The worst indignity is to be given a bedpan by a stranger who calls you by your first name.

Old age is not a disease - it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses.

I'm having a glorious old age. One of my greatest delights is that I have outlived most of my opposition.

There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!

By the year 2020, the year of perfect vision, the old will outnumber the young.

When you least expect it, someone may actually listen to what you have to say.