Here are some quotations about age and aging that come from the website Sensational Quotes for Smart People:
- #1 of Top-Ten Quotes about Age and Aging
Growing old is compulsory. Retirement from work is discretionary.
- Unknown wise person
#2 of Top-Ten Quotes about Age and Aging
Never think oldish thoughts. It’s oldish thoughts that make a person old.
- James A.Farley
#3 of Top-Ten Quotations about Age and Aging
The idea is to die young, as late as possible.
- Ashley Montagu
#4 of Top-Ten Quotes about Age and Aging
Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.
- Will Rogers
#5 of Top-Ten Quotations about Age and Aging
Forget how old you are - this get's more important the older you get!
- from the bestseller How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free
#6 of Top-Ten Quotes about Age and Aging
The trick is growing up without growing old.
- Casey Stengel
#7 of Top-Ten Quotes about Age and Aging
He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.
- Plato
#8 of Top-Ten Quotations about Age and Aging
Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional.
- Unknown wise person
#9 of Top-Ten Quotations about Age and Aging
Age only matters when one is aging. Now that I have arrived at a great age, I might just as well be twenty.
- Pablo Picasso
#10 of Top-Ten Quotes about Age and Aging
Laughter is pleasant, but the exertion [at my age] is too much for me.
- Thomas Love Peacock
- Why do people write books that say it's better to be older than to be younger? It's not better. Even if you have all your marbles, you're constantly reaching for the name of the person you met the day before yesterday.
- Nora Ephron
Except for an occasional heart attack I feel as young as I ever did.
- Robert Benchley
The older I get, the more clearly I remember things that never happened.
- Mark Twain
