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"To get back to my youth I would do anything in the world, except exercise, get up early, or be respectable." - Oscar Wilde

"The older we get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for." - Will Rogers

"We must recognize that, as we grow older, we become like old cars – more and more repairs and replacements are necessary." - C.S. Lewis

"Old age comes at a bad time." – San Banducci “

"Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened." - Jennifer Yane

"Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you are aboard there is nothing you can do about it." - Golda Meir

"I’m so old that my blood type is discontinued." - Bill Dane

"The older I get, the more clearly I remember things that never happened. - Mark Twain

"Wisdom doesn’t necessarily come with age. Sometimes, age just shows up all by itself." - Tom Wilson

"Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your retirement home."- Phyllis Diller

"I don’t plan to grow old gracefully. I plan to have face-lifts until my ears meet." - Rita Rudner

"I’m at that age where my back goes out more than I do." - Phyllis Diller

"Nice to be here? At my age it’s nice to be anywhere." – George Burns

"Don't let aging get you down. It's too hard to get back up." - John Wagner

"First you forget names, then you forget faces, then you forget to pull your zipper up, then you forget to pull your zipper down." - Leo Rosenberg

"Aging seems to be the only available way to live a long life." - Kitty O’Neill Collins

"Old people shouldn’t eat health foods. They need all the preservatives they can get." – Robert Orben

"Middle age is when you’re sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn’t for you." - Ogden Nash

"It’s important to have a twinkle in your wrinkle." – Unknown

"At my age, flowers scare me." - George Burns

"I have successfully completed the thirty-year transition from wanting to stay up late to just wanting to go to bed." – Unknown

"Nobody expects to trust his body much after the age of fifty." - Alexander Hamilton

"The years between 50 and 70 are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down." - T.S. Elliot

"At fifty, everyone has the face he deserves." - George Orwell

"At age 20, we worry about what others think of us… at age 40, we don’t care what they think of us… at age 60, we discover they haven’t been thinking of us at all." - Ann Landers

"When I was young, I was called a rugged individualist. When I was in my fifties, I was considered eccentric. Here I am doing and saying the same things I did then, and I’m labeled senile." - George Burns

"I complain that the years fly past, but then I look in a mirror and see that very few of them actually got past." - Robert Brault

"The important thing to remember is that I’m probably going to forget." – Unknown

"As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two." - Sir Norman Wisdom

"It’s paradoxical that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn’t appeal to anyone." - Andy Rooney

"Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest." - Larry Lorenzon

"The older I get, the better I used to be." – Lee Trevino

"You know you’re getting old when you can pinch an inch on your forehead." - John Mendoza

"I was thinking about how people seem to read the bible a lot more as they get older, and then it dawned on me—they’re cramming for their final exam."- George Carlin

"I don’t feel old. I don’t feel anything until noon. Then it’s time for my nap." - Bob Hope

"I’m 59 and people call me middle-aged. How many 118-year-old men do you know?"- Barry Cryer

"All men are the same age." - Dorothy Parker

"I don't do alcohol anymore—I get the same effect just standing up fast." – Anonymous

"By the time you’re 80 years old you’ve learned everything. You only have to remember it." - George Burns

"Old age isn’t so bad when you consider the alternative." – Maurice Chevalier

"Getting older...I used to be able to run a 4-minute mile, bench press 380 pounds, and tell the truth." - Conan O’Brien

"I have reached an age when, if someone tells me to wear socks, I don’t have to." - Albert Einstein

"Grandchildren don’t make a man feel old, it’s the knowledge that he’s married to a grandmother that does." - J. Norman Collie

"You know you are getting old when everything hurts, and what doesn’t hurt doesn’t work." - Hy Gardner

"When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it’s a sure sign you’re getting old." - Mark Twain

"You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks." - Joel Plaskett

"There’s one advantage to being 102, there’s no peer pressure." - Dennis Wolfberg

"I've never known a person who lives to be 110 who is remarkable for anything else." —Josh Billings

"At my age ‘getting lucky’ means walking into a room and remembering what I came in for." – Unknown

"Old age is when you resent the swimsuit issue of Sports Illustrated because there are fewer articles to read." – George Burns

"The idea is to die young as late as possible." - Ashley Montagu

"You know you’re getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you’re down there." - George Burns

"People ask me what I’d most appreciate getting for my eighty-seventh birthday. I tell them, a paternity suit." - George Burns

"Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician." - Anonymous

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timotur profile image
timotur

Haha, good ones Ron— my favorite— "You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks." - Joel Plaskett.

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Kaliber in reply to timotur

Yikes 😂😂😂

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erjlg3

Alot of true things there Ron! I let older folks ahead of me in line...... I'm one of them now though 🤪🤣🤣

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CAMPSOUPS

Around the age of 48 or so looking in the mirror I arrogantly or vainly said to myself " Huh, I am going to be one of those people who age well".About 5 years later I remembered that and said "boy, you sure were wrong about that and this aging thing is f'ing exponential".

