Susan Hampshire Quotes

I have a wonderful respect for old people.

I like older people; I think older people have a lot of flavor.

I'm not young. What's wrong with that?

You seek help from the elders. A society with elders is healthy. It's not always that way in the West.

In Africa... age is not important over there. They don't care.

I'm an older generation.

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

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

Obviously, we live in a society where ageing is feared. But, to me, the alternative to getting old isn't that great. I've got friends much older than me and much younger, and I love that. It means you get to teach as well as learn.

I think ageing is challenging, surprising, fun, and full of friendship, so that is the approach I'll take, objecting to the stigmatization of ageing in so many modern societies.

I don't think you should celebrate age.

We are a very youth-driven culture, and I don't really know why because wisdom tends to come with more years, not fewer.

Reality is, you have to work harder the older you get.

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.

Just because society says I'm old doesn't mean I am.

I look forward to being older, when what you look like becomes less and less an issue and what you are is the point.

To me age is a number, just a number. Who cares?

I am too old to think.

Stop this attitude that older people ain't any good anymore! We're as good as we ever were - if we ever were any good.

In western countries, there are roles written for older actors. Films are made on them, including love stories.

French culture takes ageing very seriously. There's much less ageism than in Anglo-Saxon countries.

In South Korea, they believe that when you turn 60, you've become a baby again and the rest of your life should be totally about joy and happiness, and people should leave you alone, and I just think that that's the height of intelligence.

Does age matter? Time doesn't matter.

Never ask anyone over 70 how they feel. They'll tell you.

The worship of youth has diminished - perhaps generally - in recent years.