#old age

Memory in youth is active and easily impressible; in old age it is comparatively callous to new impressions, but still retains vividly those of earlier years. ↗

— Charlotte Bronte

#age #callous #comparatively #earlier #easily

I've been screaming at the top of my lungs at my family, 'Work out! Work out! Old age is coming!' ↗

— Cher

#been #coming #family #i #lungs

Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#blunder #manhood #old #old age #regret

Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked. ↗

— Lawrence Durrell

#being #insult #like #old #old age

Why do people talk of the horrors of old age? It's great. I feel like a fine old car with the parts gradually wearing out, but I'm not complaining,... Those who find growing old terrible are people who haven't done what they wanted with their lives. ↗

— Martha Gellhorn

#car #complaining #done #feel #find

Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance. ↗

— David Mamet

#always #beat #exuberance #old #old age

Women would be disproportionately affected by the privatization of social security. It is one of the most important safety nets for American women in old age, or in times of disability, to insure financial income for their families. ↗

— Barbara Mikulski

#age #american #american women #disability #disproportionately

Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#belongs #body #evil #far #feeling

No lie ever reaches old age. ↗

— Sophocles

#ever #lie #old #old age #reaches

Old age and the passage of time teach all things. ↗

— Sophocles

#all things #old #old age #passage #teach