John Glenn Quotes

People think being in your seventies means sitting around in a chair with a blanket over your legs, drooling.

I'm getting so old my insurance company sends me 1/2 a calendar!

The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the foolish.

I feel a lot older than I am but at the same time I don't want to play too old on T.V. I still want to be young. I still want to be 20 and enjoy this period of my life where I still have that flexibility.

You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.

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

You may be old, you may be in your third act, but you can still be vital and sexual and funny. Life isn't over.

Age isn't important until you run out of it.

All those people who go around saying Life begins at forty, they're notable by their absence. The nerve.

I'm very pleased with each advancing year. It stems back to when I was forty. I was a bit upset about reaching that milestone, but an older friend consoled me. "Don't complain about growing old - many, many people do not have that privilege."

Longevity in my family's been pretty good. And my grandparents were pretty spry at their age, so I figured I'd probably stay skinny and fairly agile. I used to do old men all the time in sketches. And there used to be an organization called the Gray Panthers. And they would send me, oh, terrible letters about making fun of old people. And I would just always say, "I'm playing the old person I intend to become!"

Being seventy is not a sin. It's not a joy, either.

I didn't fear old age. I was just becoming increasingly aware of the fact that the only people who said old age was beautiful were usually twenty-three years old.

Old age is when you resent the swimsuit issue of Sports Illustrated because there are fewer articles to read.

As you get older, don't slow down. Speed up. There's less time left!

The older you get, the more people think they have to listen to you.

I'm gonna enjoy being old I think I'll be awesome at it.

As for old age, embrace and love it. It abounds with pleasure if you know how to use it. The gradually declining years are among the sweetest in a man's life, and I maintain that, even when they have reached the extreme limit, they have their pleasure still.

Turning 50 gives me more yesterdays than tomorrows.

Don't complain about growing old — many, many people do not have that privilege.

The only thing that happens if you wait, is that you get older.

If you're going to get old, you might as well get as old as you can get.

That's important, I think, for people who come here to realize that we are here for only a time and we have an obligation of service and we need to keep things in perspective.

Very odd, old age. Always knew it would happen, if I was lucky. I just didn't expect it so soon.