Old age is not a disease - it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses.
When you least expect it, someone may actually listen to what you have to say.
I enjoy my wrinkles and regard them as badges of distinction-I've worked hard for them!
The ultimate indignity is to be given a bedpan by a stranger who calls you by your first name.
Stand before the people you fear and speak your mind - even if your voice shakes.
Speak your mind, even though your voice shakes.
Power should not be concentrated in the hands of so few, and powerlessness in the hands of so many.
My goal is to do something outrageous every day.