Aging Attitude Quotes

I don't think too much about age. Maybe if you're hurting, aching and arthritic, then you think about it a lot. But I don't.

I want to live to be 120. That's when I will start worrying about my age.

You can either grow old gracefully or begrudgingly. I chose both.

I've been embracing gray hair since... high school, and I don't think that anything's changed since then.

I was never into makeup when I was younger, and I still love not piling on the makeup every day, but as I've gotten older I've actually found makeup to be fun.

I'm not quite as much of a curmudgeon being old. I'm not cantankerous. But otherwise, I'm about the same.

Thank God we're not like America. Everyone wants to look like they're 20. In Europe we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women.

I don't think you should celebrate age.

I wonder what it means when your grandson is more crotchety than you are.

I don't have this feeling that 70 is really old.

For the young, death is an enemy they wish to try their strength against. For those of us a little older, she is an old friend, an old lover, but one we are not eager to meet again soon.

Do I wish I could retire? Sure, but that's not life.

We have all met people that act 'old' or think a number makes them old, and I truly don't believe that is the case. If you have a good attitude toward aging, and you do what you can to live healthy and take care of yourself, I don't think the number matters.

In interviews, the first question I get in America is always: 'What do you do to stay young?' I do nothing. I don't think aging is a problem. What irritates me a little is growing fatter. It irritates me that if I eat what I want to eat, it shows.

I have never had my face lifted. I prefer to have my spirits lifted. In my opinion, the effect is very nearly the same.

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

You either decide to age gracefully or not to age. I'm definitely the latter.

One of the positives of getting older is that you forget your age. Then you find out that you're younger than you thought you were.

I don't feel bad or scared about getting older in terms of my looks or anything like that. I'm not afraid of my face changing. I enjoy seeing my face change. I think it's really interesting. I wouldn't want to have same face for my whole life. It would be boring to look at the same face in the mirror for 80 years.

A woman past forty should make up her mind to be young; not her face.

People who say you're just as old as you feel are all wrong, fortunately.

I don't like going out that much. I'm kind of an old lady. After it's 11, I'm like, 'Don't these kids ever get tired?' When I'm out, I think about my couch. Like, 'It would be awesome to be on it right now. I bet there's an episode of Dance Moms on."

I'm in no hurry to get old. But when I do, I'll be out to enjoy every last minute. I see myself at 90 in some nursing home, waving my walking stick about as I jive to Gene Vincent records.

You know, 65-year-olds love sneakers because they make them feel forty.

It's cool not growing old. I like being the eternal stud.