Jules Renard Quotes

Growing old is not growing up.

Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth.

A few years ago, I got to a point where I realised that the only way you can tell someone's age is how they live their life. The candles on the cake mean absolutely nothing.

I think age is just something written down on a piece of paper. I mean, you come across 20-year-olds who are like old people sometimes. I've never taken much account of age throughout my life - my own or anyone else's.

Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.

I've never been scared of aging.

It is not how old you are, but how you are old.

Few people know how to be old.

Age shouldn't affect you. It's just like the size of your shoes - they don't determine how you live your life! You're either marvellous or you're boring, regardless of your age.

Someone once said that you can make the choice between getting old and getting creepy, and I think getting old is the way to go.

I'm interested in playing old ladies because I am becoming one. And I want to become a very good one!

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

Old age is ready to undertake tasks that youth shirked because they would take too long.

I'm passionate about old people because I am one myself.

When we looked at the life cycle in our 40s, we looked to old people for wisdom. At 80, though, we look at other 80-year-olds to see who got wise and who not. Lots of old people don't get wise, but you don't get wise unless you age.

Age does not bring you wisdom, age brings you wrinkles.

I think ageing suits me because I was born old, like Spencer Tracy or Dolly the Sheep.

Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.

Aging is interesting, you know? I really love it.

I think I was born aged about 86.

Some feel old at 45.

I softened in my old age.

We who are old know that age is more than a disability. It is an intense and varied experience, almost beyond our capacity at times, but something to be carried high.

As you get old, you live and learn.

The most important thing is growing old gracefully.