Old Age Comes at a Bad Time Wit and Wisdom for the Young at Heart

by Eliakim Katz (Editor)

Ageing is about losing youth and finding a varicose vein. It is about fighting your children and making peace with your parents. It is about gaining wisdom and mislaying your reading glasses.

Throughout time, people have feared ageing, laughed at it, cried about it, defied it, accepted it - and written about it. This delightful collection gathers together the most memorable quotes about ageing, including those of William Shakespeare, D H Lawrence, Oscar Wilde, right up to Margaret Thatcher, Joan Rives and Jerry Seinfeld.

There is something for everyone in this delightful collection of wit and wisdom.

97 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Gerry · Rating 3 out of 5]

With a title like this I can't imagine why I decided to read this book at my age! But it is an enjoyable ramble through people's views on getting old and what it does to one.

Some quotes are more deep seated than others and on the light-hearted front Steve Race's "When you are about thirty-five years old, something terrible always happens to music" stands out in the memory.

[Mike · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a bunch of quotes from random people and it doesn't take long to finish it.

[Judy Lindow · Rating 4 out of 5]

I just reread this book and am embarrassed by how bad my writing is for my original review. I love some of these quotes - I think more than I did the first read. I'll keep the little book. It seems to get better as I get older--And, "Getting old is not for sissies" means something.