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When I was young I was called a rugged individualist. When I was in my fifties I was considered eccentric. Here I am doing and saying the same things I did then and I’m labeled senile.  -  George Burns

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Whenever the talk turns to age, I say I am 49 plus VAT.  -  Lionel Blair

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Everybody wants to live forever, but nobody wants to grow old.  -  Jonathan Swift

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Everything that goes up must come down. But there comes a time when not everything that’s down can come up.  -  George Burns

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Women are not forgiven for aging. Robert Redford’s lines of distinction are my old-age wrinkles.  -  Jane Fonda

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Inflation is when you pay fifteen dollars for the ten-dollar haircut you used to get for five dollars when you had hair.  -  Sam Ewing

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First you forget names, then you forget faces, then you forget to pull your zipper up, then you forget to pull your zipper down.  -  Leo Rosenberg

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At my age I do what Mark Twain did. I get my daily paper, look at the obituaries page and if I’m not there I carry on as usual.  -  Patrick Moore

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