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THOUGHTS ON AGE
"I'm grateful for my lines of wisdom...Worrying about getting older is a lost cause."--Twiggy (at 55), in an interview with the London Daily Mail
"Do what makes your heart sing," a SeventySomething mother/professor says. "Look inward for direction and follow your interests, abilities and values"
"I have had a good life, but I have lived too long. I am tired of living."--Russia's oldest citizen, reportedly 124 years old.
"Let the moment come when nothing is left but life, and you will find that you do not hesitate over the fate of material possessions."--~ Edward Vernon Rickenbacker
"I'm going to be old myself some day"--80-plus Lillian Carter
"The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes."--Frank Lloyd Wright
"I am not young enough to know everything"--Oscar Wilde
"The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age."--Lucille Ball
"You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing."--Michael Pritchard
If you live long enough, the venerability factor creeps in; first, you get accused of things you never did, and later, credited for virtues you never had. --I. F. Stone
"Except for an occasional heart attack, I feel as young as I ever did.".--Robert Benchley
"Old age is always 15 years older than I am."--Bernard M. Baruch
"Age is a very high price to pay for maturity."--Tom Stoppard |
