I now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life. (In a statement to the American people revealing that he had Alzheimer’s disease.)
Old Quotes
I promise to keep on living as though I expected to live forever. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up wrinkles the soul.
We are not limited by our old ages; we are liberate by it.
It is time for us old women to rip to shreds the veil of invisibility that has encased us. We have to fight the societal stereotype that keeps us on the periphery, outside the mainstream. We have experience to offer, judgment, wisdom, balance and charm.
You’re as old as you behave.
Nature should have been pleased to have made this age miserable, without making it also ridiculous.
Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know “why” I look this way. I’ve traveled a long way and some of the roads weren’t paved.
Middle age is the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will feel as good as ever.
Old age is an island surrounded by death.
Said the little boy, “Sometimes I drop my spoon.” Said the old man, “I do that too.” The little boy whispered, “I wet my pants.” “I do that too,” laughed the old man. Said the little boy, “I often cry.” The old man nodded, “So do I.” “But worst of all,” said the boy, “it […]
