not try to look young.

She was a handsome woman of forty-five and would remain so for many years.

You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.

Besides, at 62 years old I look like I'm about 27.

I'm partly obsessed by aging gracefully.

Every time an article is written about me or any of my contemporaries who's had the fortune and discipline to look good at a certain age, I am struck by the tone of astonishment, and the certainty that something is being done secretively to beat the devil.

My mom is incredibly stylish, and she gets it from my grandmother. I feel like I can't live up to how chic they are as women. They are great role models for aging gracefully, and that's a thing that is very key that I try to always emulate.

I envied these women I saw before me, their beauty still intact. Life has its revenge of life. Untimely death is the secret of eternal youth.

Nothing makes you look older than attempting to look young. You can fool anyone, apart from the young. The worst are the lip operations. There are people who have it done and I don't recognise them afterwards. They look like they flew through the windscreen during a car accident and were patched up badly afterwards.

It is magnificent to grow old, if one keeps young.

I don't see anything wrong with staying young looking as long as you can.

White hair often covers the head, but the heart that holds it is ever young.

My goal is to be a great-looking 70-year-old! I won't mind being 70, but I want people to say, "You're 70?"

I like old people when they have aged well. And old houses with an accumulation of sweet honest living in them are good. And the timelessness that only the passing of Time itself can give to objects both inside and outside the spirit is a continuing reassurance.

I think being able to age gracefully is a very important talent. It is too late for me. The horse is out of the barn... In past generations, people would try to play younger than they really are. My trick is, I don't try to play younger than I really am.

She was a faded but still lovely woman of twenty-seven.

You don’t have to look like an old fuddy-duddy, but I believe it was Chanel who said, ‘Nothing makes a woman look so old as trying desperately hard to look young’. I think you can be attractive at any age. I think trying to look like a spring chicken when you’re not makes you look ridiculous.

The secret of remaining young is never to have an emotion that is unbecoming.

The older one gets, the more one feels that the present must be enjoyed; it is a precious gift, comparable to a state of grace

As a white candle / In a holy place, / So is the beauty / Of an aged face

My age is as a lusty winter, frosty but kindly.

I resemble the poplar,--that tree which, even when old, still looks young.