Twiggy Quotes

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

I'm conscious of age, but I'm more suspicious of it than anything.

There must be times when people look in the mirror and they realize they're 60.

I'm getting older. That's realistic. I can't reverse time. I can slow it down a little bit.

A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time.

As time goes by and you're getting older and stuff like that - getting older sucks. You know, I hear all this crap about, 'Oh, you can age with dignity.' Really?

To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am.

I have to tell you I never in my life anticipated getting this old, this fast. It seems as if I were 25 just a few days ago.

I don't feel any different than I did when I was 40. But I realize mathematically, I'm equidistant between that and 80. I'll keep doing this for a while, but I'm not going to be one of these people who hang on just for the sake of being on the air.

I can honestly say I love getting older. Then again, I never put my glasses on before looking in the mirror.

A few years ago, I got to a point where I realised that the only way you can tell someone's age is how they live their life. The candles on the cake mean absolutely nothing.

I've played Big Bird for over half my life, and now I'm in my 80s. It does feel older than 79. Someone said it's just a number, and I said, 'No, I genuinely feel older.'

I'm approaching 70. Unfortunately, from the wrong direction.

I feel lucky to be getting older. The fact that I made it to 30 and then 40 was big enough. So I can't get too down on getting older; otherwise, it kind of undoes everything I've fought for.

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

If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made. Very few people die past that age.

Why would I worry about getting older - what's to moan about?

I don't really have a choice. I'm getting older.

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

I'm not getting any younger. You're not getting any younger, so yeah. You age.

Being middle-aged is about realising that you've lived most of your life. You don't have as much time in front of you as you have behind you.

I'm so old, I don't buy green bananas any more.

You can tell by looking at me that I've got more miles behind me than I've got in front of me. When you reach that point, if you've got some good years left, you want to make sure that you use them wisely.

I didn't hate being 60 as much as I had 50.

When you get to be nearly 60, you do take stock. You don't know what's around the corner.