- Earth
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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
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
I simply write with an intelligent reader in mind. I don't think about how old they are.
- Rather
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- Nov 07, 2020
Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns to be amused rather than shocked.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
You should not take a fellow eight years old and make him swear to never kiss the girls.
- Old Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020
Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was on the set when I was five years old with Spencer Tracy. A lot of what I learned growing up in terms of artistry is very clean, very tidy, very organized.
- Curiosity
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a house where there are small children the bathroom soon takes on the appearance of the Old Curiosity Shop.
- Marriage
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- Nov 07, 2020
In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find, and continue to find, grounds for marriage.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was at this moment that I wrote my first important paper in theoretical physics. I was 32 years old, 5 years beyond the alleged age of senility for theorists.
- Boy
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- Nov 07, 2020
One aim of the Boy Scouts scheme is to revive amongst us, if possible, some of the rules of the knights of old.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
I love the idea of having a kid who says, 'Yeah, of course I knew about Billie Holiday and Johnny Cash when I was nine years old.'
- Guitar
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was 14 years old, I had the opportunity to meet Buddy Holly. I asked him how he got that big, powerful sound out of his guitar amp. He said, 'I blew a speaker and decided not to get it fixed.'
- Bad
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- Nov 07, 2020
It takes only one bad amp to turn your ears to oatmeal: That's how old hippies became Yanni fans.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020