Old Quotes

Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.

Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures.

I want to grow old without facelifts. I want to have the courage to be loyal to the face I have made.

We should all start to live before we get too old.

When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it's a sure sign you're getting old.

I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.

Don't say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream.

Let us not be too particular; it is better to have old secondhand diamonds than none at all.

That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.

The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying.

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

Lord, Lord, how subject we old men are to this vice of lying!

Do not let spacious plans for a new world divert your energies from saving what is left of the old.

My music, I feel, has always been experimental, but it had got to a point where I felt disconnected from it completely. I didn't want to be a Clark Kent/Superman: I couldn't really say, 'Well, B.o.B's the old me, and Bobby Ray's the new me.' I had to just make a point.

What is new in the world? Nothing. What is old in the world? Nothing. Everything has always been and will always be.

My vocal style is called bel canto, which is an old Italian vocal style going back hundreds of years.

As the old joke goes, I have all the sins together. I am a woman, a Socialist, separated and agnostic.

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.

It does get old to have to always be a monkey in a zoo. I don't know what it's like any more to be anonymous.

Very old fashioned to say that they will be well behaved but I think it's very important.

I grew up listening to old soul.

Everyone gets old - there's nothing you can do about it.

I was a very self-righteous 15-25 year old. Anyway, I wake up every morning and thank God I'm not a kid anymore.

People who say you're just as old as you feel are all wrong, fortunately.

My kids think I'm old and over the hill.

The Old Testament is my favourite science fantasy reading.

It is bad for a young man to sin; but it is worse for an old man to sin.

All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.

Let us never forget this: since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense of England you no longer think of the chalk cliffs of Dover; you think of the Rhine. That is where our frontier lies.

Since the day of the air, the old frontiers are gone. When you think of the defense of England you no longer think of the chalk cliffs of Dover; you think of the Rhine.

All I've ever ended up with in terms of achievements is the movie, some really stupid anecdotes, a bunch of crosswords that I didn't finish and maybe some old bicycle that I found lying around on set.

Forty is the old age of youth, fifty is the youth of old age.

Old maids, having never bent their temper or their lives to other lives and other tempers, as woman's destiny requires, have for the most part a mania for making everything about them bend to them.

Mathematics is as old as Man.

The best way to get most husbands to do something is to suggest that perhaps they're too old to do it.

Up until the time I was 31 years old, in Spain, I still didn't know how I was going to pay the rent.

You see a woman, 22 years old, going out with a guy over 60 - and it's kind of natural. But if it happens in the opposite direction everyone says, 'What is going on there?'

The old 7 Series, the E38, was an elegant car, an evolution of the classic BMW look. But it wasn't penetrating the luxury market as we desired. It just didn't have the presence to be noticed.

I still have some of my old University essays, and I do still have my drawing book from primary year seven.

I talked about adopting a baby when I was 20 years old, before it became 'hip.'

A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.

The head learns new things, but the heart forever practices old experiences.

Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced.

Prudence is a rich, ugly, old maid courted by incapacity.

I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am, Joy is my name. Sweet joy befall thee!

I was too old for a paper route, too young for Social Security and too tired for an affair.

A friend will tell you she saw your old boyfriend - and he's a priest.

One thing they never tell you about child raising is that for the rest of your life, at the drop of a hat, you are expected to know your child's name and how old he or she is.

Medicines are only fit for old people.

A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt.

My personal telephone book is a book of the dead now. I'm so old. Almost all of my friends have died, and I don't have the guts to take their names out of the book.

Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture.

Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.

How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.

If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.

The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor.

In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation.

The 'good old times' - all times when old are good.

I remember at 16 years old, growing up in Queens, we were punks, but hey, when we went to the theater, we wore a shirt and tie! Similarly, I believe that to keep movie theaters in existence, they're gonna have to make 'em an event, have a couch, a table and drinks or something. Otherwise, there's no reason to get out of your bed!

Saving a letter from an old friend doesn't exist anymore. Everything is texted or emailed.

When you are 20 years old, you are immature.

Life is full and overflowing with the new. But it is necessary to empty out the old to make room for the new to enter.

Old San Francisco - the one so many nostalgics yearn for - had buildings that related well to each other.

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

I've wanted to be a writer since I was four years old!

Save your money. You're going to need twice as much money in your old age as you think.

Obsession is a young man's game, and my only excuse is that I never grew old.

The interval between the decay of the old and the formation and establishment of the new constitutes a period of transition which must always necessarily be one of uncertainty, confusion, error, and wild and fierce fanaticism.

We're competing with everything: the beach, the mall, bookstores. Libraries are in a transition right now, caught between two forces, the old ways and technology. Libraries are under a lot of pressure to provide both.

I cannot sing the old songs now! It is not that I deem them low, 'Tis that I can't remember how They go.

The South Downs of England reminded me a bit of my Old Virginia homeland.

I have a wife and two boys. One is 18 and the other is 14. The 18-year old is getting ready for college next year and he made a decision to run track. He runs a lot like Michael Johnson.

Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.