old person

diehard · Nov 14, 2005

Somewhere on these pages, several weeks ago, someone said something like this;
"Growing old is inevitable, Growing up is optional"
I'm curious, was it an original thought, or was is it a quote from another thinker.

As an old person, I like that thought - DieHard

McRat · Nov 14, 2005

Here's an original in the same vein.

"You have two choices in life. Get older or get colder. I don't know about you, but I don't feel like hitting room temperature today."

bobandgeri · Nov 14, 2005

And another from Jimmy Buffett:

I'd rather die while I'm living then live while I'm dead

David Metsky · Nov 14, 2005

"I'm Growing Older but not Up" by Jimmy Buffett

"It's never to late to have a happy childhood."

"Youth is only for a few years, but immaturity is forever!"

post'r boy · Nov 14, 2005

i like sayin'.....

i'm gittin' younger towards death!!! or is it life?????

i was the oldest i'll ever have been when i was born!!

p.s. once a man, and twice a child, and everything is just for awhile,it seems like total destruction's the only solution,no one can stop them now,ain't no use ,nobody can stop them now

dms · Nov 14, 2005

From Shawshank Redemption: "get busy living or get busy dying", I I've chosen the former!!

Pete_Hickey · Nov 14, 2005

"Hope I die before I get old." P. Townshend

"Its better to burn out, than to fade away." N. Young.

"If I die in the mountains, I lived before I died." P. Hickey

bruno · Nov 14, 2005

hey now!! don't fergit ol' bobby dylan!! 'member him? he say:

"i was so much older then
i'm younger than that now"

and

"he not busy bein' born is a-busy dyin'"

he's a real good songwriter. check him out if you want!

timmus · Nov 14, 2005

The day I will believe I am old will be the day after I died.

But I guess it is an easy thing to say at 30 years old

DougPaul · Nov 14, 2005

I simply refuse to act my age.

Doug

hikerfast · Nov 14, 2005

my grandfather told me the secret to long life.
most people die in bed so i sleep in a chair.

MichaelJ · Nov 14, 2005

The quote "Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional," appears to be widely attributed to Chili Davis. You can even get it silkscreened on a wide variety of outer and innerwear.

Artex · Nov 14, 2005

The thread of this title brought this to mind.

GeorgeFitch · Nov 14, 2005

While alive, live.

Malcolm Forbes

sierra · Nov 14, 2005

cant place the quote but I like it" I'll get all the sleep I need when I die.

Neil · Nov 14, 2005

Pete_Hickey said:
"If I die in the mountains, I lived before I died." P. Hickey

Who's Phickey?

MikePS · Nov 14, 2005

"and I keep getting younger, my lifes been funny that way" Neil Young

carole · Nov 14, 2005

"if things get better with age, I'm approaching magnificence”

NH_Mtn_Hiker · Nov 14, 2005

carole said:
"if things get better with age, I'm approaching magnificence”

Click on my tongue
too funny for words Carole.

Stan · Nov 16, 2005

"Youth is wasted on the young." Oscar Wilde

"Live a long time; you're going be dead a long time." Cardinal Cushing

"Bury me in my hiking gear. If I go to heaven I'll need it, if I go to hell I'll be hiking out." Stan

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