Leon Edel Quotes

As long as you can laugh, you are not old.

I want people to understand that I intend to continue living and doing all the things that I love to do up until the end. And the end is by no means rushing up on me.

If you believe that your best years are behind you, you've guaranteed they are; I'm going to dance into that good night, with the oldies turned up loud.

It's good to be here. At 98, it's good to be anywhere.

I do absolutely want to be around as long as possible. I tell my son: 'You do realise, I am going to live to 100.'

Becoming eighty is a matter of life or death. I chose life. It is a much better position to be in, and it's easier on your back.

I read an article about 60 being the new 30 the other week, and I think it's very true. Our generation has not done what previous generations did and just got old and sat in a corner.

I certainly don't have all the answers, but I know this to be true: we have a great degree of control over what happens to us in the last third of our lives.

No one's so old that he mayn't with decency hope for one more day.

Faith, courage, optimism, looking forward, bring us new life and more life. Futility, frustration, living in the past are not only characteristic of 'old age'; they contribute to it.

Since people are going to be living longer and getting older, they'll just have to learn how to be babies longer.

You can't help getting older, but you can help yourself from becoming old and infirm, in mind as well as body.

I'm just going to have to grow old, because I'm too terrified to have anything done.

I just pray I can keep working. I just pray I grow old gracefully.

Sadly, I can't avoid being 75. Like many people of my age, we are all heading towards the grim reaper, and I am clinging on. I just to have to sharpen my fingernails a little so that I can hang on for longer!

When our memories outweigh our dreams we become old. And America is forever young.

An old man in a house is a good sign in a house.

At my age, my greatest satisfaction is being able to maintain good health.

Of course, it's no fun getting old and getting sick and dying; we all know that's coming, and it's a bore.

The word that scares the hell out of me is 'frail.' I don't want to be frail.

The next time you're tempted to groan, you might try to laugh instead. It will extend your life and make the lives of all those around you more enjoyable.

It isn't so bad getting old. It really isn't. As long as I can stay healthy.

I'm so damn lucky to still be here at 85. If I get a hangnail, I don't dare complain! Life is good. I wake up humming.

I never thought I would live this long.

I'm optimistic, and I have a lot of goals. And I obey the laws of nature: I eat, exercise, and rest properly. But mostly it's about keeping the mind engaged. My grandmother lived to 104, and she had all of her faculties. I'm physically active and devout - just not as Buddhistic as she was.