You hit a certain age, and you haven't died yet, and you become an elder statesman. I think I get a lot of applause because I'm not keeling over.

- Alan Arkin

My two elder sisters married Englishmen and went abroad.

- Bill Forsyth

I was born on 22 March 1931 in New York, the elder child of Abraham and Fanny Richter.

- Burton Richter

Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.

- Francis Bacon

What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.

- Gustave Flaubert

I'm always concerned that I'm insulting the elder statesmen on the set by my crass behavior.

- Heather Langenkamp

I'm now the elder in the position of doling out wisdom and trying to mend fences.

- Jane Fonda

Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency.

- John Updike

I was interviewing an elder, Chief Fool's Crow, who was the ceremonial chief. He was 103 years old. I was getting his information on the history of Lakota horses. He told me the story of Hidalgo and Frank Hopkins.

- John Fusco

Being appointed Elder Professor meant very much taking over the shop, in that the professor in those days controlled all the moneys.

- John Henry Carver

He's passed from rising hope to elder statesman without any intervening period whatsoever.

- Michael Foot

On the 1st day of December, 1830, I was confirmed, and in accordance with the word of the Lord I was ordained an Elder under the hands of the Prophet.

- Orson Pratt

You are our dearly beloved brothers, and in a certain way, it could be said that you are our elder brothers.

- Pope John Paul II

While I still do a lot of horror, it doesn't feel to me like I'm repeating myself. I like to stay interested. I'm kind of turning into one of those elder statesmen, like a Vincent Price or a Donald Pleasence. I like to think of myself alongside those guys.

- Robert Englund

He has not yet become an elder statesman, though his foreign policy credentials are considerable, but he is certainly our ancient mariner, forever tugging at our sleeve to let him tell his tale of what really happened.

- Ronald Steel