- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Old Quotes
Old age, old habits, and old traditions worth keeping.
This set uses 'old' loosely, from feeling worn down by constant criticism in a creative career to impatience with distractions that don't matter anymore. For quotes centered on the number itself, see Age quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Church
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- Nov 07, 2020
Francis seems familiar because Catholics have already known him in the Vatican II priests who have been their pastors and sacramental ministers over the years since that council brought new life to an old church. Catholics have known him in the bishops and priests who brought the spirit of the council to their dioceses and parishes.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
Physics is becoming so unbelievably complex that it is taking longer and longer to train a physicist. It is taking so long, in fact, to train a physicist to the place where he understands the nature of physical problems that he is already too old to solve them.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
It takes so long to train a physicist to the place where he understands the nature of physical problems that he is already too old to solve them.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I couldn't just hand in any old rubbish - I can't go on tour and sing something for three years if I don't believe in it.
- Dragging
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- Nov 07, 2020
We thrust our fingers into our ears to stop its moan; but it was no good; the cry cut like a drill into our heads, dragging minutes into hours, hours into years. We withered and grew old between those cries.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm from the old school, where I want to fight the best. I want to reign supreme over all of them. I'm willing to fight all of them to prove all of that.
- Old Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
A tall, thin old man waving a scorecard from the corner of his dugout. That's baseball.
- Security
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was too old for a paper route, too young for Social Security and too tired for an affair.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was 7 years old when the '80s began and 17 years old when they ended, so it was an incredibly formative decade for me.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never really collected anything other than old Atari cartridges. I only had, like, 12 Atari games as a kid, so at some point in my 20s I decided I was going to own all of them.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've wanted to own a DeLorean since I was 10 years old, but it always seemed like a silly daydream. Like owning the 'A-Team' van or something.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020