Older Quotes

There are definite reference points to older Depeche Mode records.

There is a way that a younger person can accept the inevitable problem that they're going to die, whereas somebody a little bit older might be overcome.

In athletics, older runners tend to go for longer races, but it's the opposite in swimming because your body can't handle the endurance.

I consider the 70s to be the youth of old age. So all you women out there who are afraid of getting older, just keep your orgasms in place, eat a lot of vegetables, take exercise, and you'll be fine.

And the continuity of our science has not been affected by all these turbulent happenings, as the older theories have always been included as limiting cases in the new ones.

You can call me an older woman - I don't mind that at all - just don't call me an old one, because I'm not.

Aging is an inevitable process. I surely wouldn't want to grow younger. The older you become, the more you know; your bank account of knowledge is much richer.

What do I have to cheat for? I've always been playing against people older than me anyways. So what do I have to cheat for?

There is a moment when you get older when your metabolism slows down and you don't feel like working out any more, so you don't want to keep yourself fit any more, but that's your decision. Why should you be judged for it?

The new material fits very comfortably with the older stuff.

As a kid, we would drive up and down 77 North - that's our highway - there would be office buildings on the side of the highway and I'd be like, that's what my house is going to look like when I get older. I'm going to start making my house look like this.

Of course, I'm older now. I'm in a different place in my life than when I wrote the songs for 'Car Wheels' or 'Essence' or whatever. Different things were going on.

I try hard to convince them it's important - but there's a history of discomfort with minorities voting in some parts of this country, so most especially the older people have to get accustomed to it.

When I get older, I don't think I'll like to have wrinkles, or a big jelly belly. I cannot have it.

Looking at female candidates today, other women are the hardest on them, especially older women who were brought up in a different culture.

I'm older, I'm matured... I'm looking forward to the years to come. Good years.

I've always played with kids that were five, six, seven years older than me.

The older I get, the more important the eternal becomes to me personally.

As you get older and wiser you realize that when people are given anything without having to earn it (unless they are physically or mentally utterly incapable of earning anything), they become ungrateful and lazy. They also become less happy.

Every stress leaves an indelible scar, and the organism pays for its survival after a stressful situation by becoming a little older.

I was brought up by my mother and my two sisters, although they're older than me and fled the nest very young, so I was technically raised as an only child, but I was very much loved.

I feel I am a little bit older. Reckon I will start growing a beard next week.

I think Shrek makes an effect in older people. And there are many things in the movie that you saw that are not for kids. Kids would not understand certain things.

If you were a pretty boy pop singer, it would wreck you, growing older.

Ronald Reagan was older than I was when he ran for president.

It's wrong to put the drug lobby's interests ahead of older Americans.

The wisdom and experience of older people is a resource of inestimable worth. Recognizing and treasuring the contributions of older people is essential to the long-term flourishing of any society.

Let me be clear, the discussions about Social Security are not about the retirement security of those Americans who are 55 or older - the Social Security system for those folks 55 and over will not change in any way shape of form - no ifs, ands, or buts.

My passion and great enjoyment for architecture, and the reason the older I get the more I enjoy it, is because I believe we - architects - can effect the quality of life of the people.

The baby boomers are getting older, and will stay older for longer. And they will run right into the dementia firing range. How will a society cope? Especially a society that can't so readily rely on those stable family relationships that traditionally provided the backbone of care?