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"The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything."

"The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

8

"We had an old Victrola with the old bulldog they used to have there. The horn would come out."

"We had an old Victrola with the old bulldog they used to have there. The horn would come out."

Jay McShann, American Musician

8

"I think when I was two years old in the sandbox. I think I formulated my basic philosophy there, and I haven't really had to alter it very much ever since."

"I think when I was two years old in the sandbox. I think I formulated my basic philosophy there, and I haven't really had to alter it very much ever since."

Boyd Rice, American Artist

Old, Philosophy, Years

8

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

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

Jonathan Frid, Canadian Actor

8

"I'd pick a young white guy over an old white guy for president anytime because the younger guy is more likely to have been influenced by the great social changes of the '60s and '70s."

"I'd pick a young white guy over an old white guy for president anytime because the younger guy is more likely to have been influenced by the great social changes of the '60s and '70s."

D. L. Hughley, American Actor

8

"We owned a bearded collie for many years. Sophie. She was old, and she died last year."

"We owned a bearded collie for many years. Sophie. She was old, and she died last year."

Erika Slezak, American Actress

8

"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

8

"We should not be afraid to go into a new era, to leave the old beyond."

"We should not be afraid to go into a new era, to leave the old beyond."

Zack Wamp, American Politician

8

"I was partly old-fashioned and partly modern."

"I was partly old-fashioned and partly modern."

Eric Allin Cornell, American Physicist

8

"I became involved in photography when I was about thirteen years old."

"I became involved in photography when I was about thirteen years old."

Leonard Nimoy, American Actor

Old, Photography, Years

8

"Everybody is doing the same old thing."

"Everybody is doing the same old thing."

Missy Elliot, American Musician

8

"I tested a lot of old cornbread recipes and most of them were bland or tough."

"I tested a lot of old cornbread recipes and most of them were bland or tough."

Jeremy Jackson, American Actor

8

"The Helicon of too many poets is not a hill crowned with sunshine and visited by the Muses and the Graces, but an old, mouldering house, full of gloom and haunted by ghosts."

"The Helicon of too many poets is not a hill crowned with sunshine and visited by the Muses and the Graces, but an old, mouldering house, full of gloom and haunted by ghosts."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

8

"As any old Taoist walking out of the woods can tell you, simple-minded does not necessarily mean stupid."

"As any old Taoist walking out of the woods can tell you, simple-minded does not necessarily mean stupid."

Benjamin Hoff, American Author

8

"We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing."

"We do not quit playing because we grow old, we grow old because we quit playing."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

8

"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

8

"Week by week my orders grew, and the flat of the old mill soon assumed a very busy aspect."

"Week by week my orders grew, and the flat of the old mill soon assumed a very busy aspect."

James Nasmyth, Scottish Inventor

8

"There are more old drunkards than old physicians."

"There are more old drunkards than old physicians."

Francois Rabelais, French Clergyman

Old, Physicians

8

"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

8

"I must have been 3 years old or less, and I remember paging through these comics, trying to figure out the stories. I couldn't read the words, so I made up my own stories."

"I must have been 3 years old or less, and I remember paging through these comics, trying to figure out the stories. I couldn't read the words, so I made up my own stories."

Daniel Clowes, American Author

Old, Trying, Words, Years

8

"I'm just a tough old woman."

"I'm just a tough old woman."

Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American Journalist

8

"The BBC produces wonderful programmes; it also produces a load of old rubbish."

"The BBC produces wonderful programmes; it also produces a load of old rubbish."

Jonathan Dimbleby, British Writer

8

"I was sympathetic to virtually all groups that wanted to get away from the old system."

"I was sympathetic to virtually all groups that wanted to get away from the old system."

Clarence Thomas, American Judge

8

"That was one of the best, exciting things for me to play with them. They were very young and eager to go. I'd been playing with a band that was mostly old folks that had been together so long we couldn't do anything to excite each other."

