[speaking of the Brewster sisters] Police Sgt. Brophy: They're two of the dearest, sweetest, kindest, old ladies that ever walked the earth. They're out of this world. They're like, they're like pressed rose leaves.
The first day a guest, the second day a guest, the third day a calamity.
St. Swithin's Day, if thou dost rain, for forty days it will remain; St. Swithin's Day, if thou be fair, for forty days 'twill rain no more.
Captain of Guards: What have you got? Old Woman: Well, I have a talking donkey. Captain of Guards: Really? Well, that's good for ten shillings... if you can prove it. Old Woman: Go ahead, little fella. [Donkey says nothing] Captain of Guards: Well? O...
[1885 - Marty walks into a saloon, dressed in the outfit that Doc Brown gave him in 1955] Saloon Old-Timer #1: Take a look and see what just breezed in the door. Saloon Old-Timer #2: Why, I didn't know the circus was in town. Saloon Old Timer #3: Mus...
Soeur Marie Emelie" Soeur Marie Emelie is little and very old: her eyes are onyx, and her cheeks vermilion, her apron wide and kind and cobalt blue. She comforts generations and generations of children, who are "new" at the convent school. When they ...
That's most interesting. But I was no more a mind-reader then than today. I was weeping for an altogether different reason. When I watched you dancing that day, I saw something else. I saw a new world coming rapidly. More scientific, efficient, yes. ...
Old age is, so to speak, the sanctuary of ills: they all take refuge in it.
It is not well to make great changes in old age.
No man is ever old enough to know better.
The New Age? It's just the old age stuck in a microwave oven for fifteen seconds.
The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.
Old age: I fall asleep during the funerals of my friends.
Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternative.
No lie ever reaches old age.
No one leaves an old friend unless they are ashamed.
Many people consider me an old friend.
I'm just a tough old woman.
Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
I don't want to die an old lady.
There are too many 50-year-olds dressing as 20-year-olds.
