A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt.
As long as I have the talent and there's a demand for the old Chinese man - whether he's a philosopher, or a master, or an old-time restaurant owner, or a villain, or a so-called good guy - I will always be working.
Of course, my father was a soccer player. He used to play very good. Then, when I was young, eight or nine years old, ten years old, I just want to be like my father.
Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.
Nothing is more beautiful than the love that has weathered the storms of life. The love of the young for the young, that is the beginning of life. But the love of the old for the old, that is the beginning of things longer.
Most people understand life expectancy has changed since Social Security started in 1937 when folks lived to be 59 years old. Today, they live to be 77 years old.
I love to see old women. I love wrinkles. I love gray hair.
When a 12-year-old, a 13-year-old, so desperately wants a baby what she's looking for is the kind of unconditional love a child gives a mother and a mother gives a child.
I love being an older comic now. It's like being an old soccer or an old baseball player. You're in the Hall of Fame and it's nice, but you're no longer that person in the limelight on the spot doing that thing.
As much preparation as I had made for the old man Salieri, gestures and so on, the fact is after sitting for hours, your movements are kind of slow.
The words I use too often are X-rated, something an old man like me shouldn't be talking about anyway.
I feel like an old lady; my hero is Miss Marple.
Composers in the old days used to keep strictly to the base of the theme, as their real subject. Beethoven varies the melody, harmony and rhythms so beautifully.
I was 7 years old when the '80s began and 17 years old when they ended, so it was an incredibly formative decade for me.
I'd much rather dress like a 5 year old than a 21 year old. I'd much rather wear a puffy sleeved shirt than some low-cut top.
My first concert makes me sound like a real old man. My very first concert was Jackie Wilson.
Each new book that comes out kind of pulls up the old ones a little bit. The new releases are always going to bolster the old releases.
Young men speak about the future because they have no past, and old men speak of the past because they have no future.
I don't go out and get arrested anymore. The most extravagant thing I do these days is play golf. I'm like an old man.
When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.
Make New FrNdS But Keep D oLd , One iS silVer The Other is Gold.
