- One Thing
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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
- Art
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- Nov 07, 2020
As tradition, the female element clings to the old art and opposes anything new - precisely because each new art moves further away from the natural appearance of things.
- Nov 07, 2020
The life of an actor lends itself to emotion, and yet you have to be tough as old boots to stay at the table.
- Old Age
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- Nov 07, 2020
Old age is when the liver spots show through your gloves.
- Shoes
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know you're old when someone compliments you on your alligator shoes, and you're barefoot.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I go to third grade, and I'm scared to death. I'm just 6 years old, and the kids are so much bigger than me.
- Order
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- Nov 07, 2020
I, Philip Kearny, an old soldier, enter my solemn protest against this order for retreat.
- Duty
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.
- Doctor
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- Nov 07, 2020
Moving cities are a fairly hoary old sci-fi trope - I seem to recall they were always cropping up on 'Doctor Who' when I was young, though I may be misremembering.
- Battle
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- Nov 07, 2020
Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre.
- Divisible
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- Nov 07, 2020
The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into three reigns: James I, James II, and the Old Pretender.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no such thing as old age. I'm no different now than I was 50 years ago. I'm just having more fun.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020