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"I am too old to think."

"I am too old to think."

Keith Miller, American Author

3

"I used to get on a stove wood pile at 5-6 years old and I would have a piece of stove wood and kindling bark as a pick, and I was a star."

"I used to get on a stove wood pile at 5-6 years old and I would have a piece of stove wood and kindling bark as a pick, and I was a star."

Jerry Reed, American Musician

Old, Wood, Years

3

"I'm into all that sappy stuff - a surprise picnic, nice dinner, or traveling. I'm kind of an old romantic."

"I'm into all that sappy stuff - a surprise picnic, nice dinner, or traveling. I'm kind of an old romantic."

Will Estes, American Actor

Old, Romantic, Traveling

3

"Don't accept the old order. Get rid of it."

"Don't accept the old order. Get rid of it."

Johnny Rotten, English Musician

3

"I was just 20 years old when I wrote Broken Arrow."

"I was just 20 years old when I wrote Broken Arrow."

Neil Young, Canadian Musician

3

"I would have liked the old days."

"I would have liked the old days."

David Wells, American Athlete

3

"Well, that's the old story I heard about the Jackie Chan films. That, like, Jackie Chan will just keep going and when crew members drop he just replaces them. I don't know if that's true but after having worked in Japan I believe it might be true."

"Well, that's the old story I heard about the Jackie Chan films. That, like, Jackie Chan will just keep going and when crew members drop he just replaces them. I don't know if that's true but after having worked in Japan I believe it might be true."

Sarah Michelle Gellar, American Actress

3

"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

3

"The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better."

"The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better."

Thomas Carlyle, Scottish Philosopher

3

"Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one."

"Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one."

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Austrian Novelist

3

"Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth."

"Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth."

Natalie Clifford Barney, American Author

Old, Question, Youth

3

"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

3

"I'm a product of good nutrition, cutting edge supplementation and hard training, and I'm an old guy."

"I'm a product of good nutrition, cutting edge supplementation and hard training, and I'm an old guy."

Warren Cuccurullo, American Musician

3

"Well, a younger woman is a type, but not necessarily a type for me. And what is a younger woman? I mean, I'm pretty old. Almost everyone is younger."

"Well, a younger woman is a type, but not necessarily a type for me. And what is a younger woman? I mean, I'm pretty old. Almost everyone is younger."

Jack Nicholson, American Actor

Old, Pretty, Woman

3

"The old charters of Massachusetts, Virginia, and the Carolinas had given title to strips of territory extending from the Atlantic westward to the Pacific."

"The old charters of Massachusetts, Virginia, and the Carolinas had given title to strips of territory extending from the Atlantic westward to the Pacific."

Albert Bushnell Hart, American Historian

3

"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

3

"It was said of old Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, that she never puts dots over her I s, to save ink."

"It was said of old Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, that she never puts dots over her I s, to save ink."

Horace Walpole, English Author

3

"I am always looking for a cool tee shirt; maybe one with a rock band or an old advertisement."

"I am always looking for a cool tee shirt; maybe one with a rock band or an old advertisement."

Bridget Hall, American Model

3

"That said, there are certainly still cooks out there who make fantastic historical cornbreads, though the old recipes have often been changed to include modern techniques and ingredients."

"That said, there are certainly still cooks out there who make fantastic historical cornbreads, though the old recipes have often been changed to include modern techniques and ingredients."

Jeremy Jackson, American Actor

3

"He's only 4 years old, so I don't think he realized, you know, that I played so many years. Of course, we watch tapes here from the Stanley Cup years, but I don't think he realized how many years I played."

"He's only 4 years old, so I don't think he realized, you know, that I played so many years. Of course, we watch tapes here from the Stanley Cup years, but I don't think he realized how many years I played."

Mario Lemieux, Canadian Athlete

2

"It's still possible to find pockets of old Dublin - but its becoming more and more rarified."

"It's still possible to find pockets of old Dublin - but its becoming more and more rarified."

Anjelica Huston, American Actress

2

"I was too old for a paper route, too young for Social Security and too tired for an affair."

"I was too old for a paper route, too young for Social Security and too tired for an affair."

Erma Bombeck, American Journalist

2

"I learned a woman is never an old woman."

"I learned a woman is never an old woman."

Joni Mitchell, Canadian Musician

2

"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

2

"This aircraft tops everything. All the others look old as compared to this one."

"This aircraft tops everything. All the others look old as compared to this one."

Niki Lauda, Austrian Athlete

2

"At 6 years old I knew there was no place for me."

"At 6 years old I knew there was no place for me."

Herve Villechaize, French Actor

2

"It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen."

"It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen."

Brigitte Bardot, French Actress

2

"Vanity is as old as the mammoth."

"Vanity is as old as the mammoth."

W. L. George, English Writer

2

"I don't wanna get old and stagnant and hang around."

"I don't wanna get old and stagnant and hang around."

GG Allin, American Musician

2

"Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties."

"Old Professors never die, they just lose their faculties."

Stephen Fry, British Comedian

2

"I like gettin' old."

"I like gettin' old."

Patti Smith, American Musician

2

"That's an old saying I just made up."

"That's an old saying I just made up."

Kenny Loggins, American Musician

2

"Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst."

"Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst."

Arthur Conan Doyle, British Writer

2

"He tells you stories, but then, after a while, when you want more, he doesn't give you more. He insists on this old elaboration, the old stories that never changes."

"He tells you stories, but then, after a while, when you want more, he doesn't give you more. He insists on this old elaboration, the old stories that never changes."

Albert Finney, British Actor

2

"To be honest, I look at my Pinball program and feel that it is old stuff. I could do much better."

"To be honest, I look at my Pinball program and feel that it is old stuff. I could do much better."

Bill Budge, American Businessman

2

"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

2

"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

2

"I was too young for Korea and too old for Vietnam."

"I was too young for Korea and too old for Vietnam."

Stephen Ambrose, American Historian

2

"Old and young disbelieve one another's truths."

"Old and young disbelieve one another's truths."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

2

"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

2

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

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

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

2

"I often meet adults in their 30s, 40s, or 50s who, as soon as they recognize me, suddenly become six years old again."

"I often meet adults in their 30s, 40s, or 50s who, as soon as they recognize me, suddenly become six years old again."

Clayton Moore, American Actor

2

"We have tried to make it clear that the United States is not just an old cow that gives more milk the more it is kicked in the flanks."

"We have tried to make it clear that the United States is not just an old cow that gives more milk the more it is kicked in the flanks."

Dean Rusk, American Diplomat

Old, States, United

2

"While we believe there are fruitful opportunities to update and improve old rules, we do not want to set up a review process that could create a litigation morass."

"While we believe there are fruitful opportunities to update and improve old rules, we do not want to set up a review process that could create a litigation morass."

Fred Thompson, American Politician

Old, Rules, Want

2

"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

2

"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

2

"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

2

"Any stigma, as the old saying is, will serve to beat a dogma."

"Any stigma, as the old saying is, will serve to beat a dogma."

Philip Guedalla, English Historian

Old, Saying, Will

2

"You're not ethnic enough. You're not fat enough. You're not thin enough. You're not blond enough. You're not dark enough. You're not young enough. You're not old enough."

"You're not ethnic enough. You're not fat enough. You're not thin enough. You're not blond enough. You're not dark enough. You're not young enough. You're not old enough."

Nia Vardalos, Canadian Actress

2

"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

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