The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest.

Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.

Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.

I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.

I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.

Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing read more

Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week.

To be seventy years old is like climbing the Alps. You reach a snow-crowned summit, and see behind you the read more

To be seventy years old is like climbing the Alps. You reach a snow-crowned summit, and see behind you the deep valley stretching miles and miles away, and before you other summits higher and whiter, which you may have strength to climb, or may not. Then you sit down and meditate and wonder which it will be.

The golden age is before us, not behind us.

The golden age is before us, not behind us.

A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.

A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.

Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative. -Maurice Chevalier.

Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative. -Maurice Chevalier.

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. -Andrew Carnegie.

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. -Andrew Carnegie.