It is lovely to meet an old person whose face is deeply lined, a face that has been deeply inhabited, to look in the eyes and find light there. – John O’Donohue Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom.
Jean-Luc Picard: You know, sometimes you talk to me as if I were a benign old codger. Laris: Codger? Zhaban: Somewhere between a coot and geezer, I believe. Star Trek: Picard, ‘Remembrance’.
What old people say you cannot do, you try and find that you can. Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new. – Henry David Thoreau
These trees and these old people have one thing in common, they’re both going in the ground soon! – Bam Margera
I don’t like to see people on trolleys in hospitals; I don’t like to see old people sitting in chairs for hours. – Enda Kenny
Develop your eccentricities while you are young. That way, when you get old, people won’t think you’re going gaga. – David Ogilvy
Our target customers are people in their 20s. Old people wanted to be 21 again, and young people wanted to be 21 forever. – Do Won Chang
I’d stand in line for Confession with old people and little kids, and as the line moved up, I knew when I got into the box that I would lie! Again! – Mercedes McCambridge
They studio were flabbergasted when they discovered how interested everybody was in ‘those old people.’ And now many upcoming projects feature older people; it’s become a trend. – Daniel Petrie
When I was a child, I loved old people. My New Hampshire grandfather was my model human being. – Donald Hall
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. – Joseph Bologna
In those days, when you got boxed, that was it. A lot of old people were there because somebody wanted the farm. It was about property. People are treated like property. – Kate Millett
Commissioners are obsessed with young people, which is funny because they don’t watch telly – only old people do. – Jennifer Saunders
I’m sure that is a reason why young people occasionally bash up old people – because the ages don’t mix any more. – Penelope Keith
We filed a constitutional rights lawsuit on my reservation, and I had to go out and interview all these old people. And I found that many of the old people on my reservation didn’t know who was president. That kind of pointed out to me the irrelevance at times of who is in Washington. – Winona LaDuke
