Archive for the ‘Age’ Category

Confucius on Age

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.

- Confucius

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John Glenn on Age

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

There is still no cure for the common birthday.

- John Glenn

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George Bernard Shaw on Age

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.

- George Bernard Shaw

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Fay Weldon on Age

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

There’s no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.

- Fay Weldon

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Gene Fowler on Age

Monday, August 11th, 2008

He has a profound respect for old age. Especially when it’s bottled.

- Gene Fowler

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Bill Cosby on Age

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

When you become senile, you won’t know it.

- Bill Cosby

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William Ernest Hocking on Age

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look forward with the work.

- William Ernest Hocking

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James Thurber on Age

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man.

- James Thurber

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Bill Vaughn on Age

Sunday, July 13th, 2008

Economists report that a college education adds many thousands of dollars to a man’s lifetime income - which he then spends sending his son to college.

- Bill Vaughn

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Francis Bacon on Age

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.

- Francis Bacon

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