1905-, American Civil Rights Activist, Author
Men and women approaching retirement age should be recycled for public service work, and their companies should foot the bill. We can no longer afford to scrap-pile people.
Maggie Kuhn – [Retirement]


Old age is an excellent time for outrage. My goal is to say or do at least one outrageous thing every week.
Maggie Kuhn – [Age and Aging]


Old age is not a disease — it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses.
Maggie Kuhn – [Age and Aging]


The worst indignity is to be given a bedpan by a stranger who calls you by your first name.
Maggie Kuhn – [Respectability]


There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!
Maggie Kuhn – [Goals]