Quotes of: Old-ways Keyword

When an old man marries, death laughs.

German

The most faithful mirror is an old friend.

Spanish

Jack Crabb: Grandfather, I am glad to see you. Old Lodge Skins: Glad to see you too, my son. My heart soars like a hawk. Do you want to eat? I won't eat with you, because I'm gonna' die soon. Jack Crabb: Die, grandfather? Old Lodge Skins: Yes, my son...

Little Big Man

What the old ones sing, the young ones whistle.

Dutch

Old age and poverty are wounds that can't be healed.

Greek

Old age cures us of our youth.

Japanese

Old age does not announce itself.

South African

Dying while young is a boon in old age.

Yiddish

. . . We love fog because it shifts old anomalies into the elements surrounding them. It gives relief from a way of seeing

Domestic Violence: Poems

If it’s God you’re worried about, the Lord Jesus said that we needn’t keep to the old ways anymore. They had their day years ago.

Kindertransport: A Drama

Call me archaic, but I like making money the old-fashioned way—through prostitution.

Sleepwalking is restercise

To an old father, nothing is more sweet than a daughter. Boys are more spirited, but their ways are not so tender.

Suppliant Women

It was Sunday morning, and old people passed me like sad grey waves on their way to church.

The Vet's Daughter

I can't talk about every single film I made. It's not my way to go back into the past and to look at my old pictures and to discuss them.

Otto Preminger

When I'm 80 and sitting in a rocking chair listening to the Rolling Stones, there is absolutely no way I'm going to feel old or forget my younger days.

Patty Duke

Some people absorb in different ways. I didn't realize until I was 15 years old how much I retained.

Paul Prudhomme

Some of the old refs have favoritism toward some of the fighters that are currently fighting. There should be a changing of the guard with the refs, the same way there are with fighters.

Roberto Duran

I've always believed in the old-fashioned way: When you've got scoundrels in office, you vote 'em out.

Rush Limbaugh

Teachers today are breaking down obstacles, finding innovative ways to instill old lessons, proving that greatness can be found in everyday places.

Taylor Mali

You think I'm going to ask these sweet 14 year olds to ask their parents to buy a $100 ticket then run around in latex and lip sync? No way.

Lady Gaga

There's still is a status-quo group at City Hall who likes things done the old way, behind closed doors.

Laura Miller