John B. Goodenough Quotes

Getting older is no problem. You just have to live long enough.

It isn't so bad getting old. It really isn't. As long as I can stay healthy.

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.

Now people live into their 90s and beyond. As long as I have quality of life, I'm good.

No one longs to live more than someone growing old.

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

You spend a much larger part of your life being old, not young.

It's paradoxical, that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone.

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

We are keeping healthier and living longer and I am a good example of someone who is in the Age Concern bracket but is still working and keeping active.

This year, when I turn 65, I thought, 'So weird;' when I was a kid, people who were 65 either retired or died. I'm so nowhere near that.

The fear of old age is something that one feels when they're younger. Once you get to being old, you're already there, so you don't even think about it anymore.

Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre.

There's one more terrifying fact about old people: I'm going to be one soon.

We are living longer, and we need to live better.

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.

We all wish to reach a ripe old age, but none of us are prepared to admit that we are already there.

My parents were fine at 85. So 85's nothing. 100 is another thing. I have a friend whose mother is about to turn 101, and it's not great.

If you want to live a hundred years, how do you want to live your life? At the age of 100, you should go shopping with your great-grandchildren, but not in a wheelchair.

My grandma passed away at 98 1/2 and I want to live to 100. I want to be able to do what I can do even at 100.

I guess maybe when you get past 70, other people start asking you how you feel.

Just because you live longer doesn't necessarily give you a greater edge in quality.

I find, to my amazement, that I have reached the age of 90!

For me, old age is just something that happens.

It is a bad idea to live too long. Few carry it off well.