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"Thoughts for the Day"
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authored by gerontologist,

Dr. David J. Demko, Editor-in-Chief
AgeVenture Syndicated News Service

© 1974 - 2008.

If you are smart, you know how to answer questions.
If you are wise, you know how to question answers.
Obesity has turned America into a BIG waist-land.
Each day of retirement should be the same
as the next ... wake up, and try something new.
Search the sky for heavenly bodies, or exercise and create one of your own.
Congressional neglect has helped make Social Security an oxymoron.
People retire. Minds don't.
Sun bathing is not a very smart thing to do.
It just makes you look well red.
If people lived forever, they would probably take forever to get anything done.
Always remember, when you give your word,
there's a vow in it.
Why you age is up to nature. How you age is up to you.
Any one dumb enough to believe he evolved from an ape, probably did.
Mention the middle east, and most Americans think you're talking about Chicago.
Dr. Martin Luther King made every race a winner.
Anger management prevents unkind words
from developing into a life sentence.
In an equal opportunity society, visionary
leadership comes from those who are color-blind.
Retirement is more a state of mind than a stage of life.
The smallest minds are always found in
people who have the biggest heads.
Don't make a habit of letting God down,
and He won't forget about letting you up.
Atheists don't have faith in themselves.

Progress ends after eight letters, then starts again after just one "Why?"
Aging is something you can live with, if you do it well.
Our faith in science adds years to our life.
Our faith in God adds life to our years.
The purpose of life is to seek and discover
life's purpose.
Anti-aging pill-popping will finally be safe
when heads grow child-proof, safety openers.
An optometrist is a student of the pupil.
Those who put health first will last, and last, and last, and last.
A good doctor-patient relationship is something you can live with.
It's a matter of fact that we positively age.
It's a matter of choice that we age positively.
Don't curse your competitors. They are the
reason for your constant improvement.
If you are smart, you answer the question.
If you are wise, you question the answer.
The fear of growing old is caused by excessive birth daze.
Optimists age like wine. Pessimists age like milk.
Parenting teenagers at home offers a few benefits. You never have to answer the phone when it rings.
The fundamental flaw in modern medicine is doctors don't get paid unless you are sick.
Always give your best effort. People who cut corners end up selling themselves short.
Retirement means ... not working ... over time.
The best way to change the opposition's mind
is to start with something small, their brain.
Evolution is monkey-business.

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The quest for eternal youth is not a mature goal.
On July 4th, Americans shoot firecrackers instead of each other. The event is limited to one day per year, because firecrackers are more strictly controlled than handguns.
The most intolerant minds belong to those who advocate tolerance.
How many socialists does it take to change a lightbulb? None. They think the government should do it.
Animal Rights is an obsession with pet peeves.
Reigns of terror grow nothing but the seeds of discontent.
Of all the junk e-mail that arriving in my mailbox, the one I most enjoy deleting first is titled "E-mail Marketing Works".
Micro-management is the trademark of a micro-mind.

The secret to eternal life? God only knows.
The best newspapers report the news in a manner they believe will make their readers well-read. The worst newspapers report the news in a manner they believe will make their newspaper well-read.
Those who think nice guys always finish last, apparently don't know where to draw the line.
Clothing designers who ignore the figures of Aging America's 60-plus consumers will get no wear in the fashion world.
What you don't know can hurt you. In other words, ignorance smarts.
Americans have always looked up to those who really stand for something.
The mature market is now so big that the number of businesses promoting the virtues of aging is second only to the number trying to prevent aging.

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Life-Span is how long you can live. Life Expectancy is how long you're likely to live.
Education is the foundation of democracy. Freedom never rings from dumb-bells.
Make-up is the easiest way to appear younger. When asked your age, just make-up a number.
Our faith in science enables us to live longer and longer. But, it is our faith in each other that makes us want to.
Human aging compensates for every loss. As women lose their looks, men lose their vision.
Retirement is the best time to stop acting your age.

Health hath no fury like an HMO.
Liberals don't like living with conservatives, but don't mind living off them.
Some people spend so much time trying to improve their life ... there's no time left to enjoy it.
Those who now insist upon saying "I do not need to plan for retirement" will later have only those words to eat.
Optimists age like wine. Pessimists age like milk.
Successful retirement depends on what you retire to, not from.
Ignorance is the fertilizer that makes prejudice grow.

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If you cannot change your life, then
why not change the way you live it?
Positive thinking allows you to change your life as quick as you can change your mind.
Planning makes retirement work.
Being 50 is not a problem unless that's your waist-size.
Older Driver Tip: Your turn-signal should remain on no longer than 100 miles.
The process that makes you old is not the broadening of your age but the narrowing of your mind.
Between 1900-2000, time spent in retirement rose one thousand percent, 14 months to 15 years.
Winners find an excuse for working hard. Losers find an excuse for hardly working.
Failure is due to absent-mindedness. We forget we can do anything we put our mind to.
Effective leaders excel at telling us what is possible.
Ineffective leaders excel at telling us what is not.
Has anyone noticed how inadequate pension programs transforms the phrase "retirement living" oxymoron.
The Electronic Age has created three kinds of news: good news, bad news, and non-news (otherwise known as e-mail poll results).
If you won't try until you're absolutely ready, all you will ever achieve a state of readiness.

If computers are so easy to use, then why do they all come equipped with a cursor.
Internet websites that have too many cookies are crummy places to surf.
Failure results from trying to please countless people. Success results from pleasing people who count.
Those who CAN, do. Those who CAN'T, teach. Those incapable of either, get put in charge.
Spend your life time having the time of your life.
75% of all problems in later life are the result of lifestyle, not the process of aging.
"Yes Virginia, there are TWO genuine Santa Clauses, grandma and grandpa."
Holiday gift shopping is an excellent example of present-tense action.
Spend a little time on your knees. It helps keep you on your toes.
The secret to achieving immortality is to make a difference in other people's lives.
If only doctors are licensed to practice medicine,
why are HMOs allowed to give a sicken opinion.
If you don't start somewhere you will end up nowhere near anywhere.
If nursing homes cared for rather than warehoused their residents, elders wouldn't be dying to get out.

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You know your life counts, when others know they can count on you.
Retirement is that time in your life when you have the time of your life.
Affirmative Action isn't.
Retirement's greatest challenge is nothing to do, and all day to do it.
The "death tax" is so costly it helps Americans live longer because they cannot afford to die.
Old age begins when you start swapping meds with your parents.
Since smoking is linked to cancer, anyone with a cigarette in his mouth must be a butt-head.
The business phrase, "I'm not in it for money" often refers to an outcome, not a goal.
When blame your problems on other people, you're admitting you are out-matched.
When fat-free foods are loaded with sugar they aren't really fat-free, just fat-delayed.

Problems are the seeds of progress continually giving birth to new solutions.
Why do those who have the least to say always take the longest time to say it ?
Doctors give annual prostate test "two thumbs up".
Atheists make lousy parents because they have no faith in their children.
Glaucoma can steal your vision because you never see it coming. Get tested today.
Freedom without accountability makes us prisoners of chaos.
Ironic. Cowards use freedom of speech to denounce those who have the courage to defend it.
The best way to preserve your youth is to preserve your sense of curiosity and wonder.
Tackle tough things together.
Success is a team sport.
Retirement won't work, unless you work at retirement.

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