Colleen McCullough Quotes

I'm surrounded by the scene of aging. I myself am in my 70s and not getting any younger. Although I'm very healthy, and I have a lot of energy, and I still feel 50, I'm over 70 and I understand that I am preparing for later.

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

To me, growing old is great. It's the very best thing - considering the alternative.

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

Old age, after all, is merely the punishment for having lived.

Old age is life's parody.

Growing old beats the alternative - dying young.

Old age: The estuary that enlarges and spreads itself grandly as it pours into the Great Sea.

When people become elders - when they're older; they can be old without being an elder, really. They [can] just be old and not very useful.

Old age is rather like another country. You will enjoy it more if you have prepared yourself before you go.

A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time.

Few people know how to be old.

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.'

I'm approaching 70. Unfortunately, from the wrong direction.

I like gettin' old.

Growing old has been the greatest surprise of my life.

I think that retirement is the first step towards the grave.

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

Turning 70 was a real shock. I thought, 'I'm on the last lap now.'

I've finally become an old guy.

Turns out I'm getting old.

Certainly, old age is often incompatible with certain roles and responsibilities.

Being seventy is not a sin. It's not a joy, either.

it sucks to get old...but there's always beer

Florida was a living tomb, she used to tell anyone who'd listen, an old-age home in the shape of a state, God's little waiting room, as she was fond of quoting.