Sure I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself some day.

Lillian Carter, in her 80s

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists in the circulation of their blood.

Logan Pearsall Smith (1865 - 1946), Afterthoughts (1931) "Age and Death"

I never feel age...If you have creative work, you don't have age or time.

Louise Nevelson (1900 - 1988), 1980

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age.

Lucille Ball (1911 - 1989)

No matter how old you are, there's always something good to look forward to.

Lynn Johnston (1947 - ), For Better or For Worse, 01-04-04

You're never too old to become younger.

Mae West (1892 - 1980)

Of all the self-fulfilling prophecies in our culture, the assumption that aging means decline and poor health is probably the deadliest.

Marilyn Ferguson, The Aquarian Conspiracy, 1980
Young people have an almost biological destiny to be hopeful.

Marshall Ganz, quoted by Sara Rimer in New York Times
Old age is not so bad when you consider the alternatives.

Maurice Chevalier (1888 - 1972)
You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.

Michael Pritchard

Age is…wisdom, if one has lived one's life properly.

Miriam Makeba, O Magazine, October 2003

Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.

Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971)

A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time.

Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894)

To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be 40 years old.

Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894)

I am not young enough to know everything.

Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)

To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.

Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), The Picture of Dorian Gray, 1891

I am an old man, but in many senses a very young man. And this is what I want you to be, young, young all your life.

Pablo Casals (1876 - 1973), O Magazine, October 2003