Bill Nighy Quotes

I am certain no one sets out to be cruel, but our treatment of the elderly ill seems to have no philosophy to it. As a society, we should establish whether we have a policy of life at any cost.

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

There is a sort of indifference to the problem of old age. Indifference in the face of a revolution in longevity.

I think our elderly are forgotten sometimes.

In the high-income English-speaking world, the elderly get treated very well indeed.

How good we all are, in theory, to the old; and how in fact we wish them to wander off like old dogs, die without bothering us, and bury themselves.

It is a mortal sin to discard the elderly.

I got a gerontology certificate a million years ago along with my law degree, so I've been interested in older people for many years. Some people grow up with a lot of kids around, but I just grew up with a lot of old people.

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

In America, the old are neglected.

Few promises are more sacred than the ones we make to older Americans.

I get all fired up about aging in America.

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

After a lifetime of contributions to their families, their communities and our world, older Americans deserve to live free from harm and abuse.

There are no Hollywood stars speaking out for the elderly. They're forgotten, bewildered, and I don't think it's because people are cruel or don't care. It's because you don't want to think about your own mortality. I think people don't talk about it enough.

Once you get older, people stop listening to what you say. It's very agreeable once you get used to it.

So maybe with the research robots that are out there, people will come up with ways to use them to take care of the elderly. And that can help me someday. Because, you know what? I'm heading in that direction.

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

It's dishonest to say we're doing everything we can for our seniors when there is so much more we can.

I'm 80 years old, and I don't know what I'm going to be when I grow up.

I feel like old age in America is a very sad thing. I have been many different places around the world where getting older is something you look forward to.

In sharp contrast to the idea that this stage of life is enviable, we hear high levels of anxiety about getting old, anxieties about health, mobility, access to facilities, simple routine care and attention.

Health care has not so much slowed the ageing process as much as it has slowed the dying process.

Old age security is welfare for the aged.

The prosperity of a country is in accordance with its treatment of the aged.