Thoughts about aging

Thanks to Rosemary W.

“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 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

“The important thing to remember is that I’m probably going to forget.”  Unknown

“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

“The older I get, the better I used to be.”  Lee Trevino

“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

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

“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

“Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened.”  Jennifer Yane

“I’m so old that my blood type is discontinued.”  Bill Dana

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

“Old people shouldn’t eat healthy foods.  They need all the preservatives they can get.”  Robert Orben

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