The Old Quotes

Young lovers seek perfection. Old lovers learn the art of sewing shreds together. And of seeing beauty in a multiplicity of patches. - How to make an American Quilt

I am too young to be called wise and I am too old to be called young.

Oh, Gilbert, don't let's ever grow too old and wise... no, not too old and silly for fairyland.

Be batty, be traditional, and be proud.

I just got another kitten, you know. Found another trademark. It's quite embarrassing I misse

Old wives' tales have hurt cats. They're not true! Who are those Old Wives?

The cancer set into her bones and whittled her down to nothing. The weariness of the world and the weight in her heart laid her to rest in January.

When the old men kill themselves, the cities are dying.

One of the difficult things about growing older is that you start losing so many friends. On the other hand, the older you get, the less time you have to wait until you see them again.

I Didn't Ask to Be a Senior Citizen (I Was Drafted)

The problem with aging is not that it's one damn thing after another—it's every damn thing, all at once, all the time.

But now I remember, of course, I'm never going to be old.

Old age robs you of every last illusion, even the belief in your own goodness.

In the seven years or so that had passed since I had last seen him, Sir Magnus Donners had grown not so much older in appearance, as less like a human being.

The only way that getting older can be a bad thing is if you are not fully living in the moment now.

Blessing Number One. Thank you for getting old because it means you are getting to live.

the real essence of our lifetime lies in the time of our lives

Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man.

I am a fading phantasmagoria. Time has left me in partial glory."--Fidelis O Mkparu

Getting older comes with abilities. Being old comes with disabilities.

The only things that old age comes standard with: grey hair and wrinkles. Wisdom and intellect are earned.

To flatter a young man, tell him that you thought that he was older than he is. To flatter an old woman, tell her that you thought that she was younger than she is.

The more candles on my cake means I get a little more exercise in blowing them out.

Old Age- You can tell when you're getting old when you stop taking drugs for fun and start taking them to keep you alive.-character Jackson Rockenberger (Broken)

Time erodes people, and when you are old enough you weigh nothing. It's comforting to know that I will never be as frail.

Old people die not because no one cared for them but because someone they expected care from did not bother.

Had they been dogs they would have sniffed me over and then drawn back. But humans have no such inbred courtesies.

The difference between the word fiend and friend is merely one letter. I could easily be the latter. If you knew me better...

The young... are full of hope and discontent... And the old are those who were once discontented, but who have successfully smothered that flame and have found security and comfort in various ways.

I am old enough to enjoy a bit of nostalgia, but wise enough to know that there haven't been any "good ol' days" since Eden (the garden, not the prime minister).

These rotary dials were like meditation, they forced you to slow down and concentrate. If you polled the next number too soon, you had to start over from the top.

I hated being imprisoned in my own home, my wolf hated it.

Lords of blue and Lords of gold, Lords of wind and waters wild, Lords of time that's growing old, When will come the season mild?When will come blue Madoc's child?

When you're young, you say what you feel.When you're adult, you speak what you think.When you grow old, you listen to what nature says.

You see yourself as if old and wise.I see you really miss your childhood.

…love grown dutiful is love grown olda withered cupid faltering at the bow…

It's raining outside. How did you get here? And how did you get to be twenty-eight?

People are still saying gr isn't as much fun as it used to be? They've never ADD'd Quotes, clearly!

A block from his hotel, Gary cleared his throat. “I thought you said going back to my room might be dangerou

The thing is that it could never again feel natural to talk to her

...an age-old patter that seemed like chaos but was not...

Half the lies I tell are not true. To tell you the truth, half the true tales I tell are lies.

I know what dissipate means, Arty. I'm not three, for heaven's sake.

Older age has taught one crucial lesson about life. It has taught me that regardless of where I've been I still have much to see and despite every fall I still haven't experienced it all.

(I'm not online.) I don’t have a fax. I don’t go in for any of that stuff. The typewriter is as far as I went.

A man of forty-five can consider himself still young till the moment comes when he realises that he has children old enough to fall in love.

... allow me to be an old man for a moment and to remind a young girl who is used to being impulsive that there can be none of that anymore.

But me They cannot touch, Old age and death. The strange And ignominious end of old Dead folk!

Thinking is easy, acting difficult, and to put one's thoughts into actions the most difficult thing in the world.

One who has passed the thirtieth yearalready is as good as dead--it would be best to kill you off by then.