Top 45 Getting Old Quotes

Now there is this whole terror about getting old. Today, that fascination with youth is overrated. What’s so special about being young? I just say that because I’m old.

I think I always have to feel fresh start, because I am getting old!

When I’m done with something, I’m done. I don’t go back and listen to and pine for my old albums, or the Lollapalooza days, or ‘Psalm 69’ selling millions of records. Maybe I’m really just getting old and mellow.

I’m not really sure if I will go back to school. I’m getting old! So I’m not really sure if I have time to go back to school to be a dentist. But hopefully I’ll be an Olympic gold medalist.

I wasn’t afraid of getting old, because I was never a great beauty.

This getting old is something. I think I envy my dog, because my dog is sixteen, and she’s limping, and she’s still living, but she doesn’t look at me like she knows. She’s not thinking what I’m thinking. It’s a cruel trick that we all know the ending.

I’m 33 years old; I’m getting old. Every year is different, and as an athlete, you’ve got to be honest with yourself.

It’s like, say, if you were a dog. You notice that you’re getting old, and you look at your human and you think, ‘Why isn’t this human getting old?’… But now we’re the human looking out and imagining a different human.

This war is like an actress who is getting old. It is less and less photogenic and more and more dangerous.

I always try to find the kids that’s getting on your nerves – because your instinct let you know they pushing you out the way, you getting old. And you don’t let that bother you, have fun! You ain’t got to hang out with them, but you can work with them.

The idea of getting old is horrific, but I don’t want to make it worse by becoming a grotesque caricature. A lot of people have made that mistake of trying so hard to hang on to their looks that they make themselves look really scary.

I always say I should do more yoga. Or do yoga – more would mean I do some. I’ve done none. But I always want to do yoga because I’m getting old. Nerves are getting pinched every other day, and I really just gotta get more limber.

I’ve looked forward to being older because you will have that many more miles covered. We mustn’t be led into thinking getting old is bad. Growing old is good.

You know you’re getting old when all the names in your black book have M. D. after them.

Of course, it’s no fun getting old and getting sick and dying; we all know that’s coming, and it’s a bore.

It sucks getting old.

Someone once said that you can make the choice between getting old and getting creepy, and I think getting old is the way to go.

You’ll find people who rib you about their age are petrified about getting old. It doesn’t bother me.

I thoroughly object to getting old. If you could let me be 16 again, I’d give you everything I’ve got and everything I’ll ever have.

When you’re 50 you start thinking about things you haven’t thought about before. I used to think getting old was about vanity – but actually it’s about losing people you love. Getting wrinkles is trivial.

The only time I ever think about getting old is when I look in the mirror. I feel pretty good about it, actually.

There’s absolutely nothing glamorous about getting old.

Maybe I’ve lost a little, but I think everyone does over time. People have been writing that I’m getting old every year, and eventually they’re going to be right. There’s nobody in this game that’s doing the same things they once did in the peak years of their career.

You know you’re getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you’re down there.

Getting old doesn’t frighten me. But I’ve got to take care of myself.

I’m 32 now. I’m getting old. It’s gone in the blink of an eye. But I won’t even look back at the number of caps when I’m done: the most important thing will be remembering all the fun I’ve had with the guys in the dressing room and the friends I’ve made.

I feel like if you start taking a lot of days off, you start taking breaks from training, you start taking breaks because you use the ‘I’m getting old’ excuse, that’s the fastest way to a decline.

I hate getting old, but I’m sticking with it!

In your 20s, you are worried about body issues, your weight, how you are dressed. In your 30s, you’re like, ‘Oh my God, I am getting old. I am going to enjoy everything.’

I know my generation – a lot of them, they’re getting old now, and they want to think back fondly, they want to kid themselves. A lot of them think, ‘Yeah, we were the best.’ That’s the kiss of death. That’s non-growth. And also that’s very bad for the world.

Every time I think that I’m getting old, and gradually going to the grave, something else happens.

I’m not bothered by the idea of getting old, or I guess you could say by having arrived at old. I was 10 when my mom turned 55. For 1955, she was a very old mom.

You don’t see me in Los Angeles a lot. I go back home. Because I can’t play the game. I can’t – my tolerance – I know I’m getting old; I’ll be 50 this year. And you know how I know I’m getting old? ‘Cause my tolerance level is low.

The great thing is that the funny side of getting old is fuel for my comedy.

Turns out I’m getting old.

It isn’t so bad getting old. It really isn’t. As long as I can stay healthy.

The more the years go by, the more difficult it gets. I’m getting old.

Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.

You know you’re getting old when a four-letter word for something pleasurable to do in bed is r-e-a-d.

When you’re getting old, obviously you try to put on the best cream, you have massages, you try to stay beautiful, but I think wrinkles can sometimes be more beautiful than having none.

I’ve gotten to the age where I’m comfortable with just about everything – except getting old!

I don’t mind getting old except for the pain. I have two new knees, so going downstairs is not perfect. Nobody tells you about the pain.

Obviously, we live in a society where ageing is feared. But, to me, the alternative to getting old isn’t that great. I’ve got friends much older than me and much younger, and I love that. It means you get to teach as well as learn.

The only person who can say they’re happy getting old is someone who isn’t actually old yet. Every day, I get less and less happy about that idea.

Getting old is better than being young. You can do what you want to do.