P. J. O'Rourke Quotes

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

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.

Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.

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

I don’t like getting old at all, but then again, who does?

The ordinariness of living to be old is too novel a thing to appreciate.

This year, when I turn 65, I thought, 'So weird;' when I was a kid, people who were 65 either retired or died. I'm so nowhere near that.

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre.

I think old people are scary. They remind you of your own death. People don't like to tell you that.

Everything about aging in my experience so far has been a plus. Except the death part!

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

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.

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

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.

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

I just think there is a part of your brain that is supposed to be afraid of getting old, even if you're not really.

Some feel old at 45.

I put it down to the paranoia of advancing age. It isn't like I'm all that old or anything, especially for a wizard, but age is always advancing and I'm fairly sure it's up to no good.

Getting older is no problem. You just have to live long enough.

Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man.

The exhaustion of old age is something people who are younger don't fully appreciate.

How are we supposed to get old? What am I supposed to do? Am I supposed to get old? My kids tell me, 'We want you to look like a grandmother.' I agree with them. I want to look like a grandmother.

Being seventy is not a sin.

I'm not getting any younger. You're not getting any younger, so yeah. You age.