Old Quotes
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It is a base thing for a man to wax old in careless self-neglect before he has lifted up his eyes and seen what manner of man he was made to be, in the full perfection of bodily strength and beauty. But these glories are withheld from him who is guilty of self-neglect, for they are not wont to blaze forth unbidden.
Socrates
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When a man is old enough to do wrong he should be old enough to do right also.
Oscar Wilde
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One day I'll be old, dead, forgotten. And at this very moment, while I'm sitting here thinking these things, a man in a dingy hotel room is thinking, "I will always be here."
Simone de Beauvoir
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Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That's all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die.
William Butler Yeats
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You're never too old to take baby steps.
Capital Steez
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You see, the thing is, if you don't do anything to your face, and you get old, and you can stand up, and you can remember your lines, the work is there.
Judy Parfitt
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I've always been keenly aware of the passing of time. I've always thought that I was old. Even when I was twelve, I thought it was awful to be thirty. I felt that something was lost. At the same time, I was aware of what I could gain, and certain periods of my life have taught me a great deal. But, in spite of everything, I've always been haunted by the passing of time and by the fact that death keeps closing in on us.
Simone de Beauvoir
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The only time I ever think about getting old is when I look in the mirror. I feel pretty good about it, actually.
John Prine
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There is nothing fine about being a child: it is fine, when we are old, too look back to when we were children.
Cesare Pavese
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I will become an old, wrinkly lady one day and what will matter are my friends and my family and people who love me.
Sara Paxton
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The only thing my old man ever gave me was a beating.
Sonny Liston
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To the old, sorrow is sorrow; to the young, it is despair.
George Eliot
