"I don't plan to grow old gracefully. I plan to have face-lifts until my ears meet"

Rita Rudner's quote is a humorous take on the concept of aging with dignity. She is recommending that instead of accepting the physical changes that come with age, she will take a more proactive technique and use new looks to preserve her youthful look. The joke is that she will continue to have new looks up until her ears meet, which is an exaggeration of the concept that she will never ever stop attempting to look young. The quote is an easy going method of expressing her desire to remain young and her willingness to go to extreme lengths to do so. It is likewise a pointer that aging is a natural process which it is important to accept and accept it.