- Being
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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
- Back
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to say that it won't be until I'm 40, 50, 60 years old, still working consistently, will I be able to look back on my career and say, 'Wow, I have been successful.'
- Getting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Keeping score of old scores and scars, getting even and one-upping, always makes you less than you are.
- Giving
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Normally, I'm a grumpy old man - whenever I read about celebrity, I start to grind my teeth and pull my hair; it seems synonymous with idiocy.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
Only the old are innocent. That is what the Victorians understood, and the Christians. Original sin is a property of the young. The old grow beyond corruption very quickly.
- Prayer
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- Nov 07, 2020
Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.
- Creative
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started off in journalism 16 years ago in Stockholm, and I wrote for a few different publications for many years. I've also worked in advertising as a copywriter and creative director, but I changed it for architecture at 25 years old.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Few people know how to be old.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
As far as hip hop, I ain't even gonna front, it was 'Rapper's Delight.' That was the first thing I heard where I was like, 'Whoa.' You take that beat and do something over it. I started collecting records after that, old records.
- Take
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have major labels that are willing to take unconventional approaches because the old model is crumbling in front of us.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020