Old Quotes

I don't have to wait to realize the good old days.

I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul.

In some ways, I had a traditional 'old South' upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired an inoculum of the military ethic that is still with me today: honor, duty, loyalty.

Middle age occurs when you are too young to take up golf and too old to rush up to the net.

But, I would say when I was four years old and I was at the Alan King Tennis Tournament and I was hitting with all the pros that would come to town. They would get me on the court or take notice and that stayed with me.

The dining room in my old house was truly magnificent, but by far the worst room for conversation. I'd get up from the table, a very long table, and somebody would always say, Paul, I never got to talk to you.

In sharp contrast to the idea that this stage of life is enviable, we hear high levels of anxiety about getting old, anxieties about health, mobility, access to facilities, simple routine care and attention.

I suppose all of us - we have the old Protestant work ethic of feeling guilty when you're not working, and getting a buzz from feeling like you're really busy. That's the reason to sort of carry on.

One of the reasons we survive as a band is that we are seen as a band of today. We don't want to be seen as a band that tours and plays old songs. We feel that we are making the best music of our careers.

Sometimes I put on a ski mask and dress in old clothes, go out on the streets and beg for quarters.

It irritated me that my fans kept wanting me to retread old ground.

Not everyone grows to be old, but everyone has been younger than he is now.

When I got old enough to go to night clubs to hear that music at the age of 15.

The shooting of the guns, that was kind of funny, because rolling a cigarette and shooting a gun aren't like normal things for a 13-year old girl!

You know when you take the paint off an old canvas and you discover that something's been painted underneath it? That's what I feel like - that part of the old is coming through the new.

I've been playing rock and roll since I was 16 years old, and now I have a 16-year-old.

It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.

When it comes to hockey, it's been in my blood since I was 3 or 4 years old. I love coaching the kids, especially at that level.

I'm a perfect example of the grumpy, old man. I'm really good at it.

That said, there are certainly still cooks out there who make fantastic historical cornbreads, though the old recipes have often been changed to include modern techniques and ingredients.

After a while, you have no idea how old you are because you've lied so many times.

We pay when old for the excesses of youth.

About 70 percent of the district was new. It was a short amount of time to get to know hundreds and thousands of people. But with the help and support of old friends, we built a grassroots operation organically from the ground up.

I collect books and I have some really, really old schoolbooks, and God is mentioned on every single page.

I was born in Massachusetts and lived there until I was thirteen years old.

I started being a comedy fan when I was, I'm going to guess, like 5 or 6 years old.

By the time I was 8 years old, sports had pretty much taken over my life.

Rap is always evolving. It's easy for the old school to hate the new school, but it's a music that got a little stifled I think, by the Internet a little bit.

By the time you're eighty years old you've learned everything. You only have to remember it.

I had to have help getting up these stairs because I've been tackled by so many lions and tigers. Really. I'm like an old football player.