Funny Quotes About Age - Page 4

"The young always have the same problem- how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another."
        — George Chapman

"The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse; always harder. A young liar will be an old one, and a young knave will only be a greater knave as he grows older."
        — Philip Dormer Stanhope Chesterfield

"Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative."
        — Maurice Chevalier

"When I look back on all the worries I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened."
        — Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill

"Mirrors should reflect a little before throwing back images."
        — Jean Cocteau

"You must not pity me because my sixtieth year finds me still astonished. To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly."
        — Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

"A man's as old as he's feeling, A woman as old as she looks."
        — Mortimer Collins

"Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you."
        — Cyril Connolley

"Experience is a great advantage. The problem is that when you get the experience, you're too damned old to do anything about it."
        — James Scott "Jimmy" Connors

"Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life."
        — Joseph Conrad

"Habit with him was all the test of truth, It must be right: I've done it from my youth."
        — George Crabbe

"The children despise their parents until the age of 40, when they suddenly become just like them-thus preserving the system."
        — Quentin

"Father Time is not always a hard parent, and, though he tarries for none of his children, often lays his hand lightly upon those who have used him well; making them old men and women inexorably enough, but leaving their hearts and spirits young and in full vigour. With such people the grey head is but the impression of the old fellow's hand in giving them his blessing, and every wrinkle but a notch in the quiet calendar of a well-spent life."
        — Quentin Crisp