Judy Parfitt Quotes

I hate getting old, but I'm sticking with it!

It's a good thing to be old. Because when you get older, that means you haven't died yet, right? And when I do get older, I want to have the grace to be proud of it, not to lie about it or try to fight it.

One can't feel old in a day or overnight!

I've never been scared of aging.

The most important thing is growing old gracefully.

Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen.

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?

Now I am an old hag, I get to play much more interesting characters.

The fear of old age is something that one feels when they're younger. Once you get to being old, you're already there, so you don't even think about it anymore.

Age wins and one must learn to grow old.

Few people know how to be old.

I didn't get old on purpose, it just happened. If you're lucky, it could happen to you.

Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.

Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.

I'm just growing old, darling. I don't know about gracefully.

When you're old, you are more certain of who you are, and that may be a good thing or a bad thing.

Growing old is not growing up.

I've looked forward to being older because you will have that many more miles covered. We mustn't be led into thinking getting old is bad. Growing old is good.

Now there is this whole terror about getting old. Today, that fascination with youth is overrated. What's so special about being young? I just say that because I'm old.

When we looked at the life cycle in our 40s, we looked to old people for wisdom. At 80, though, we look at other 80-year-olds to see who got wise and who not. Lots of old people don't get wise, but you don't get wise unless you age.

I wouldn't be young again even if it were possible, but I am not going to pretend that growing old is all sweetness and light.

If you're asking me to acknowledge that I've gotten older, I can do that.

Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life.

You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long.