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Kaliber in reply to CAMPSOUPS

Lol

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NWLiving

So many great ones! I’m going to have to come back to savor them. “Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened." - Jennifer Yane Totally!

ARIES29 profile image
ARIES29

AS usual, great post ronron. Bowel cancer screening here is stopped when you reach age 74. That made me stop & wonder why.

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E2-Guy in reply to ARIES29

Do they not care about us older folks, or is it less aggressive at that age as is PCa?

ARIES29 profile image
ARIES29 in reply to E2-Guy

I do not know, It seems the use by date for us old guys is 74?Seems unfair to just pick an age.

tango65 profile image
tango65

Great, I agree with most of them. I always tell to my grand children, whatever you do please do not get old.

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E2-Guy in reply to tango65

What is the alternative?😎

tango65 profile image
tango65 in reply to E2-Guy

It is just a joke.

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E2-Guy in reply to tango65

I know!

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KocoPr in reply to E2-Guy

"The idea is to die young as late as possible." - Ashley Montagu

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dhccpa

Good sampling!

Ron53 profile image
Ron53

I truthfully did not realize I was old at 67... until one day I looked at the people in line with me at Walmart. I noticed I was the oldest of anyone in front of me, behind, and the next two lines over. Of course that was at 4:00 pm. I changed by shopping hours to 9:00am and I am now the youngest again!

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old64horn

I like this one:"You know you’re getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you’re down there."

norman44 profile image
norman44

Getting old isn't for sissies .

norman44 profile image
norman44

Getting old isn't for sissies .

E2-Guy profile image
E2-Guy in reply to norman44

We are one bunch of tough dudes!

dixiedad profile image
dixiedad

I like being at an age where "I don't want to." is a perfectly acceptable excuse.

SteveTheJ profile image
SteveTheJ

Good ones, thanks!

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CAMPSOUPS

I was only in my late 50's at the time and I inherited a car from my son.It had the bling wheels, the tuner exhaust system, etc.

I told a friend at work I was a little paranoid that I was driving a potential cop bait car.

He said don't worry. They will see you and go "Oh, just an old guy".

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E2-Guy in reply to CAMPSOUPS

That wasn't very nice of your friend...he must have been in his 30s.

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CAMPSOUPS in reply to E2-Guy

He was a character. My age actually.Always matter of fact. Well....according to his facts lol.

Would watch you struggle with something while smirking and then show you how it should be done.

He was though really good at some aspects of the work he did.

Now I remembered something. When I moved to Chicago and came to work at the company there in 1997 he was the guy who said " I heard you are from Iowa. You know what Iowa stands for? Idiots out wandering around."

Came with me on a service trip one time and told the customer their operation sucked and that they didnt know what they were doing (in those exact words). Even though I agreed it took a bit of damage control with the customer to get back in their good graces lol.

I guess it all goes back to my first sentence. He was a character.

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E2-Guy in reply to CAMPSOUPS

Sounds like he was a man of finesse!

inHishand profile image
inHishand

thanks for sharing.

j-o-h-n profile image
j-o-h-n

You're as old as the woman you feel...........

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Sunday 07/10/2022 3:34 PM DST

ARIES29 profile image
ARIES29 in reply to j-o-h-n

Too true, but on these drugs we do not feel like feeling anymore.

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j-o-h-n in reply to ARIES29

Sorry, but I feel for you............

Good Luck, Good Health and Good Humor.

j-o-h-n Sunday 07/10/2022 9:55 PM DST

CountryJoe profile image
CountryJoe

These are great Ronron. Thanks for putting this together. I want to save this and dish these out one by one. How are things going for you? I just had my PSA tested and it is .136 where its been, more or less, for the past 18 months. I have a doctor appointment next week and want to ask about taking a vacatión (what do you think?) I also want to talk to him about your amazing success with only estrogen gel. Will let you know what he says.

Did you ever read my book? I don't know much about your background, but would appreciate honest commentary.

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E2-Guy in reply to CountryJoe

Hi Joe,

I'm still hanging in here!

By the relatively low PSA numbers that you have had for the last 18 months, I assume that you are doing well.

I'm sorry that I haven't had a chance to read your book yet since I spend a considerable amount of time dealing with condo business matters. I am the committee chairperson of our 374 unit condominium complex which is a full-time non paying job. I will do my best to fulfill my commitment.

CountryJoe profile image
CountryJoe in reply to E2-Guy

Dont worry about the book my friend. Im glad you are busy and doing well.

Spyder54 profile image
Spyder54

Humor keeps us alive.

JPOM profile image
JPOM

holy cannoli!! needed the laughs -- a million thanks!

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