Age-Related Cognitive Decline Quotes

At my age the only problem is with remembering names. When I call everyone darling, it has damn all to do with passionately adoring them, but I know I'm safe calling them that. Although, of course, I adore them too.

Some things get better with age, but after a certain point, the mind isn't among them.

It is wonderful to me that old men should not be sensible that their minds keep pace with their bodies in the progress of decay.

The old are in a second childhood.

You can keep your memory intact, preserve your brain's health, and minimize the risk of aging and senile dementia, things that are greatly feared as people grow older.

Our brain starts a long degenerative arc beginning around age 40.

That which is usually called dotage is not the weak point of all old men, but only of such as are distinguished by their levity.

That folly of old age which is called dotage is peculiar to silly old men, not to age itself.

There is not a man who does not get senile by the time he reaches sixty. And when one thinks that he will not be senile, he is already so.

Lion's mane may be our first 'smart' mushroom. It is a safe, edible fungus that appears to confer cognitive benefits on our aging population.

I'm 57 years old, and I host a quiz show every single day. I got asked in a recent interview, did I feel that hosting a quiz show helps keep my brain sharp? And I asked - would you ask Stephen Fry that question, who is exactly the same age as me? Somehow, I'm managing to stand up and stay cogent despite my incredible age.

Women with a higher intake of berries appeared to have delayed cognitive aging by 2.5 years. So it's like your brain is 2.5 years younger if you're eating berries.

Alzheimer's usually comes later than AIDS, but I decline to call that progress.

I was born looking older - and I've been aging since I was a teenager.

We know in the field of aging that some people tend to senesce, or grow older, more rapidly than others, and some more slowly.