1,058 Quotes Regarding Age


Any person under the age of thirty, who, having any knowledge of the existing social order, is not a revolutionist, is an inferio
George Bernard Shaw

A person over age 65 who drinks says that his doctor recommends it.
Bob Smith

Age that period of life in which we compound for the vices that we still cherish by reviling those that we no longer have the enterprise to commit.
Ambrose Bierce

Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
Tacitus

The greatest problem about old age is the fear that it may go on too long.
A.J.P. Taylor

A bird in the hand is safer thantwo overhead. All courageous animals are carnivorous, and greater courage is to be expected in a people, such as the English, whose food is strong and hearty, than in the half starved commonalty of other countries.
William Temple

Few ever lived to a great age, and fewer still ever became distinguished, who were not in the habit of early rising.
Todd

Old age is the most unexpected of things that can happen to a man.
Leon Trotsky

The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young.
Mark Twain

There has never been an intelligent person of the age of sixty who would consent to live his life over again. His or anyone else
Mark Twain

Age is a high price to pay for maturity.
Unknown

Age isn't important unless you're a cheese.
Unknown

Age carries all things away, even the mind.
Vergil

Only when one has lost all curiosity about the future has one reached the age to write an autobiography.
Evelyn Waugh

Thirty-five is a very attractive age, London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years.
Oscar Wilde

One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that, would tell one anything.
Oscar Wilde

Show respect for age. Drink good scotch for a change. The old believe everything: the middle-aged suspect everything: the young know everything.
Oscar Wilde

A bird in the hand is dead.
Rhonda Boozer