Old Quotes | Beyond Motive 4/8

top of page

Old Quotes

"I wrote the book in my head when I was 6 years old."

"I wrote the book in my head when I was 6 years old."

Steven Cojocaru, Canadian Critic

30

"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

30

"I don't plan to grow old gracefully. I plan to have face-lifts until my ears meet."

"I don't plan to grow old gracefully. I plan to have face-lifts until my ears meet."

Rita Rudner, American Comedian

30

"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

30

"To be seventy years young is sometimes for more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old."

"To be seventy years young is sometimes for more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

Old, Years, Oliver Holmes, Jr.

30

"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

29

"It's really a grand old, legendary theatre where the spirits of like Judy Garland and all these great performers have been. The clubs are way more underground."

"It's really a grand old, legendary theatre where the spirits of like Judy Garland and all these great performers have been. The clubs are way more underground."

Deborah Cox, Canadian Musician

Old, Spirits, Theatre

29

"Suddenly Star Wars came out while we were on hiatus, and we looked like the old Buck Rogers series, where they had cigarette smoke blowing out the back of the rocket ship."

"Suddenly Star Wars came out while we were on hiatus, and we looked like the old Buck Rogers series, where they had cigarette smoke blowing out the back of the rocket ship."

Gregory Harrison, American Actor

29

"Years ago I had a house in Sussex, it was like Arcadia, with an old Victorian bridge, a pond and the Downs."

"Years ago I had a house in Sussex, it was like Arcadia, with an old Victorian bridge, a pond and the Downs."

Nicolas Roeg, English Director

29

"Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns to be amused rather than shocked."

"Perhaps one has to be very old before one learns to be amused rather than shocked."

Robert Browning, English Poet

29

"A museum has to renew its collection to be alive, but that does not mean we give on important old works."

"A museum has to renew its collection to be alive, but that does not mean we give on important old works."

David Rockefeller, American Businessman

29

"For all my criticisms of the current system, it doesn't mean that I would like to return to the old one."

"For all my criticisms of the current system, it doesn't mean that I would like to return to the old one."

Helen Suzman, South African Politician

Old, Southafrican

29

"The United States is not just an old cow that gives more milk the more it's kicked in the flanks."

"The United States is not just an old cow that gives more milk the more it's kicked in the flanks."

David Dean Rusk, American Politician

Old, States, United

29

"You don't find me too bald, do you? Old, and bald, and with a belly?"

"You don't find me too bald, do you? Old, and bald, and with a belly?"

Julio Iglesias, American Musician

29

"Of course I'm respectable. I'm old. Politicians, ugly buildings, and whores all get respectable if they last long enough."

"Of course I'm respectable. I'm old. Politicians, ugly buildings, and whores all get respectable if they last long enough."

Robert Towne, American Actor

Old, Politicians, Ugly

29

"I'm an old curmudgeon and I know it."

"I'm an old curmudgeon and I know it."

Jonathan Frid, Canadian Actor

29

"You can't be too old to be a writer, but you can definitely be too young!"

"You can't be too old to be a writer, but you can definitely be too young!"

Joanna Trollope, English Novelist

29

"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

29

"She would have been a very remarkable woman, if she had not been an old maid."

"She would have been a very remarkable woman, if she had not been an old maid."

Thomas Nelson Page, American Writer

Old, Remarkable, Woman

29

"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

29

"Back in the old Corp, we weren't training those privates to infiltrate into the peacetime Marine Corp. We were training those privates to go to Vietnam."

"Back in the old Corp, we weren't training those privates to infiltrate into the peacetime Marine Corp. We were training those privates to go to Vietnam."

R. Lee Ermey, American Soldier

Old, Training, Vietnam

29

"In the tenth century the old Batavian and later Roman forms have faded away."

"In the tenth century the old Batavian and later Roman forms have faded away."

John Lothrop Motley, American Historian

29

"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

29

"The old Inquisition had its rack and its thumbscrews and its instruments of torture with iron teeth."

"The old Inquisition had its rack and its thumbscrews and its instruments of torture with iron teeth."

Rose Schneiderman, Polish Activist

29

"To think, when one is no longer young, when one is not yet old, that one is no longer young, that one is not yet old, that is perhaps something."

"To think, when one is no longer young, when one is not yet old, that one is no longer young, that one is not yet old, that is perhaps something."

Maxwell Maltz, American Scientist

29

"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

29

"Most of the locks and dams on the upper Mississippi River system are over 60 years old and many are in serious need of repair and rehabilitation."

