Does anyone know who wrote this quotation?

Question

"We don't stop playing because we get old,
We get old because we stop playing.
After all.....getting old is inevitable, growing up is optional."

Answer 1

Quotes are said not written.
The question should be "Who said......" NOT "Who Wrote"

Answer 2

These are two different quotes by two different men that have been added together.

The first part, "We don't stop playing because we get old,
We get old because we stop playing" is attributed to George Bernard Shaw. He was an Irish playright who lived in the United Kingdom.

"Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional" is attributed to a man named Chili Davis, a former major league baseball player from Jamaica.

Answer 3

George Bernard Shaw

Answer 4

George B Shaw

Answer 5

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Good luck.

Kevin, Liverpool, England.

Answer 6

Gordie Howe. Hockey Hall of famer who played games into his 60s

Answer 7

From Wikiquote:

We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing - Benjamin Franklin
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin#Attributed

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional - Chili Davis
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Growing_old#Attributed

Answer 8

George Bernard Shaw... or Oliver Wendell Holmes... or Satchel Paige... it's been attributed to all of them at one time or another.

Makes a nifty bumper sticker, whoever said it though, doesn't it?

Answer 9

Try this site it's great for quotes, you might find and answer to your question there. Best of luck.

This is a simillar quote to yours.

"You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing. "

Michael Pritchard




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Answer 10

This is an unknown quote. If you find it listed as said by anyone in particular, that is probably a false claim!

Answer 11

George Bernard Shaw. :o)