A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches the age of 50, and a fool if he doesnt afterward. – Frank Lloyd Wright
What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of ones faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of ones memories. – W. Somerset Maugham
And Im afraid, in this day and age, trust, which I count so, you know, I love loyalty. I love trust. – Elton John
My dad encouraged us to fail. Growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didnt have something, he would be disappointed. It changed my mindset at an early age that failure is not the outcome, failure is not trying. Dont be afraid to fail. – Sara Blakely
What is the worst of woes that wait on age? What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow? To view each loved one blotted from lifes page, And be alone on earth, as I am now. – Lord Byron
Nice to be here? At my age its nice to be anywhere. – George Burns
Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The sequel was like a childrens party taken over by the elders. – F. Scott Fitzgerald
In order to fix Social Security, we must restructure it so that we continue to provide for our Nations seniors that are approaching retirement age, but allow for younger taxpayers to invest a portion of their Social Security taxes in private accounts. – Herman Cain
I wanted to be a teacher. I love children, so I wanted to deal with children. Then I wanted to be a veterinarian. But by the age of ten or eleven, when I opened my mouth and said, Oh, God, whats this? I kind of knew teaching and being a veterinarian were gonna have to wait. – Whitney Houston
A woman tells her doctor, Ive got a bad back. The doctor says, Its old age. The woman says, I want a second opinion. The doctor says: Okay – youre ugly as well. – Tommy Cooper
Im 36 and if I met a woman of my own age and married her, Id also be marrying her former life, her past. It might be OK for some people – I dont want to judge it or anything – but its not for me. It would destroy my creativity. – Henry Rollins
You should not consider a mans age but his acts. – Sophocles
Im at peace with myself and where I am. In the past, I was always looking to see how everybody else was doing. I wasnt competitive, I was comparative. I just wanted to be where everybody else was. Now Ive gotten to an age when I am not comparing anymore. – Courteney Cox
Marriage is not about age its about finding the right person. – Sophia Bush
There must be a day or two in a mans life when he is the precise age for something important. – Franklin P. Adams
It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is lifes parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way it preserves it by giving it the absolute dimension. Death does away with time. – Simone de Beauvoir
I dont care about age very much. – Chinua Achebe
Its not catastrophes, murders, deaths, diseases, that age and kill us its the way people look and laugh, and run up the steps of omnibuses. – Virginia Woolf
Its really amazing that in the age of unbelief, as a smart man called it, there isnt even more fraud. After all, with no God, theres no one to ever call you to account, and no accounting at all if you can get away with it. – Ben Stein
In fact, my courage and my bravery at a young age was the thing I was bullied for, a kind of Who do you think you are? – Lady Gaga