"That was one of the best, exciting things for me to play with them. They were very young and eager to go. I'd been playing with a band that was mostly old folks that had been together so long we couldn't do anything to excite each other."

Earl Scruggs, American Musician

8

"Of an old tale which every schoolboy knows."

"Of an old tale which every schoolboy knows."

William Whitehead, English Poet

8

"I decided I wanted to be a physician when I was seven years old."

"I decided I wanted to be a physician when I was seven years old."

Samuel Wilson, American Public Servant

8

"I probably belong to a type of composer of songs who keeps thinking about melody... I am old fashioned."

"I probably belong to a type of composer of songs who keeps thinking about melody... I am old fashioned."

Toru Takemitsu, Japanese Composer

Old, Songs, Thinking

8

"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

8

"I am too old for an eyebrow piercing but too young for an eyebrow lift."

"I am too old for an eyebrow piercing but too young for an eyebrow lift."

Max Cannon, American Artist

8

"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

7

"It is better to be young in your failures than old in your successes."

"It is better to be young in your failures than old in your successes."

Flannery O'Connor, American Author

7

"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

7

"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

7

"High-level, big-deal publicity has a way of getting old for me, but what never fails to thrill me is when I make personal appearances."

"High-level, big-deal publicity has a way of getting old for me, but what never fails to thrill me is when I make personal appearances."

Joseph Barbera, American Cartoonist

7

"I am not close to retirement. I still have a lot more that I can achieve. There are younger guys coming into F1, but I am not old and I'm not finished."

"I am not close to retirement. I still have a lot more that I can achieve. There are younger guys coming into F1, but I am not old and I'm not finished."

Jean Alesi, French Celebrity

Old, Retirement

7

"When we grow old, there can only be one regret - not to have given enough of ourselves."

"When we grow old, there can only be one regret - not to have given enough of ourselves."

Eleanora Duse, Italian Actress

7

"I was never a Boy Scout, but oh, I wanted to be one when I was a kid about ten or eleven years old. But there wasn't anyplace where I could ever join the Boy Scouts."

"I was never a Boy Scout, but oh, I wanted to be one when I was a kid about ten or eleven years old. But there wasn't anyplace where I could ever join the Boy Scouts."

Carl Barks, American Artist

7

"Loving an old bachelor is always a no-win situation, and you come to terms with that early on, or you go away."

"Loving an old bachelor is always a no-win situation, and you come to terms with that early on, or you go away."

Jean Harris, American Criminal

7

"I'm thirty years old, but I read at the thirty-four-year-old level."

"I'm thirty years old, but I read at the thirty-four-year-old level."

Dana Carvey, American Comedian

7

"I've been performing on stage since I was six years old."

"I've been performing on stage since I was six years old."

Jewel Kilcher, American Musician

7

"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

7

"I find old copies of National Gallery catalogues, which are written in the dryest possible prose, infinitely soothing."

"I find old copies of National Gallery catalogues, which are written in the dryest possible prose, infinitely soothing."

Howard Hodgkin, British Artist

7

"And I was desolate and sick of an old passion."

"And I was desolate and sick of an old passion."

Ernest Dowson, English Poet

6

"I prefer the new me a million times more over than the old one."

"I prefer the new me a million times more over than the old one."

Benjamin Cohen, English Journalist

6

"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

6

"I can do the old hand vibrato just fine, but I like attacking the strings."

"I can do the old hand vibrato just fine, but I like attacking the strings."

Ritchie Blackmore, English Musician

6

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

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

J. B. Priestley, British Writer

6

"The book has many different characteristics: some are extremely old-fashioned storytelling traits, but there are also a fair number of postmodern traits, and the self-consciousness is one."

"The book has many different characteristics: some are extremely old-fashioned storytelling traits, but there are also a fair number of postmodern traits, and the self-consciousness is one."

Jeffrey Eugenides, American Novelist

6

"A puppy plays with every pup he meets, but an old dog has few associates."

"A puppy plays with every pup he meets, but an old dog has few associates."

Josh Billings, American Comedian

6

"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

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