Tom Shales Quotes

I'm not 20 anymore, and I feel it.

I know more about what it's like to be elderly and infirm and kind of stupid, the way you get forgetful, but on the other hand I'm a littler, wiser, dare we say? The word 'wisdom' has kind of faded out of our vocabulary, but yeah, I'm a little wiser.

I'm a lot older than I was when I was 30, which is kind of hard to believe.

Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don't recognize you.

Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places.

And getting older, what's happening is, I play only mothers.

As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two.

As time goes by and you're getting older and stuff like that - getting older sucks. You know, I hear all this crap about, 'Oh, you can age with dignity.' Really?

Age is like love, it cannot be hid.

Aging is an inevitable process. I surely wouldn't want to grow younger. The older you become, the more you know; your bank account of knowledge is much richer.

I have everything I had 20 years ago, only it's all a little lower.

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

I'm not afraid to play my age. I never was. I've never been an ingenue. I like getting older.

To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am.

As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer.

Why are people afraid of getting older? You feel wiser. You feel more mature. You feel like you know yourself better. You would trade that for softer skin? Not me!

Apart from the fact that your physical ability starts to decline, I also think someone in their fifties being childlike becomes a little sad. You've got to be careful.

The more the years go by, the more difficult it gets. I'm getting 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 didn't get old on purpose, it just happened. If you're lucky, it could happen to you.

I don't mind my age.

Age, like distance lends a double charm.

Why would I worry about getting older - what's to moan about?

I've never worried about age.

They tell you that you'll lose your mind when you grow older. What they don't tell you is that you won't miss it very much.