"For yourself, sir, shall grow old as I am, if, like a crab, you could go backward."
— Hamlet to Polonius
"In my next life I want to live my life backwards. You start out dead and get that out of the way. Then you wake up in an old people's home feeling better every day. You get kicked out for being too healthy, go collect your pension, and then when you start work, you get a gold watch and a party on your first day. You work for 40 years until you're young enough to enjoy your retirement. You party, drink alcohol, and are generally promiscuous, then you are ready for high school. You then go to primary school, you become a kid, you play. You have no responsibilities, you become a baby until you are born. And then you spend your last 9 months floating in luxurious spa-like conditions with central heating and room service on tap, larger quarters every day and then Voila! You finish off as an orgasm!"
Ben recoiled, nearly jumping up from his seat.
It was the old woman. She was looking at him, an amused smirk turning up the corner of her mouth.
“Where the hell did you come from?” Ben demanded as soon as he choked down the bite that had been nearly forgotten in his mouth.
“Ohio. So, what are you running from?”
Ben forced his heart rate to slow as he studied this intruder into his otherwise uneventful trip. She didn’t seem quite as old as he remembered, fewer wrinkles around her eyes and mouth and more red hairs peeking though the grey. He dismissed the observation as impossible.
— Here Is No Why
, by brietta-a-m-f
, by brietta-a-m-fMork aged backwards
And Joan, you must too
Eighty years old, but that nose
Looks brand-new na-nu
And Joan, you must too
Eighty years old, but that nose
Looks brand-new na-nu
—Robin Williams (played by EpicLloyd) to Joan Rivers (played by Jackie Tohn), Epic Rap Battles of History
"I have two words to say to Mr. Spacely, and I'm afraid they're going to be 'goo goo'."
—George Jetson, who is gradually getting younger because of Mr. Spacely's machine, a licensed comic for The Jetsons
James Kirk: "How much time before the youngest crew member returns to the time of birth?"
Spock: "Eighteen minutes thirty-seven seconds in real time. But long before that we shall all be children. And, Captain, that also means we are losing our knowledge at an alarming rate. It is possible we will soon be unable to operate the Enterprise."
Kirk: "How is our course, Mr. Sulu?"
Sulu: (who is now a teenager) "I don't know. What am I doing here? What's all this equipment?"
Spock: "He's too young, Captain."
Kirk: "Mr. Arex, take over for him. Lieutenant Uhura, report to navigation console."
Uhura: (who also became a teenager) "I'm sorry, sir, I don't understand all this equipment. What do I do with these controls?"
Kirk: "Never mind. Spock, can you fill in for Sulu and Uhura?"
Spock: "Yes, but who will fill in for you?"
Kirk: "What do you mean?"
Spock: "At what age did you become a starship captain? And when did you enter Starfleet Academy?"
Kirk: "I see what you mean."
Spock: "As a Vulcan, I age the slowest. I will be capable of assuming command longer than anyone else. But even I will become too young to know what to do."
— Star Trek: The Animated Series, "The Counter-Clock Incident"
Prof. Farnsworth: "The bacteria pigged out on the tar and now they're getting freaky-deaky, spreading chronitons throughout our systems. We're getting younger by the minute!"
Amy Wong: "Yikes!"
Dr. Zoidberg: "What? I'm going to revert through all my larval stages?!"
Farnsworth: "Word! We'll all keep getting younger and younger until we suffer a fate worse than death: pre-life... then death."
— Futurama, "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles"
