Am I aging? The pros and the cons? Well, you know a lot more, at least until the time you start forgetting it all. Actually, aging can be a fun process, to some degree.
There are lots of scary things about getting older, but one of the biggest, I guess, is death itself. Especially in midlife, when we suddenly wake up to the fact we may have fewer years left than we have already lived.
Getting older is no problem. You just have to live long enough.
I think 30 is a big jump from your 20s, but 40 holds no fear for me.
I shall soon be six-and-twenty. Is there anything in the future that can possibly console us for not being always twenty-five?
Time scoots along pretty fast when you grow up.
I always think that age is a natural progression, and I'm ready for it. Whatever. I'm going to be the best 85-year-old that I can be if I'm still around.
So, do I think I'm missing something? I really don't, and I think that comes with age.
Even youngish men can acquire wisdom as time goes by.
Age does not bring you wisdom, age brings you wrinkles.
You have to age gracefully. And that's what I love about Keith Richards. That's what I love about the Rolling Stones. They are aging gracefully. They are falling apart at the seams right before our eyes, and they are doing it gracefully. And that's the most beautiful thing that we can do.
I've never worried about age.
Hiding my age won't make me younger. It would be stupid to not accept the fact.
The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools.
Watching a child first learn to crawl on a carpet somehow has more significance to you as you get a little older. Perhaps it is that you have suffered more.
The only reason for being young is to outgrow it.
In past generations, people would try to play younger than they really are. My trick is, I don't try to play younger than I really am.
When I was younger, 15 years or 20 years seemed like a really long time. But, as you journey though life, you don't realise where the years disappear.
Honestly, I didn't realize it - all of a sudden, I was 90. The years skipped by quickly. When it happened, I said, 'Where did the time go?'
My mother always used to say: 'The older you get, the better you get, unless you're a banana.'
I'm older and older. With any experience you have, you know more about yourself.
If you live long enough, lots of nice things happen.
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.
There's a small club of women who are willing to age.
I'd rather be over the hill than under it.