"Most of the locks and dams on the upper Mississippi River system are over 60 years old and many are in serious need of repair and rehabilitation."

Ron Kind, American Politician

29

"I never learned anything at all in school and didn't read a book for pleasure until I was 19 years old."

"I never learned anything at all in school and didn't read a book for pleasure until I was 19 years old."

Stanley Kubrick, American Director

Old, Pleasure, School, Years

29

"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

29

"Once you are over 30, 35 years old, I think everyone should get down to the gym and start moving again."

"Once you are over 30, 35 years old, I think everyone should get down to the gym and start moving again."

Warren Cuccurullo, American Musician

29

"That's me: an old kazoo with some sparklers."

"That's me: an old kazoo with some sparklers."

Bette Davis, American Actress

29

"They often ask me to shoot for them. But I say no. I think an old guy like me ought not take pages away from young photographers who need the exposure."

"They often ask me to shoot for them. But I say no. I think an old guy like me ought not take pages away from young photographers who need the exposure."

Helmut Newton, German Photographer

29

"I don't believe that old cliche that good things come to those who wait. I think good things come to those who want something so bad they can't sit still."

"I don't believe that old cliche that good things come to those who wait. I think good things come to those who want something so bad they can't sit still."

Ashton Kutcher, American Actor

29

"Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche."

"Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche."

Tanith Lee, British Writer

Old, Practice, Writers

28

"There's that old adage about how there's only seven plots in the world and Shakespeare's done them all before."

"There's that old adage about how there's only seven plots in the world and Shakespeare's done them all before."

Terri Windling, American Artist

Old, Shakespeare, World

28

"To passively get up and play a bunch of old songs wouldn't have really motivated us. So we are bringing the new material into the set and it goes down really well."

"To passively get up and play a bunch of old songs wouldn't have really motivated us. So we are bringing the new material into the set and it goes down really well."

Andy Taylor, British Musician

Old, Play, Songs

28

"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

28

"I was born in Massachusetts and lived there until I was thirteen years old."

"I was born in Massachusetts and lived there until I was thirteen years old."

Robert Goulet, American Musician

28

"I would like to go to University and be like a normal 20 year old."

"I would like to go to University and be like a normal 20 year old."

Louise Woodward, British Celebrity

Old, University

28

"I suppose the old natural stuff would be ok, the old mushroom, but I wouldn't advise anyone to do it."

"I suppose the old natural stuff would be ok, the old mushroom, but I wouldn't advise anyone to do it."

Noel Redding, English Musician

28

"Why in the world would anyone want to photograph an old woman like me?"

"Why in the world would anyone want to photograph an old woman like me?"

Lillie Langtry, British Actress

Old, Want, Woman, World

28

"Well, you know, I left Cuba as a kid when I was 6 years old back in 1971."

"Well, you know, I left Cuba as a kid when I was 6 years old back in 1971."

Rafael Palmeiro, Cuban Athlete

28

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

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

DeForest Kelley, American Actor

28

"It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York."

"It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York."

O. Henry, American Writer

28

"I feel like I'm always having to justify why I haven't kept in touch with anyone from the old days in Stoke-on-Trent, but I'm like that with anybody. I don't let anybody in. I just rely on myself."

"I feel like I'm always having to justify why I haven't kept in touch with anyone from the old days in Stoke-on-Trent, but I'm like that with anybody. I don't let anybody in. I just rely on myself."

Robbie Williams, British Musician

28

"Is "tired old cliche" one?"

"Is "tired old cliche" one?"

Rod Schmidt, American Hockey Player

28

"The most important thing is story-telling. It's as singular and old-fashioned as that."

"The most important thing is story-telling. It's as singular and old-fashioned as that."

David Soul, American Actor

28

"When I was nearly twelve years old, my kind mistress sickened and died."

"When I was nearly twelve years old, my kind mistress sickened and died."

Harriet Ann Jacobs, American Writer

28

"I was watching Monster's Ball, which is a fabulous movie. It's just a little gem: beautifully shot, and shot in a way I never would have done. It made me feel very old, really, because it wasn't eccentric for its own sake, it was just very original."

"I was watching Monster's Ball, which is a fabulous movie. It's just a little gem: beautifully shot, and shot in a way I never would have done. It made me feel very old, really, because it wasn't eccentric for its own sake, it was just very original."

Adrian Lyne, English Director

28

"I'm just a tough old woman."

"I'm just a tough old woman."

Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American Journalist

28

bottom of page