Aging Brain Quotes

I must admit I am nervous about getting Alzheimer's. Once it hits, I might tell my best joke and never know it.

Some things get better with age, but after a certain point, the mind isn't among them.

When I first retired, I had short-term memory loss, and I started reading about neuroplasticity in the brain, about how the brain can regenerate itself, and I don't know if it can or not.

Research indicates that, as long as we keep using our brains in an active way, we continue to build neural pathways as we get older. This gives us not only the ongoing potential for creative thought, but also an additional incentive for continuing to stretch ourselves.

With age, the mind grows slower and more wily.

As you get older, you worry about your memory.

Scientists have discovered that, as we age, our brains act like computers with fuller and fuller hard drives. So when we're trying to recall a fact or a word or a name, it takes us longer, because - to put it scientifically - our brains hold a lot of 'stuff.'

I have an old brain but a terrific memory.

Lion's mane may be our first 'smart' mushroom. It is a safe, edible fungus that appears to confer cognitive benefits on our aging population.

I said, 'The nice thing about Alzheimer's is you get to hide your own Easter eggs.'

It's obvious that my brain isn't what it used to be.

There is nothing inherently wrong with a brain in your nineties. If you keep it fed and interested, you'll find it lasts you very well.

At 83 Shaw's mind was perhaps not quite as good as it used to be, but it was still better than anyone else's.

My brain- the older I get, it holds even less. There's not the capacity I would wish there to be.

People talk about the brain weakening as it ages. Mine feels stronger.

Memory in youth is active and easily impressible; in old age it is comparatively callous to new impressions, but still retains vividly those of earlier years.

I do think I have a lesser ability to remember facts and names than I have done previously, because you never have to store them; you just look them up again. I could make the same recipe 15 times, but I'll never, ever remember how to make it because I'll just look it up.

The defects of the mind, like those of the face, grow worse with age.

I like languages. I like working on different accents. I speak English, French and Spanish. I'd love to learn more but I think, as you get older, your brain is a bit slower.