Dawn French Quotes

You can't stop getting older; you just have to keep going and laugh a lot.

The more the years go by, the more difficult it gets. I'm getting old.

I'm so old, I don't buy green bananas any more.

I didn't hate being 60 as much as I had 50.

The only person who can say they're happy getting old is someone who isn't actually old yet. Every day, I get less and less happy about that idea.

For me, old age is just something that happens.

Getting older is a fact of life.

Of course, no one wants to get older.

I kind of spooked myself about getting older. It's not that bad really.

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

I quite like being old.

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

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.

I do think about aging. I have those moments of panic and vanity, but life keeps getting better, so you can't worry about it too much.

I am a grandmother now, and that means age is creeping on, creeping on.

I don't feel any older now than when I was 70.

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

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.

I promised a lot of people I'd slow down when I turned 80.

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.

I've played Big Bird for over half my life, and now I'm in my 80s. It does feel older than 79. Someone said it's just a number, and I said, 'No, I genuinely feel older.'

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

Old age is when the liver spots show through your gloves.

I like gettin' old.

Growing old has been the greatest surprise of my life.