“Oh, to be seventy again!”

— Georges Clemenceau

Exclamation to a friend on his 80th birthday (1921) as an attractive young woman passed them while walking down the Champs-Élysées, as quoted in Ego 3 (1938) by James Agate. Similar remarks have also been attributed to Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. ie: "Oh, to be eighty again."
Post-Prime Ministerial

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update May 22, 2020. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Oh, to be seventy again!" by Georges Clemenceau?

Georges Clemenceau 33

French politician 1841–1929

Stan Rogers (1949–1983) Folk singer

Barrett's Privateers (1976)

“How many people disapprove of the job the Conservatives are doing? Seventy percent. Of those same people, how many will vote for them again? …Seventy percent. What the fuck?”

Bill Hicks (1961–1994) American comedian

Where did they take this poll, at an S&M parlor?
Shock and Awe (2003)

“Clyde: Oh, we're not going to make that trip again, oh no.”

Jack Benny (1894–1974) comedian, vaudeville performer, and radio, television, and film actor

The Jack Benny Program (Radio: 1932-1955), The Jack Benny Program (Television: 1950-1965)

“Oh, to be home again, home again, home again!
Under the apple-boughs, down by the mill!”

James Thomas Fields (1817–1881) American writer and publisher

In a strange Land, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“Oh! To be in love,
And never get out again.”

Kate Bush (1958) British recording artist; singer, songwriter, musician and record producer

Song lyrics, The Kick Inside (1978)

“Oh happy pessimists! What a joy it is to them to be able to prove again and again that there is no joy.”

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916) Austrian writer

Die glücklichen Pessimisten! Welche Freude empfinden sie, so oft sie bewiesen haben, daß es keine Freude gibt.
Source: Aphorisms (1880/1893), p. 19.

“Oh, oh, very badly. I would love to start again but maybe I’m too old”

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (1947) second wife of Prince Charles

Asked about playing tennis at Wimbledon
The Daily Express 28 June, 2013 http://www.express.co.uk/news/royal/410883/Oops-BBC-airs-Camilla-Duchess-of-Cornwall-s-private-chat-with-John-McEnroe-at-Wimbledon

“Bang! Now the animal
Is dead and dumb and done.
Nevermore to peep again, creep again, leap again,
Eat or sleep or drink again, oh, what fun!”

Walter de la Mare (1873–1956) English poet and fiction writer

Hi!
Source: Rhymes and Verses: Collected Poems for Young People

“Seventy million people will talk about seventy million solutions to the same problem.”

Neamat Imam book The Black Coat

The Black Coat (2013)

“Oh, bring again my heart's content,
Thou Spirit of the Summer-time!”

William Allingham (1824–1889) Irish man of letters and poet

Song; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“Oh, to be seventy again!”

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Georges Clemenceau 33

Related quotes