Pearl S. Buck Quotes

Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.

The work of the youth is a blanket for the old.

I think old people should just be old and go away.

Luckily, West End audiences seem to rather like very old people.

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

Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you.

Sure, I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself someday.

Our traditional way: take care of the old people.

Rise before the elderly.

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists in the circulation of their blood.

When you're young, you wonder what all these old people are droning on about, trying to impart their wisdom. It's not relevant to you because being young is such a specific thing. Thank God for that. Thank God for the young people who go out and demonstrate against rampant capitalism or whatever.

There is room in our ranks for the old and decrepit, as well as the young and vigorous.

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

I believed that old people never laughed. I thought they sighed a lot and groaned. They walked with sticks, and they didn't like children on bicycles or roller skates... or with big dogs.

I know one day I'll be considered too old.

I've always despised old people. I got angry at my father when he began to show signs of age.

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

My mom is, for 89 years old, is extraordinarily open-minded.

I thought it must be desperate to be old. To wake up in the morning and remember that you were ancient - and so behave that way. I thought old people were full of aches and pains and horrible illnesses.

The wisdom and experience of older people is a resource of inestimable worth. Recognizing and treasuring the contributions of older people is essential to the long-term flourishing of any society.

Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish.

I would insist that every person in the community in receipt of any income whatsoever must make some contribution to the fund for social security. I want it to be an act of conscious citizenship. I want every child to be taught that when he begins to earn, then, for the first time, he will have the first privilege and right of citizenship—to begin to contribute to the great scheme that has been designed to serve him when he is no longer able to work and to help all of those who at any period of their lives may meet with distress or trouble. In such a scheme, I believe, there should be pensions for all; there should be no means test; those who have should contribute according to their means. But every one, however little he or she earns, should contribute something, be it only a three-penny stamp, as a sort of token payment for the advantage of Australian citizenship.

The young have strength; the old, knowledge

Older people need someone who is older to be in the government.

We treat old people like we treat animals—just put them in a cage somewhere until they die.