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Old Age Quotes
Comparing the pleasures of later life with those of youth.
Old age is described here as ready to take on long, slow tasks that youth would avoid out of impatience, and its pleasures are treated as real even though they differ sharply from youth's. This page gathers quotes comparing the two stages. Related reading continues on Age quotes.
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- Elegance
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I admire those people who hold on to their elegance in old age but I'd rather have fun.
- Alone
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In my cranky old age, I actually prefer recording alone now, on 'The Simpsons,' for example, because I find that the director can just focus on what I'm doing and I can do a lot of variations. A lot of times, when I record with a group, I'll stay after class for another hour or two.
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Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.
- Dumb
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Pretend to be dumb, that's the only way to reach old age.
- Effort
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We've put more effort into helping folks reach old age than into helping them enjoy it.
- Old
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We all wish to reach a ripe old age, but none of us are prepared to admit that we are already there.
- God
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I think God just died of old age. And, when I realized that he wasn't any more, it didn't shock me. It seemed natural and right!
- Brave
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The crucial task of old age is balance: keeping just well enough, just brave enough, just gay and interested and starkly honest enough to remain a sentient human being.
- Old
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Old age is the only thing that lives up to its reputation.
- Old
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Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.
- Aroused
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It is, of course, quite natural that a biologist whose attention had been aroused by noticing in his own case the phenomena of precocious old age should turn to study the causes of it.
- Detailed
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