Jeff Foxworthy Quotes

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

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.

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 is not our fault.

I have been asked how I grow old so easily. The answer is: I give all my time to it.

Age is inevitable. Aging isn't.

I like old people when they have aged well.

Old age hath yet his honour and his toil.

Growing old is compulsory - growing up is optional.

For me, anyone who is over 80, I generally sit down and have a chat to because he is over 80, and he is going OK.

As time goes by and you're getting older and stuff like that - getting older sucks. You know, I hear all this crap about, 'Oh, you can age with dignity.' Really?

Health care does not worry me a great deal. I've been impressed by some wonderful old people.

I hate getting old, but I'm sticking with it!

Few people know how to be old.

I didn't get old on purpose, it just happened. If you're lucky, it could happen to you.

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

If you live to be one hundred, you've got it made. Very few people die past that age.

The great thing is that the funny side of getting old is fuel for my comedy.

A hundred things are done today in the divine name of Youth, that if they showed their true colors would be seen by rights to belong rather to old age.

If entertainment years were dog years, man, I'd be like Gandhi. I'd be, like, 250 years old.

I want to age with some dignity.

Now there is this whole terror about getting old. Today, that fascination with youth is overrated. What's so special about being young? I just say that because I'm old.

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

Everything about aging in my experience so far has been a plus. Except the death part!

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