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“When the dust settles, when the admirers have left, you will have known, that it was always about ageing well, not just about how pretty you were, when young... Step back, have a look and never lose sight of the bigger picture! ...work towards ageing well!”

Health Vitality Diseases Functionality Ageing Well Geriatrics Bone Health

Author:Dr. Deepak S. Hiwale aka 'Dr Dee'

“The universe isn't going to be conquered by legions of geriatrics. No offense.”

Universe Offense Conquered Geriatrics Legions

Book:Old Man's War

Source: Old Man's War

“Pregnancy, childbirth, healing and old age all required gee force. No amount of gengineering by the Biomistresses of the great stations could circumvent that inescapable evolutionary fact.”

Pregnancy Gravity Space Exploration Childbirth Geriatrics

Book:Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 100, January 2015

Source: Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 100, January 2015

“A word to the wise to all the children of the twentieth century, whether their concern be pediatrics or geriatrics, whether they crawl on hands and knees and wear diapers or walk with a cane and comb their beards. There's a wondrous magic to Christmas, and there's a special power reserved for little people. In short, there's nothing mightier than the meek, and a merry Christmas to each and all.”

“In one study, old people assigned to a geriatrics team stayed independent for far longer, and were admitted to the hospital less.”

People Study Team Independent Hospitals Old People Geriatrics

Author:Atul Gawande

“I'm sixty-five and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics, but if there were fifteen months in every year, I'd only be forty-eight.”

Ifs Years Age Five Months Aging Eight Forty Sixty Fifteen Forty Eight Geriatrics

Author:James Thurber

“I'm 65 and I guess that puts me in with the geriatrics. But if there were fifteen months in every year, I'd only be 48. That's the trouble with us. We number everything. Take women, for example. I think they deserve to have more than twelve years between the ages of 28 and 40.”

Ifs Thinking Years Age Numbers Comedy Trouble Example Months Deserve Aging Twelve Fifteen Geriatrics

Author:James Thurber

“My humanitarian work evolved from being with my family. My mom, my dad, they really set a great example for giving back. My mom was a nurse, my dad was a school teacher. But my mom did a lot of things for geriatrics and elderly people. She would do home visits for free.”

People Giving Home School Father Teacher Example Mom Dad My Family My Dad My Mom Humanitarian Nurse Giving Back Elderly School Teachers Geriatrics

Author:Cat Cora

“Still very active And rarely seen apart You're teenage geriatrics Modern and young at heart”

Heart Stills Young Modern Active Teenage Anniversary Young At Heart Geriatrics

Author:John Walter Bratton