Vivek Murthy Quotes

We older women in Europe are lucky not to be shoved away in a drawer.

I wouldn't say they're neglected, but everybody is going to grow old and we should be looking after the older generation more than we do at the moment.

I got a gerontology certificate a million years ago along with my law degree, so I've been interested in older people for many years. Some people grow up with a lot of kids around, but I just grew up with a lot of old people.

I think old people should just be old and go away.

Every once in a while, you live long enough to get the respect that people didn't want to give while you were trying to become a senior citizen.

I want our party to step up its efforts to reflect and champion the concerns of everybody who has reached the second half of their lives.

Never ask anyone over 70 how they feel. They'll tell you.

Older people may have always existed throughout history, but they were rare.

It's dishonest to say we're doing everything we can for our seniors when there is so much more we can.

The wisdom and experience of older people is a resource of inestimable worth. Recognizing and treasuring the contributions of older people is essential to the long-term flourishing of any society.

Sure, I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself someday.

I think our elderly are forgotten sometimes.

People are getting older - that is a good thing - but there isn't enough funding in the system. And there's a whole number of injustices.

Life in New York can be so, I don't know, chaotic, overwhelming, busy, frantic, and often, seniors can easily get overlooked.

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.

I'm too young for Medicare and too old for broads to care.

I invite you, from my sentiments, my convictions and my responsibilities, to work together in the construction of a Uruguay where being young is not suspicious, where aging is not a problem.

In America, the old are neglected.

In an ageing society, it makes sense to support older adults to develop new skills, prolonging their working lives.

Stop this attitude that older people ain't any good anymore! We're as good as we ever were - if we ever were any good.

There still seems to be a lack of film for the baby boomer generation, if you'd like to call it that. And I think 'Martin Bonner' showed what's possible. Later in life, when you've been working at something for a long time, to actually get some kudos for what you do is wonderful.

Old men need applause too.

French culture takes ageing very seriously. There's much less ageism than in Anglo-Saxon countries.

I don't want to see a 70-year-old on television.

We do not get to this age to be written off. Older people can act as a support system, which is what happens more in Mediterranean countries. People become much wiser as they get older and we should value that.