#old

Old age is a shipwreck. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#old #old age #shipwreck

Once upon a time there was an old country, wrapped up in habit and caution. We have to transform our old France into a new country and marry it to its time. ↗

— Charles de Gaulle

#country #france #habit #into #marry

Daniel, my big brother, is eight years older. I'm lucky he didn't mind hanging out with his little sister and my younger brother. ↗

— Samantha Stosur

#big brother #brother #daniel #eight #hanging

So when I got to 50 I just thought, Hold on: I'm thin. I've got my hair. I'm well off. I survived, you know. ↗

— Bob Geldof

#hair #hold #i #just #know

Well, that's the old story I heard about the Jackie Chan films. That, like, Jackie Chan will just keep going and when crew members drop he just replaces them. I don't know if that's true but after having worked in Japan I believe it might be true. ↗

— Sarah Michelle Gellar

#after #be true #believe #chan #crew

Why do people talk of the horrors of old age? It's great. I feel like a fine old car with the parts gradually wearing out, but I'm not complaining,... Those who find growing old terrible are people who haven't done what they wanted with their lives. ↗

— Martha Gellhorn

#car #complaining #done #feel #find

I give the name violence to a boldness lying idle and enamored of danger. ↗

— Jean Genet

#danger #enamored #give #i #idle

People say things about me all the time and I get over it. I've had some appalling things told about me. ↗

— Boy George

#appalling #get #had #i #me

The ultimate goal is to be more satisfied. I really don't believe you get wiser because you get older. It's a choice, perhaps not to take some things so seriously. ↗

— Boy George

#believe #choice #get #goal #i

A young man who isn't a socialist hasn't got a heart; an old man who is a socialist hasn't got a head. ↗

— David Lloyd George

#hasn #head #heart #man #old