217 Movie Quotes about Aging (+ Sound Clips) - page 19

Updated: Apr 8, 2026

Memorable quotes about aging, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

181 Mister Tall American? I do believe that a woman in trouble, even though 60 and wrinkled, could turn to you for help.

John Wayne as Davy Crockett in The Alamo (1960)

182 Ah, sure, I'm an odd old bone now, but, say, don't you guys think the spirit's gone.

Walter Huston as Howard in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

183 But I'm not the man I was once. Next year, next month, next week, by thunder, I wouldn't be the man I am today.

Walter Huston as Howard in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

184 Yeah, the busy life of a retiree. Every day a new adventure.

Liam Neeson as Bryan Mills in Taken (2008)

185 Fifty-two next year? Well, my friend, well, well. You can work today as usual, that won't hurt you, but go to bed early.

Robert Morley as Dr Knock in Dr Knock (1954)

186 I went to a rejuvenation clinic, and got an all-natural overhaul. They took out some wrinkles, did a hair repair, changed the blood, added a good 30 or 40 years to my life. They also replaced my spleen and colon. What do you think?

Christopher Lloyd as Dr. Emmett Brown in Back to the Future Part II

187 No! It's my birthday. -What, again? Heavens to Murgatroyd. How many times were you born? You must have a strong union.

Daws Butler as Snagglepuss in Snagglepuss (1961)

188 I wish you would tell me how to become young again. -Can you remember any great errors that you committed in your early days? -A great many, I fear. -Then commit them over again. To regain one's youth, one has merely to repeat one's follies.

George Sanders as Lord Henry Wotton in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

189 I can't chew the leather anymore. So, why should I share the tribe's provisions?

Al Pacino as Lt. Col. Frank Slade in Scent of a Woman (1992)

190 As we grow older, our memories are haunted by the exquisite temptations we hadn't the courage to yield to.

George Sanders as Lord Henry Wotton in The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)