“Speaking of tax fairness, it was Senator Kerry who voted to increase the income tax on senior citizens on Social Security, earning as little as $32,000 a year.” YearsLittlesSocialSecurityCitizensTaxesIncreaseIncomeFairnessSenatorsEarningSeniorSocial SecurityIncome TaxSenior Citizen Author:William Weld
“Social Security, a critically important, great program which does serve as the cornerstone of support for senior citizens, now faces challenges that threaten its long-term stability and well-being. The facts are there. The facts are crystal clear.” WellsLongDoeImportantFactsFacesSocialTermChallengesSupportClearSecurityCitizensProgramWell BeingLong TermStabilitySeniorSocial SecurityCrystalsCornerstonesSenior Citizen Author:Bill Frist
“In America ... the seven ages of man have become preschooler, Pepsi generation, baby boomer, mid-lifer, empty-nester, senior citizen, and organ donor.” MenAgeAmericaGenerationsBabyCitizensEmptySevenOrgansSeniorDonorsBoomersSenior CitizenBaby BoomerPepsiOrgan Donor Author:Bill Cosby
“An energy tax punishes senior citizens, it punishes rural Americans, if you use electricity it punishes you. This bill will increase your cost of living and may kill your job.” IfsMayUseJobsEnergyCitizensCostTaxesIncreaseBillsElectricitySeniorSenior CitizenCost Of Living Author:Newt Gingrich
“People ask me, How would you do as a contestant on the show? And I tell them I would do fairly well among senior citizens, but against a good thirty-year-old I would have trouble because I cannot recall information as quickly as I used to. You used to say something and I would go, boom, right away, very sharp. Now it's like, Oh, yes, but wait a minute, uh, uh.” PeopleYearsWellsShowsUsedAsksWaitingTroubleMinutesInformationCitizensAsk MeThirtyRecallsSeniorThirty YearsSenior CitizenContestantsThirty Years Old Author:Alex Trebek
“After a lifetime of working, raising families, and contributing to the success of this nation in countless other ways, senior citizens deserve to retire with dignity.” WayNationsCitizensDeserveDignityLifetimeRetiringSeniorContributingSenior CitizenRaising A Family Author:Charlie Gonzalez
“Stages of life are artifacts. Adolescence is a useful contrivance, midlife is a moving target, senior citizens are an interest group, and tweenhood is just plain made up.” MadeAgeMovingInterestGenerationsGroupsStageCitizensTargetAdolescenceSeniorArtifactsMidlifeSenior CitizenStages Of LifeInterest Groups Author:Jill Lepore
“Everyone knows that senior citizens are stupid” KnowsStupidCitizensSeniorSenior Citizen Author:Tom Green
“If there's a senior citizen in downstate Illinois that's struggling to pay for their medicine and having to chose between medicine and the rent, that makes my life poorer even if it's not my grandparent.” IfsPayStruggleCitizensMedicineSeniorGrandparentIllinoisSenior Citizen Author:Barack Obama
“Sunday is Senior Citizens' Day. And if you want to become a senior citizen, just call the Padre ticket office.” IfsWantHumorFunnyCitizensOfficeBaseballSundayTicketsSeniorSenior Citizen Author:Jerry Coleman
“The ukulele totally fits that whole hipster community or whatever you want to call it, but then at the same time it works great in nursing homes where senior citizens get together and play, and then as the traditional Hawaiian instrument with people doing the Hula and strumming the ukulele and singing.” PeopleWantPlayWholeHomeTogetherCommunityCitizensFitSingingInstrumentsTraditionalSeniorNursingGet TogetherHipsterSenior CitizenUkuleleHawaiiansNursing HomeHulaStrumming Author:Jake Shimabukuro
“My favorite comedians were Jimmy Durante, George Burns, senior citizens.” CitizensMy FavoriteComedianSeniorJimmySenior CitizenBologna Author:Joseph Bologna
“When the average Social Security benefit is $1328 a month, and more than one-third of our senior citizens rely on Social Security for Virtually all of their income, our job is to expand benefits, not cut them.” JobsSocialCuttingSecurityMonthsCitizensBenefitsThirdsAverageIncomeRelySeniorSocial SecuritySenior Citizen Author:Bernie Sanders
“Dinah Shore? Wonderful woman. Dinah formed a foundation to locate missing senior citizens by putting their pictures on prune juice bottles.” WonderfulMissingCitizensFoundationBottlesShoreSeniorJuiceSenior CitizenPrunesWonderful Woman Author:Red Buttons
“Time flies, though, huh? But I feel young. And do you know how I stay feeling young, ladies and gentlemen? I'll share my secret with you: I live in a senior citizen retirement community.” KnowsFeelsFeelingsYoungCommunitySecretKnow HowShareCitizensGentlemanDo You KnowRetirementSeniorLadies And GentlemenYoung LadiesTime FliesSenior Citizen Author:Carol Leifer
