Old Quotes
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The young man taught all he knew and more; The middle-aged man taught all he knew; The old man taught all that his students could understand.
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When I was old enough, I was 21 years of age, I decided to come to America. I did it illegally, so I jumped the border. I didn't speak any English.
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You're never too old to take baby steps.
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A lie never lives to be old.
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Why should I have to prove myself again? Should I have to prove myself till I'm 40? I don't have to prove to nobody I can hit. How about you tell them not to pick it up. Tell him erase it.
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Our ideals, like the gods of old, are constantly demanding human sacrifices.
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By all means, then, let us have psalms and days of dedication anew to the old causes
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I'm a hundred-and-one years old and at my age, honey, I can say what I want!
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The thing to remember about being young is you eventually get old.
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Modern art must strike out from the old. The new is not revealed to those whose eyes are fastened in worship upon the old…Have you ever seen an inch worm crawl up a leaf or twig, and then clinging to the very end, revolve in the air, feeling for something to reach? That's like me. I am trying to find something out there beyond the place on which I have a footing.
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Most people put their childhood away as if it was an old hat. They forget it as if it was a phone number that does not apply anymore. They think about their life as if it was a salami which they are eating slice by slice and then they become grown-ups, but what are they now? Only those who grow up and still remain children are real human beings.
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I would dearly love to take up the brush again, but I realize that I am an C man and that I cannot set the world afire.
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I have come too late into a world too old.
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Sometimes, the best argument in favour of the old... is the new!
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No old Men (excepting Dr. Wallis) love Mathematicks.
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My favourite piece of architecture is the Royal Conservatory of Music on Bloor (273 Bloor Street West). When they cleaned up the old building a few years back, the stonework just knocked me out. It is a great melding of the Old Toronto and the new.
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You a Catholic, Harry?” O’Neill asked. “I was. Can’t see it any more.” “You know something?” O’Neill offered after a pause. “Religion is for punks and old folks. When you’re a punk you need it because you don’t know any better and it straightens you up. And when you’re old you need it for comfort before you check out. But in between it’s no good.
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I don't want to redo what I've just done. I don't want to retread old ground.
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You put an old Misfits record on, and it sounds like it came out yesterday.
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When I was young my teachers were the old. I gave up fire for form till I was cold.
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When you finally learn how to do it, you're too old for the good parts.
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I wasn't really an old-time breakdown fiddler.
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An old fool is the worst of all fools.
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Towns are like people. Old ones often have character, the new ones are interchangeable.
