Over the Hill Quotes

I'll be 50 years old tomorrow and that means, among other things, that now Bob Dole can start telling jokes about me.

I'd rather be over the hill than under it.

I think my life actually changed at 40. That's when you realize you can't ride the fence anymore. You either have to get on one side or the other. I think some of my best years were between 40 and 50: I got my priorities straight and life is good to me now. It's only other people who say, "God, she's 50 years old!" as if I'm over the hill. I feel like I just started.

If with me you'd fondly stray Over the hills and far away.

I went right from wunderkind to washed up. Old. Been around too long. That's just the way I feel. That's my internal dialogue.

It's better to get out before you reach the sell-by date.

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

Today, you're 50. Now we can round your age up to 100! Happy 50th birthday!

My career has been over since 1990.

It looks like I'm going to be 40 and life begins at 40 -​ so they promise. And I believe it, too.

They say I'm old news. Well who the new star? Cause if I'm goin anywhere it's probably too far.

In Hollywood, there is another name for a woman's 40th birthday party, it's a retirement party.

I think I am a little too old now.

It must be around forty, when you're "over the hill." I don't even know what that means and why it's a bad thing. When I go hiking and I get over the hill, that means I'm past the hard part and there's a snack in my future. That's a good thing as far as I'm concerned.