Quotes of: Old-testament Keyword

Anger has been a really big deal for women: how can we express it without feeling that, as the physically weaker sex, we won't get killed. The alpha-woman was burned at the stake and had her head chopped off in days of old.

Alanis Morissette

China is an old nation with a colourful history. Its booming economy has triggered an appetite and a curiosity around the world for its art and culture, one that continues to grow. I can, however, tell people that it is a show with no actor.

Ai Weiwei

When I was 16 years old, I joined a drama group called North Queensland Academy of Dramatic Art under a woman called Maggie Shephard-King. She inspired me to audition for the role of Romeo in 'Romeo and Juliet.'

Brenton Thwaites

The style of ancient Egyptian art is transcendently clear, something 8-year-olds can recognize in an instant. Its consistency and codification is one of the most epic visual journeys in all art, one that lasts 30 dynasties spread over 3,000 years.

Jerry Saltz

If only we could persuade galleries to observe a fallow period in which, for two months every other year, new and old works of art could be sold in back rooms and all main galleries would be devoted to revisiting shows gone by.

Jerry Saltz

The first professional training I received of any kind was when I was 14 years old and we were in Kansas City, Missouri. I attended the Kansas City Art Institute for one summer.

Marc Davis

I think of art, at its most significant, as a DEW line, a Distant Early Warning system that can always be relied on to tell the old culture what is beginning to happen to it.

Marshall McLuhan

It's kind of an art, going out and performing. I'd like fans to remember me as a guy who would go out and entertain them, give them quality matches, and not just the same old garbage every week.

Owen Hart

The best thing to do with a seven-year-old is wait until they’re eight to tell them to wait until they’re 18 to start living life.

$3.33

The way I wrestle five-year-olds makes me think if I were ever attacked by a pack of midgets, I’d be OK. 

$3.33

I ran across an old friend of mine yesterday, and I didn’t even attempt to hit the brakes.

99 Cents For Some Nonsense

Of course, of course. Drugs, music, a new age dawning … and you came for an old book.

Ajax Penumbra 1969

They say older folks need less sleep, so I must not be old yet.

Analog Science Fiction and Fact, 2012 December

and so when I couldn't stand it no longer, I lit out. I got into my old rags and my sugar-hogshead again, and was free and satisfied.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

She was dry, dry inside like a ten-thousand-year-old tomb, with the last of her life barely dampening the dirt underneath.

Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone

You came so that you could learn about your dream,” said the old woman. “And dreams are the language of God.

The Alchemist

Don't even think of arguing with me. I'm an old woman and if you fight me about it, it could give me a heart attack.

The Amoveo Legacy

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

The Atlas Moth

So this was where lust was satisfied. If I'd been an old-time miner I'd have asked for my gold nugget back.

Ava: My Story

What is extraordinary about contemporary art is the energy - it has our energy. New energy. Pieces hundreds of years old are beautiful from an aesthetic point of view, but without our modern energy.

Victor Pinchuk

This is a grave. There is no honor here in broken tools and old bones, only in the deeds of our children.

Hellboy, Vol. 6: Strange Places