“The years between fifty and seventy are the hardest. You are always being asked to do things, and yet you are not decrepit enough to turn them down.”

“Today is the oldest you’ve ever been, and the youngest you’ll ever be again.”

“The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.”

“The most important thing I can tell you about aging is this: If you really feel that you want to have an off-the-shoulder blouse and some big beads and thong sandals and a dirndl skirt and a magnolia in your hair, do it. Even if you’re wrinkled.”

“We could certainly slow the aging process down it if had to work its way through Congress.”

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