#old people

That's the hard part about sport: as men we haven't started to be in our prime, but as athletes we are old people. I needed support. I lost trust and did stupid things. ↗

— Boris Becker

#athletes #did #hard #haven #i

There are so many scenarios here. We tried to prepare for the worst summer in 40 years and build assumptions based on that. We're preparing for the worst, but we're hoping for the best. And I've told people the end is in sight. ↗

— Gray Davis

#based #best #build #end #here

I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#creditors #dates #debtors #fixed #forgetting

Because I don't think it's very healthy to hold people to idealized views. I think that's a certain stage in life, something kids do. You have to go through that idealistic phase with your parents, but at a certain point, you need to see people as just people. ↗

— Joan Cusack

#certain #certain point #go #healthy #hold

Slot machines are like crack for old people. ↗

— Keenen Ivory Wayans

#like #machines #old #old people #people

I'd stand in line for Confession with old people and little kids, and as the line moved up, I knew when I got into the box that I would lie! Again! ↗

— Mercedes McCambridge

#box #confession #got #i #into

Medicines are only fit for old people. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#medicines #old #old people #only #people

Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members. ↗

— Pearl S. Buck

#civilization #deserted #fear #helpless #make

It seems that when you get to a certain age you almost give yourself permission to misbehave and say what you think. People allow it, with very old people. ↗

— Julie Walters

#allow #almost #certain #certain age #get

I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good telly. ↗

— Ian Hislop

#amazing #because #films #good #i