101 Ageing Quotes

James Alexander

Description

Ageing... there's precious little we can do about it, so we may as well accept it, get on with it and even enjoy it. Barring illness, how we cope with ageing is, to a certain extent, a question of mind over matter: we've all heard the joke... if you don't mind, it doesn't matter. This little compilation of quotes from the likes of actors, writers, comedians and philosophers takes a gentle poke at the ageing process and reminds us that it's not the end of the world... yet!

Sujets

• Lifestyle

Informations

• Publié par: Crombie Jardine Publishing Limited
• Date de parution: 29 janvier 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781291306774
• Langue: English

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INTRODUCTION
 
 
Ageing... there’s precious little we can do about it, so we may as well accept it, get on with it and even enjoy it. Barring illness, how we cope with ageing is, to a certain extent, a question of mind over matter: we’ve all heard the joke... if you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter. This little compilation of quotes from the likes of actors, writers, comedians and philosophers takes a gentle poke at the ageing process and reminds us that it’s not the end of the world... yet!
 
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Diane Ackerman
Louisa May Alcott
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Aristotle
Cora Harvey Armstrong
Lady Nancy Astor
 
“I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I have just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well”
Diane Ackerman
Writer and poet
 
“Have regular hours for work and play; make each day both useful and pleasant, and prove that you understand the worth of time by employing it well. Then youth will be delightful, old age will bring few regrets, and life will become a beautiful success”
Louisa May Alcott
Writer
 
“To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent; that is to triumph over old age”
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Poet and novelist
 
“Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age”
Aristotle
Philosopher and polymath
 
“Education is the best provision for old age”
Aristotle
Philosopher and polymath
 
“Inside every older person is a younger one, wondering what the hell happened”
Cora Harvey Armstrong
Singer and musician
 
“I used to dread getting older, because I thought I would not be able to do all the things I wanted to do, but now that I am older, I find that I don't want to do them”
Lady Nancy Astor
Politician
 
 
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Sir Francis Bacon
Lucille Ball
Amelia E. Barr
John Barrymore
Ingmar Bergman
Ambrose Bierce
Paul Boese
J. F. Boyse
James Broughton
Pearl S. Buck
Billie Burke
George Burns
John Burroughs
 
“Age appears best in four things: old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read”
Sir Francis Bacon
Philosopher and statesman
 
“The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age”
Lucille Ball
Comedienne and actress
 
“Old age is the