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    The Last Word

    Words of Wisdom About Aging

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    “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”

    — William Morris, 19th Century English textile designer, poet, artist, writer, and socialist activist

    “When so many are lonely as seem to be lonely, it would be inexcusably selfish to be lonely alone.”

    — Tennessee Williams, Pulitzer prize-winning American playwright

    “Earlier in my life, I thought the things that mattered were the things that you could see, like your car, your house, your wealth, your property, your office. But as I’ve grown older I’ve become convinced that the things that matter most are the things that you can’t see—the love…

    — President Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States, who celebrated his 100th birthday on October 1st

    “As I got older and things got more fixed and I couldn’t do anything about them and I had health problems – a couple of heart attacks, long hospital stays, this, that, the other – when things get settled like that, you make a deal, or you don’t, and that…

    — 95-year-old Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist and author, in an interview with NPR, on the publication of his new children’s graphic novel, Amazing Grapes

    “The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past.”

    — Andre Maurois, 20th Century French biographer, novelist and essayist

    “Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say, So what. That’s one of my favorite things to say. So what.”

    — Andy Warhol, One of the most important American artists of the second half of the 20th century and a leader in the pop art movement