If you wish to succeed, consult three old people.
Young people must appreciate the beauty of old age. The old people were once young.
Young people tell what they are doing, old people what they have done, and fools what they wish to do.
The young people think that the old people are fools; but the old people know that the young people are fools!
Other people, including me, have written books with main characters who were old and rich. Or old and brilliant. Old sages, old wizards, old rich people.
People talk to old people like they're children.'Oh you're very old aren't you?' Yeah I'm old. I'm not stupid.
What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.
Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.
Old people are scary. And I have to face it. I am old and I am scary.
Commissioners are obsessed with young people, which is funny because they don't watch telly - only old people do.
Sometimes when you're with the same old people, you get the same old thing.
People fool themselves. They pray for a long life but fear old age.
When people talk about the good old days, I say to people, 'It's not the days that are old, it's you that's old.' I hate the good old days. What is important is that today is good.
Old people should be heard but not seen. Young people should be seen, not heard.
When we looked at the life cycle in our 40s, we looked to old people for wisdom. At 80, though, we look at other 80-year-olds to see who got wise and who not. Lots of old people don't get wise, but you don't get wise unless you age.
I have a wonderful respect for old people.
I never weigh myself, but the brutal truth of television is that they don't employ old people or fat people.
I think old people should just be old and go away.
When I was a kid, there was no distinction between a movie about old people or young people. It was either funny or not. It was either entertaining or not. It was either exciting or not. It was either thrilling or not.
I think it's strange when people my age and younger get surgery. Somebody's got to play old people.
An old man with overalls walked by; I don't think old people should wear overalls; it makes them look like shrivelly toddlers.