“There you go again. When I opposed Medicare, there was another piece of legislation meeting the same problem before the Congress. I happened to favor the other piece of legislation and thought that it would be better for the senior citizens to provide better care than the one that was finally passed.” ProblemWould BeCarePiecesHappenedCitizensMeetingsCongressFavorsLegislationSeniorMedicareSenior Citizen Author:Ronald Reagan
“[Several candidates talked of problems with the federal Medicare system, particularly concerns about whether it would cover prescription drug costs in the future.] We're asking senior citizens to make a choice between their health and their income, ... Medicare is probably the most difficult challenge we face in the next century, because it has a lot to do with other things besides money.” ProblemFacesChoicesNextDifficultChallengesCenturyCitizensCostDrugConcernAskingIncomeCandidatesSeniorPrescriptionsMedicarePrescription DrugsSenior CitizenChallenges We FaceDifficult Challenges Author:John McCain
“There are tribes, I should say nations, which prior to the AIM movement had only ten or fifteen employees, and now have upwards of 2000. There are educational programs that didn't exist before, there are housing programs, health programs, senior citizen programs, cultural programs and the list goes on. It's all because some people stood up and said sovereignty is our right by treaty and the constitution says treaty law is the supreme law of the land.” PeopleShouldSaidLawNationsLandMovementGoes OnCitizensTenProgramConstitutionAimEducationalListsSupremeEmployeeFifteenSeniorTribesSovereigntyHousingTreatiesStood UpSenior CitizenEducational Programs Author:Leonard Peltier
“Now with digital, we have much better projection, and if the theaters are charging higher prices but providing refreshments and a clean, well-lit theater, there's no reason why this cannot go on as a senior-citizen-driven business for years. Especially with movies for adults.” IfsYearsWellsReasonGoes OnHigherCitizensAdultsTheaterCleanDrivenReason WhyDigitalNo ReasonProvidingSeniorLitProjectionChargingSenior CitizenRefreshments Author:Oliver Stone
“I think that when it comes to Social Security, all of us want to make sure that our senior citizens can retire with dignity and respect. And everybody has to be open-minded in thinking how do we firm up a system that, in fact, is going to be in difficulty in the coming years.” ThinkingWantYearsFactsSocialSecurityCitizensDignityDifficultyFirmRetiringSeniorSocial SecurityOpen MindedSenior CitizenDignity And Respect Author:Barack Obama
“There was a real choice when [Barack Obama] became president. It was a very difficult choice - to say, "We're not going to hold senior officials to account with the same laws that every other citizen in the country is held to," or "This is a nation that believes in the rule of law."” BelieveRealCountryLawChoicesNationsDifficultPresidentCitizensAccountsBarackOfficialsSeniorRule Of LawDifficult Choices Author:Edward Snowden
“I have one of the strongest records in fighting for senior citizens. I led the effort to prevent cuts to Social Security. But I think for some seniors, they remember the "evil empire" of the Soviet Union. They conflated the term "democratic socialism" with communism.” ThinkingRememberFightingEvilSocialTermEffortRecordsCuttingSecurityCitizensUnionsDemocraticSocialismCommunismEmpiresStrongestSovietSeniorSoviet UnionSocial SecuritySenior CitizenDemocratic Socialism Author:Bernie Sanders
“We have a responsibility as a state to protect our most vulnerable citizens: our children, seniors, people with disabilities. That is our moral obligation. But there is an economic justification too - we all pay when the basic needs of our citizens are unmet.” PeopleNeedsChildrenStatesPayResponsibilityMoralEconomicCitizensProtectOur ChildrenObligationVulnerableDisabilityJustificationSeniorMoral ObligationBasic NeedsPeople With Disabilities Author:John Lynch
“People ask me if there are going to be stories of Harry Potter as an adult. Frankly, if I wanted to, I could keep writing stories until Harry is a senior citizen, but I don't know how many people would actually want to read about a 65 year old Harry still at Hogwarts playing bingo with Ron and Hermione.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantWritingYearsStillsStoriesWantedAsksKnow HowCitizensAdultsAsk MeHarry PotterSeniorPottersHermioneWriting StoriesSenior CitizenHogwartsBingoRon And Hermione Author:J. K. Rowling
“Every once in a while, you live long enough to get the respect that people didn't want to give while you were trying to become a senior citizen.” PeopleWantGivingTryingLongEnoughCitizensSeniorSenior Citizen Author:Gil Scott-Heron
“It is important to note that there are no age limitations on who can donate organs and tissue. Newborns as well as senior citizens have been organ donors.” WellsHas BeensImportantAgeCitizensNotesLimitationOrgansSeniorTissuesNewbornDonorsDonateSenior CitizenOrgan Donor Author:Vic Snyder