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"Everything I've done is an old Marvel comic in its' own way."

"Everything I've done is an old Marvel comic in its' own way."

Rob Walton, Canadian Athlete

43

"There is room in our ranks for the old and decrepit, as well as the young and vigorous."

"There is room in our ranks for the old and decrepit, as well as the young and vigorous."

Gerrit Smith, American Politician

43

"We grow neither better or worse as we get old, but more like ourselves."

"We grow neither better or worse as we get old, but more like ourselves."

Bernard Baruch, American Businessman

43

"I would have liked the old days."

"I would have liked the old days."

David Wells, American Athlete

43

"It's hard to think of yourself as a loser at 2 years old."

"It's hard to think of yourself as a loser at 2 years old."

Jeff Foxworthy, American Comedian

43

"I would like to be able to do a song with Ray Charles, before we both get too old."

"I would like to be able to do a song with Ray Charles, before we both get too old."

Joe Cocker, English Musician

42

"I also like the banging piano - that old good-time piano."

"I also like the banging piano - that old good-time piano."

Little Richard, American Musician

42

"Between parts I was too old for and roles that were too overwhelming, out of reach then for my voice. I carved out a niche with the Wagnerian repertoire since I am attracted by its theatrical intensity."

"Between parts I was too old for and roles that were too overwhelming, out of reach then for my voice. I carved out a niche with the Wagnerian repertoire since I am attracted by its theatrical intensity."

Placido Domingo, Spanish Musician

42

"Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish."

"Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish."

William Makepeace Thackeray, English Novelist

42

"Grow old with me! The best is yet to be."

"Grow old with me! The best is yet to be."

Robert Browning, English Poet

42

"Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is too much Asia and she is too old."

"Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is too much Asia and she is too old."

Rudyard Kipling, English Writer

42

"In that, Blade 2 is very much like a rock concert... if it's too loud, you're too old."

"In that, Blade 2 is very much like a rock concert... if it's too loud, you're too old."

Guillermo del Toro, Mexican Director

42

"But we used to go to flea markets and things, and look for old 78 records that had silly song titles."

"But we used to go to flea markets and things, and look for old 78 records that had silly song titles."

Neil Innes, British Writer

Old, Silly, Song, Titles

41

"Fake is as old as the Eden tree."

"Fake is as old as the Eden tree."

Orson Welles, American Actor

41

"I long to be in the Field again, doing my part to keep the old flag up, with all its stars."

"I long to be in the Field again, doing my part to keep the old flag up, with all its stars."

Joshua Chamberlain, American Soldier

41

"New York lost a classic. Carmine was an old school New Yorker."

"New York lost a classic. Carmine was an old school New Yorker."

Anthony Weiner, American Politician

41

"A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast."

"A woman is as old as she looks before breakfast."

Edgar Watson Howe, American Editor

41

"When I started really singing I was 17, 18 years old. I used to go around trying to be a singer in the Bronx. My knees would shake but I learned by doing."

"When I started really singing I was 17, 18 years old. I used to go around trying to be a singer in the Bronx. My knees would shake but I learned by doing."

Dominic Chianese, American Actor

Old, Singing, Trying, Years

41

"Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new."

"Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view, That stand upon the threshold of the new."

Edmund Waller, English Poet

41

"I'm getting too old to play some parts, but I'm still greedy."

"I'm getting too old to play some parts, but I'm still greedy."

Max von Sydow, Swedish Actor

41

"No matter how old you are, there's always something good to look forward to."

"No matter how old you are, there's always something good to look forward to."

Lynn Johnston, American Cartoonist

41

"We pay when old for the excesses of youth."

"We pay when old for the excesses of youth."

J. B. Priestley, British Writer

41

"I do remember, though, when I discovered the third! I was about five years old - it was a very pleasing sound. I remembered that if I hit one note, then skipped one and played the next, I could get this really good sound."

"I do remember, though, when I discovered the third! I was about five years old - it was a very pleasing sound. I remembered that if I hit one note, then skipped one and played the next, I could get this really good sound."

Robert Morris, American Financier

Old, Sound, Years

40

"Twenty-three is old. It's almost 25, which is like almost mid-20s."

"Twenty-three is old. It's almost 25, which is like almost mid-20s."

Jessica Simpson, American Musician

40

"I don't think I would ever have been able to be an actress had I not started at nine years old. I would have been the last person to stand up and say, 'I'd like to star in the play.'"

