Somehow our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them.
The wisdom and experience of older people is a resource of inestimable worth. Recognizing and treasuring the contributions of older people is essential to the long-term flourishing of any society.
After a lifetime of working, raising families, and contributing to the success of this nation in countless other ways, senior citizens deserve to retire with dignity.
Never ask anyone over 70 how they feel. They'll tell you.
In India, the eldest has the most responsibility and the crown goes to him. The crown could go to a person with the most talent. But how could 'most talent' be determined? So Indian society settled on age.
Old Muttonhead
Los Macorinos are much older than I am so when you surround yourself with older people you realize they lived what we're living now. They live in a moment of peace because they don't have to prove anything anymore.
Presently I shall be introduced as 'this venerable old gentleman' and the axe will fall when they raise me to the degree of 'grand old man'. That means on our continent any one with snow-white hair who has kept out of jail till eighty.
Nobody under 55 knows anything much about life. Nobody under 30 knows anything.
Aging has a wonderful beauty and we should have respect for that.
We don't do enough to help older people recognize how much they matter.
Anybody over 40 is an older person. You better give them some respect.
I think there has always been an obsession with youth and beauty. What's missing is the equal obsession with respect for…older people…and their wisdom and knowledge and courage.
Look at the Native American culture. They revere the elders.
When your elders are millennia-old demigods, you’d best take the injunction to respect your elders seriously.
No elderly person should be like an “exile” in our families. The elderly are a treasure for our society.
Ripen your mind to the glorious history of the ages and revel in your mastery as today's youth shall look upon you as a sage.
The old people we respect most are the ones who will fight for their independence, who would sooner starve to death than ask for help. We in America have very little sense of interdependence.
In my opinion we don't take care of our disabled people well enough. We don't take care of our elderly well enough. We should honor them more than we do.
Wisdom and white hair might not be as valued [in our society] as in different cultures.
I respect the older guys.
I believe that when an elder dies, a library is burned: vast sums of wisdom and knowledge are lost. Throughout the world libraries are ablaze with scant attention.
I have some advice: Unless she is pregnant or handicapped, don't give up a seat to a woman unless you KNOW she is well over 60. Trust me on this, even if I am a liberal.
I have a feeling of reverence about my father being in his 80s - a feeling that I want to whisper, take soft steps, not intrude too much. He's like a stately old cathedral to me now.
