Quote by Martha Gellhorn
Why do people talk of the horrors of old age? Its great. I feel li

Why do people talk of the horrors of old age? Its great. I feel like a fine old car with the parts gradually wearing out, but Im not complaining,… Those who find growing old terrible are people who havent done what they wanted with their lives. – Martha Gellhorn

Other quotes by Martha Gellhorn

And though various organizations in America and England collected money and sent food parcels to these refugees, nothing was ever received by the Spanish. – Martha Gellhorn

Category:
Food
Read Quote

Gradually I came to realize that people will more readily swallow lies than truth, as if the taste of lies was homey, appetizing: a habit. – Martha Gellhorn

Category:
Truth
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Age
category

It seems that when you get to a certain age you almost give yourself permission to misbehave and say what you think. People allow it, with very old people. – Julie Walters

Category:
Age

I came to water late. I learned to swim at the age of 20. – Liam Neeson

Category:
Age

Age has been the perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth. – Navjot Singh Sidhu

Category:
Age

My wrinkles are a playground of happy memories. – Terri Guillemets

Category:
Age

Random Quotes

I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after other people gave him up, but I dont see how I can ever trust any human being again. – Ulysses S. Grant

Category:
Trust

I can tell you that too much money is corrupting American politics. Dont blame the American public. The U.S. Supreme Court has a lot to answer for, because it has made it impossible for Congress to reduce the corrupting influence of money on American political life. – Peter Singer

Category:
Politics

Nothing reinforces a professional relationship more than enjoying success with someone. – Harold Ramis

Category:
relationship

Getting over someone is a grieving process. You mourn the loss of the relationship, and thats only expedited by Out of sight, out of mind. But when you walk outside and see them on a billboard or on TV or on the cover of a magazine, it reopens the wound. Its a high-class problem, but its real. – Hank Azaria

Category:
movingon