A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time. – Oliver W. Holmes, Sr.
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The crucial task of old age is balance: keeping just well enough, just brave enough, just gay and interested and starkly honest enough to remain a sentient human being. – Florida Scott-Maxwell
The last thing I want my child to see is Dad running around in the middle of the pack. That would really upset me. And that would upset him. I would be embarrassed to take him to school with kids saying, Hey, howd your dad do this weekend? Well, he finished fifth or sixth. – Dan Wheldon
