"It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen." ~ Brigitte Bardot
I was born in 1962. True. And the room next to me was 1963. ~ Joan Rivers
It's time we stopped worrying about losing our looks and started celebrating the gifts of age: I feel yummier than ever. ~ Sela Ward
Age is such a natural progression you shouldn’t fight it. ~ Ann-Margret
Live your life and forget your age. ~ Norman Vincent Peale
When I passed forty I dropped pretense, ‘cause men like women who got some sense. ~ Maya Angelou
We neither get better or worse as we get older, but more like ourselves. ~ Robert Anthony
I don't believe one grows older. I think that what happens early on in life is that at a certain age one stands still and stagnates. ~ T.S. Eliot
I know I can't cheat death, but I can cheat old age. ~ Darwin Deason
Youth is the gift of nature, but age is work of art. ~ Garson Kanin
Professionally, I have no age. ~ Kathleen Turner
I don’t think I’ve gotten any smarter, but your reflexes slow down before you do something stupid when you’re older. ~ Kris Kristofferson
The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. ~ H. L. Mencken
Don't retire, retread! ~ Robert Otterbourg, Retire & Thrive
Whichever age you are, that's the best age. I'm a very "now" person. ~Joan Armatrading, Independent News, 10/8/07
We must develop a compelling vision of later life: one that does not assume a trajectory of decline after fifty, but one that recognizes it as a time of change, growth and new learning, a time when our courage gives us hope. ~ Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, Third Chapter
One of the good things about getting older is you find you're more interesting than most of the people you meet. ~ Lee Marvin, Colombo's Hollywood
