To grow up is to wonder about things; to be grown up is to slowly forget the things you wondered about as a child. —Henning Mankell in When the Snow Fell More about this quote Tags: forgetting growing up getting old Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time. —Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. More about this quote Tags: time age shock getting old Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The first years of man must make provision for the last. —Samuel Johnson in The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia More about this quote Tags: life aging youth old age getting old Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old. —George Burns More about this quote Tags: getting old seriousness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Can you imagine being forced to stay young forever, watching everyone you know die? How pointless would life seem if you saw that? —Avery Williams in The Impossibility of Tomorrow More about this quote Tags: life time perception powerlessness getting old forever Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine. —P. G. Wodehouse More about this quote Tags: age death getting old guillotine Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email