Quotes of: Old-adage Keyword

The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened.

Reginald

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

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

What better hiding place than an old, woodlice-ridden album of photographs!

Monsoon Memories

I don't like to overdose. Call me old-fashioned.

My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands

There is an old Russian saying. 'A serpent changes his skin, not his fangs.

The Native Star

Honor the old but allow for innovation.

Lessons from China: A Westerner's Cultural Education

What can you say about a twenty-five-year-old girl who died?

Love Story

My hair isn’t as white as snow, because it’s not old enough—or cold enough.

Sleepwalking is restercise

We forget old stories, but those stories remain the same.

The Sun Watches the Sun

I want to have sex at 120—pm and years old.

Seriously delirious, but not at all serious

The beauty of a fragment is that it still supports the hope of brilliant completeness.

Old School

What we often take to be the new is simply the old under some novel form.

Pandora

Ereaders were a great convenience, but nothing could beat the smell of a library and old books.

Taste

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Walden

There’s no accounting for the opinions of old ladies. They think everyone is cute.

What Flowers Remember

I crashed my boyfriend's birthday when I was 12 years old. He didn't invite me and so I showed up.

Isla Fisher

The best way to get most husbands to do something is to suggest that perhaps they're too old to do it.

Ann Bancroft

A long time ago, in a country not so far away, I was eight years old, doing my best Darth Vader imitation.

Hayden Christensen

Barack Obama is like the old joke about boats. The two best days of owning a boat are the day you buy it and the day you sell it.

Howie Carr

I feel most comfortable in an old pair of jeans, Converse, and a man's jersey. My best friend cuts my hair with kitchen scissors.

Jane Birkin

I have the bigger iPad, but the Mini is the best. It just seems perfect. The old one seems so big and heavy. I like simple and clean.

Jeff Garlin