Amy Poehler Quotes

I'm very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was forty. I was a bit upset about reaching that milestone, but an older friend consoled me. "Don't complain about growing old - many, many people do not have that privilege."

Don't complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.

You have to embrace getting older. Life is precious, and when you've lost a lot of people, you realize each day is a gift.

The best advice about getting older? Just be thankful you're not dead!

No man loves life like him that's growing old.

There is no place in which to hide when Age comes seeking for his bride.

Do not complain about growing old. It is a privilege denied to many.

On Being Old. It's not nice but take comfort that you won't stay that way for ever.

I didn't fear old age. I was just becoming increasingly aware of the fact that the only people who said old age was beautiful were usually twenty-three years old.

There's no point in being unhappy about growing older. Just think of the millions who have been denied the privilege.

We do ourselves and others a disservice when we make old age something to be feared...The longer we live, the more life we possess.

Then there's that 'You're only as old as you feel' business, which is true to a point, but you can't be Shirley Temple on the Good Ship Lollipop forever. Sooner or later, dammit, you're old.

Seventy is wormwood, Seventy is gall But its better to be seventy, Than not alive at all.

I'm not afraid of death. What's to fear? Once you're dead, that's it. Nothing. I don't believe in heaven or hell. That's baloney. What matters is the here and now. Yes, I'm 88, and there are things I can't do: I can't run a race or climb Everest. But isn't life magnificent?

I embrace old age. Look, I'm never going to dunk on LeBron James, and I've learned to accept that. I got a pretty good life, and I'm very fortunate, and I have my blessings.

From my perspective, there's no reason to be afraid of aging, because if you age, you're lucky! The alternative is death.

None of us can be sure of how long we will live. Because this is so, I think you should try not to think too much about dying but think about all the nice things that make life so precious to us all.

What makes us really human is it's in the presence of death that we start valuing life.

I may not believe in life after death, but what a gift it is to be alive now.

I don't worry about getting old. I'm old already. Only young people worry about getting old. When I was 65, I had Cupid's eczema. I don't believe in dying. It's been done. I'm working on a new exit. Besides, I can't die now - I'm booked.

We all know we're going to die. We're all circling the drain. Some of us are closer than others. I'm 90, I know I'm closer to the drain than most people.

The great comfort of turning forty-nine is the realization that you are now too old to die young.

I remember, as a kid, my dad always told me, "Getting older beats the alternative." Although, now my father actually is the alternative, so I don't know what he would say. He's completely dead.

It was formerly a terrifying view to me that I should one day be an old woman. I now find that Nature has provided pleasures for every state.

If you're lucky enough to get old, I think you should celebrate it.