Jeremy Clarkson Quotes

Old people are often impatient, but for what?

Being seventy is not a sin.

I was a switchboard operator on the first season of 'Mad Men.' I was the oldest and bitterest.

I know one day I'll be considered too old.

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.

You spend a much larger part of your life being old, not young.

I am not doddery... doddery I am not!

Growing older is not upsetting; being perceived as old is.

I don't have this feeling that 70 is really old.

I'm passionate about old people because I am one myself.

I thought it must be desperate to be old. To wake up in the morning and remember that you were ancient - and so behave that way. I thought old people were full of aches and pains and horrible illnesses.

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

Maybe at 87 you slow down a drop, but between 44 and 64, there is no difference.

The theme of old age doesn't seem to fascinate Hollywood.

These guys are so old they're eligible for meals on wheels.

I guess maybe when you get past 70, other people start asking you how you feel.

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

Old men are dangerous; it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

Somehow our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them.

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

Sometimes being old is used as an insult, which is bizarre because, if you're lucky, that's literally going to happen to you. It's a strange thing to gloat about: being born recently.

I survived turning 60, I was not thrilled to turn 61, I was less thrilled to turn 62, I didn't much like being 63, I loathed being 64, and I will hate being 65. I don't let on about such things in person; in person, I am cheerful and Pollyanna-ish. But the honest truth is that it's sad to be over 60.

Aging is interesting, you know? I really love it.

To be 64 is appalling, so what does it matter being 65?