Old Quotes
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The worst thing about getting old is evil men cease to fear you
Seneca the Younger
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Only when we are so old, only, are we aware of the beauty of life.
Alice Herz-Sommer
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No one on this Earth knows how old I am.
Minnesota Fats
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Respect the old and cherish the young. Even insects, grass and trees you must not hurt.
Ge Hong
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When all else fails, I am comforted by the fact that when I am ill or old, I will never be on my own. After all, you'd have to be a pretty terrible father if not one of your seven daughters was willing to take care of you at the end.
Jonathan Franklin
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Old Magic, Old Ways, the Old Ones themselves often seem powerless in a new place.
Anne Cameron
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As you're growing up, it's odd, because directors don't expect you to grow up. They think you'll be young forever, but as an actor, there is an awkward period when you're too young for old or too old for young, and it can be an odd time.
Nicholas Hoult
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It was one of the most pernicious fallacies, common the world over: old ways are best. But old ways can outlast their usefulness. Old ways can live on pointlessly in worlds that have no room for them.
Nicola Griffith
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Many innovations fail because consumers irrationally overvalue the old while companies irrationally overvalue the new.
Nir Eyal
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Appreciating old wine is like making love to a very old lady. It is possible. It can even be enjoyable. But it requires a bit of imagination.
Andre Tchelistcheff
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Never complain about growing old... Some never have the privilege.
Mark Hart Crowded House
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I am 67, but I'm not too old to make a fresh start.
Thomas A. Edison
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You will know you're old when you cease to be amazed.
Noel Coward
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Most folk have three faces - the face they get when they're children, the face they own when they're grown, and the face they've earned when they're old.
Catherynne M. Valente
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History is as Old as My Grandfather.
Adolf Hitler
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Common sense varies among the young, as among the old.
John Edward Christopher Hill
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Once you have a hit, it just becomes another old song.
Genesis P-Orridge
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You have many years to live do things you will be proud to remember when you're old.
John Brunner
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And wheresoe'er thou move, good luck Shall fling her old shoe after.
Alfred Lord Tennyson
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I’m an old woman, your mother’s an old woman, so I’ll be an old woman, and I’ll do what I please.
Christina Stead
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You've got to make a conscious choice every day to shed the old - whatever "the old" means for you.
Sarah Ban Breathnach
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My frustrated days are over. I'm too old to be frustrated, ... All I can do is work to get better. I think I've been tested for situations like this. I'm not going to say it's not a concern, but it's not the end of the world. I know it's going to get better.
Corey Dillon
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When a new book is published, read an old one.
Samuel Rogers
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Once I worshipped Keats for dying young. Now I think it's braver to die old.
Erica Jong