"I don't think I would ever have been able to be an actress had I not started at nine years old. I would have been the last person to stand up and say, 'I'd like to star in the play.'"

Kristen Stewart, American Actress

Old, Play, Years

40

"I was raised Catholic until I was old enough to say no."

"I was raised Catholic until I was old enough to say no."

John Cusack, American Actor

40

"However, that old mode of Polish filmmaking virtually disappeared."

"However, that old mode of Polish filmmaking virtually disappeared."

Andrzej Wajda, Polish Director

40

"The clock never stops, never stops, never waits. We're growing old. It's getting late."

"The clock never stops, never stops, never waits. We're growing old. It's getting late."

Ben Folds, American Musician

40

"I'm 37 years old and don't have a steady paycheck."

"I'm 37 years old and don't have a steady paycheck."

Joe Lando, American Actor

40

"Obviously, I did a couple of things right on the old casting couch."

"Obviously, I did a couple of things right on the old casting couch."

Jason Bateman, American Actor

40

"I was 30 years old and this girl I knew found out I had never gotten high. Nobody had ever told me about marijuana."

"I was 30 years old and this girl I knew found out I had never gotten high. Nobody had ever told me about marijuana."

Jack Herer, American Activist

40

"I am a firm believer in if you can't get it the old fashioned way, you don't need it."

"I am a firm believer in if you can't get it the old fashioned way, you don't need it."

Bo Jackson, American Athlete

40

"No one is ever too old, too rich, too poor, to pray."

"No one is ever too old, too rich, too poor, to pray."

Loretta Young, American Actress

40

"But I'm too old to be written about as a young poet."

"But I'm too old to be written about as a young poet."

Philip Levine, American Poet

40

"I was just about 6 weeks old when we moved to Detroit."

"I was just about 6 weeks old when we moved to Detroit."

Eddie Floyd, American Musician

39

"I, Philip Kearny, an old soldier, enter my solemn protest against this order for retreat."

"I, Philip Kearny, an old soldier, enter my solemn protest against this order for retreat."

Philip Kearny, American Soldier

Old, Order, Protest

39

"I've been doing theatre since I was 5 years old."

"I've been doing theatre since I was 5 years old."

Claudia Christian, American Actress

Old, Theatre, Years

39

"The only thing that differentiates you and me from a couple of fourteen year old pyromaniacs is balistic glass!"

"The only thing that differentiates you and me from a couple of fourteen year old pyromaniacs is balistic glass!"

Adam Savage, American Entertainer

39

"Besides, at 62 years old I look like I'm about 27."

"Besides, at 62 years old I look like I'm about 27."

Chubby Checker, American Musician

39

"Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor."

"Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor."

Tacitus, Roman Historian

39

"It is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily."

"It is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily."

Arnold Palmer, American Athlete

39

"Live fast, die old, and make very sure everyone knows you were there."

"Live fast, die old, and make very sure everyone knows you were there."

Alan Cox, Welsh Inventor

39

"I don't believe in email. I'm an old-fashioned girl. I prefer calling and hanging up."

"I don't believe in email. I'm an old-fashioned girl. I prefer calling and hanging up."

Sarah Jessica Parker, American Actress

39

"I'm like old wine. They don't bring me out very often, but I'm well preserved."

"I'm like old wine. They don't bring me out very often, but I'm well preserved."

Rose Kennedy, American Author

39

"She would sit by herself in the middle of the old stoe amphitheatre, with the sky's starry vault overhead, and simply listen to the great silence around her."

"She would sit by herself in the middle of the old stoe amphitheatre, with the sky's starry vault overhead, and simply listen to the great silence around her."

Michael Ende, German Writer

Old, Silence, Sky

39

"I'd like to grow very old as slowly as possible."

"I'd like to grow very old as slowly as possible."

Charles Lamb, English Critic

39

"I feel like I could be likened to an old hound circling on a rug for the last five years."

"I feel like I could be likened to an old hound circling on a rug for the last five years."

Neil Young, Canadian Musician

39

"I once aged 90 years old in one episode."

"I once aged 90 years old in one episode."

DeForest Kelley, American Actor

39

"Racism is essentially natural, it's old fashioned it's an evolutionary phase that we're going through. Ultimately it wont exist."

"Racism is essentially natural, it's old fashioned it's an evolutionary phase that we're going through. Ultimately it wont exist."

Michael Hutchence, Australian Musician

39

"Is "tired old cliche" one?"

"Is "tired old cliche" one?"

Rod Schmidt, American Hockey Player

39

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