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30 responses to “Open Thread Update: Fave Quotes About Aging”

1. I’m lovin’ Judy G’s comment. Mine’s “Ladies First, then Whatever’s Leftover”<– it's prettier in Spanish

   Reply to nicole calasich

2. I have always liked the quote from Mark Twain…”Age is mostly a matter of mind,
   if you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.”

   Reply to Chris

3. “Getting older is inevitable, aging is optional”

   Reply to Ava

4. From my older brother: Getting old beats the alternative….but some days, not by much.

   Reply to Dana P.

5. Aging – It happens…hopefully!

   Reply to Susansa

6. I’ll never be done turning my wild oats into shredded wheat!

   Reply to Kathy Beregi

7. Well said …

   “Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep, really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.” – Earnest Hemingway’

   “Please don’t retouch my wrinkles. It took me so long to earn them. ” – Anna Magnani

   “Life goes on and on after one’s luck has run out. Youthfulness persists, alas, long after one has ceased to be young.” – Glenway Wescott

   “One of the best things about getting older: Knowing someone is an asshole before they even speak.” – Maggie Smith

   “What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one’s faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one’s memories.” – W. Somerset Maugham

   “Everything about aging in my experience so far has been a plus. Except the death part!” – Gloria Steinem

   “Do not go gentle into that good night but rage, rage against the dying of the light.” – Dylan Thomas

   Bella

   Reply to Bella

   1. I like that one that says, The best thing about getting older, is knowing asshole before they even speak. LOL

      Reply to stephanie Y owens

8. “Aging is becoming who you were always meant to be.”- David Bowie

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9. Many years ago when a few gray hairs first appeared, my wife plucked them out, saying she said she didn’t want me to look ‘old’ (or something like that).
   I replied that she should leave them alone because they were an honor and I had earned them.

   Reply to Jon

   1. Lol. My husband tells not to dye my grey. So I have finally start to just let it grow out. And it is not so bad. Plus, I am getting tired of dying it. Lol

      Reply to stephanie Y owens

10. Perhaps the quote you attributed to John Lennon was just his favorite quote. I have a trivet from my mom, from the 1940’s with that quote on it!

    Reply to lynn

11. Hi there
    I tell people at times if you don’t like your age reverse the numbers! (Might be younger.). This past month I was telling people I was turning 37! Tho of course I was turning 73 – people always get a laugh.
    Overall I am not concerned re aging – I quite enjoy it – life is good and I’m HAPPY to be here!

    Reply to Rose

12. You know you’re old when you start saying — actually believing: “When I was his/her/their age I did everything a better way.” I made this up myself, so if it really sucks, it’s my bad. Which is actually good, because I’m still creating.
    Yeah, Senior Planet!!!

    Reply to Malcolm/Mike Spitalnick

13. Getting old ain’t for sissies.

    Reply to Steve Churchill

    1. True that! My Mom was right!

       Reply to Ann

14. Studies have shown that people who have the most birthdays live the longest.

    Reply to Sue O'Donnell

    1. Sue — That one sounds like a Yogi-ism (Yogi Berra).

       /LarryG

       Reply to LarryG

15. “You only live once, but if you do it right once is enough”. – Mae West

    Reply to Dianna M

16. I keep losing gray hairs
    I find them everywhere
    On my clothes, in the sink, in the tub
    Gray Hairs in the bed and on the rugs

    But there’s no lack of gray on this head
    I just keep getting more gray instead
    So long to my Brunette days
    And hello to the gray

    Each gray hair is a sign
    A sign if this long life that is mine
    A sign of love, concern and care
    A symbol to others of my time spent here

    I embrace the gray and old age
    There is a freedom, a knowing
    There is wisdom still growing
    And so I say, “BRING ON THE GRAY!”

    Lisa Betts

    Reply to Lisa Betts

    1. Wonderful!

       Reply to Ute Thomas

    2. I totally agree. I have finally gotten tired of dying my grey. I am letting it grow on out now. Not dying it anymore. I am starting to like it. Take care and have a great day.

       Reply to stephanie Y owens

17. “This is what 65 looks like” – Anita Roddick, founder of the Body Shop, upon being told she doesn’t look 65.

    Reply to CLT

    1. *”I surrender my youth gladly — I have outgrown it….” This was on a bookmark I purchased many years ago — not credit as to who said it…

       *When referred to as ‘young lady’ — I respond :
       “I’m an old woman and proud of it.”

       Reply to Blair Fielding

18. “I don’t have gray hair. I have wisdom highlights.”

    Reply to Judy G

    1. I don’t have wrinkles, I have smile lines! :)

       Reply to Kathy P

    2. Yes! I totally agree. I am 63 years young. Lol

       Reply to stephanie Y owens

19. AGE IS JUST A NUMBER!

    Reply to D. Gray

20. We all are the same age. An unknown fraction of a lifetime!

    Reply to John P

    1. Love that Quote. Thanks for sharing it.

       Reply to Louistine