Suzanne Somers Quotes

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

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.

There's one more terrifying fact about old people: I'm going to be one soon.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

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

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

For me, old age is just something that happens.

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

No one looks forward to getting old do they?

I used to think 63 was old.

It's paradoxical, that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone.

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

Longevity is something I never gave a second thought to. I guess it's the shadow of growing up in post WWII, but I never believed I would live past 20. Here I am though... a senior citizen... my voice and heart are stronger than ever, but boredom is the greatest enemy so I have to be careful not to slip over the edge.

I have to tell you I never in my life anticipated getting this old, this fast. It seems as if I were 25 just a few days ago.

Things are old. Parts are old. I'm talking about 'us' parts. AARP-parts. Some of us were born with stronger parts than others.

Time, in general, has always been a central obsession of mine - what it does to people, how it can constitute a plot all on its own. So naturally, I am interested in old age.

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

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