"Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you’re aboard, there’s nothing you can do." ― Golda Meir Topic(s): Age More From Golda Meir "I don’t know why you use a fancy French word like detente when there’s a good English phrase for it – cold war." "To be successful, a woman has to be much better at her job than a man." "Above all, this country is our own. Nobody has to get up in the morning and worry what his neighbors think of him. Being a Jew is no problem here." More In Age "Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young."― Dorothy Canfield Fisher "A lot of my childhood memories involve walking home in floods of tears. At that age, feeling unpopular is difficult to handle."― Rachel Stevens "He has a profound respect for old age. Especially when it’s bottled."― Gene Fowler