Old age is - a lot of crossed off names in an address book.

Quote by Ronald Blythe

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

To be old is to be part of a huge and ordinary multitude... the reason...

To be old is to be part of a huge and ordinary multitude... the reason...

He longed to be lost but he couldn't bear not to be found.

He longed to be lost but he couldn't bear not to be found.

The ordinariness of living to be old is too novel a thing to appreciate.

The ordinariness of living to be old is too novel a thing to appreciate.

As for the British churchman, he goes to church as he goes to the bathroom,...

As for the British churchman, he goes to church as he goes to the bathroom,...

Death used to announce itself in the thick of life but now people drag on...

Death used to announce itself in the thick of life but now people drag on...

Old age is - a lot of crossed off names in an address book

Old age is - a lot of crossed off names in an address book

At 60 the sexual preoccupation, when it hits you, seems sometimes sharper, as if it...

At 60 the sexual preoccupation, when it hits you, seems sometimes sharper, as if it...

I die a little inside every time I see an old person alone at a...

I die a little inside every time I see an old person alone at a...

An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick, unless...

An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick, unless...

It is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily.

It is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily.

Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going...

Being over seventy is like being engaged in a war. All our friends are going...

In old age, one should do something monumental

In old age, one should do something monumental

It (The New York Times) reads like it was edited by two elderly sociologists, one...

It (The New York Times) reads like it was edited by two elderly sociologists, one...

The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what...

The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what...

In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.

In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.

He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider...

He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider...

To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to...

To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to...

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed...

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed...

Men who have reached and passed forty-five, have a look as if waiting for the...

Men who have reached and passed forty-five, have a look as if waiting for the...

Loving an old bachelor is always a no-win situation, and you come to terms with...

Loving an old bachelor is always a no-win situation, and you come to terms with...