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As long as cantankerous old people have existed, they have complained that kids nowadays don't seem to know anything.
A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt.
The heroes of our youth grow old - 'the boys of summer in their ruin', in Dylan Thomas's verse - yet we seem the same.
I warn you not to be ordinary, I warn you not to be young, I warn you not to fall ill, and I warn you not to grow old.
It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.
Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye; That's all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die.
I always stayed in tune with my own ambitions and attitudes and I'm still my intractable old self, for better or worse.
There is not a more repulsive spectacle than on old man who will not forsake the world, which has already forsaken him.
I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look forward with the work.
I'm proud that today, at 43 years old, I've come to value the aging process and focus on inner rather than outer beauty.
Splendid architecture, the love of your life, an old friend... they can all go drifting by unseen if you're not careful.
The old attitude toward newspapers was that they were completely disposable - today's newspaper is tomorrow's fish wrap.
Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.
You're only as old as you feel, and I feel pretty young. I've got one gear, and till it gets reversed, I'm going all out.
I describe myself as a big kid with an old soul, I'm very playful whimsical, but I definitely have that old soul as well.
I'm an old-fashioned guy... I want to be an old man with a beer belly sitting on a porch, looking at a lake or something.
Hope is the anchor of our souls. I know of no one who is not in need of hope - young or old, strong or weak, rich or poor.
Old habits die hard, and if you're not careful, the person you used to be can overtake the person you're trying to become.
You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there.
I'm going to tap until I can't: I'll be so old, all I can do is walk out from the wings to stage center. But I'll be there.
Instead of causing us to remember the past like the old monuments, the new monuments seem to cause us to forget the future.
I don't know what's happened to me. I've got a bit more sophisticated in my old age. I like a bit of jasmine tea. I love it.
I love creepy old dudes. I love that they have so much self-confidence, despite having no evidence whatsoever to back it up.
The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.
And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world it is best to hold hands and stick together.
More and more, as I grow older, I find myself looking for inspiration in painting, illustration, videogames, and old movies.
It's the old adage: You can make a pizza so cheap, nobody will eat it. You can make an airline so cheap, nobody will fly it.
What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories.
I've been playing American football since I was six years old. I was a captain of my high school team, playing strong safety.
Old age adds to the respect due to virtue, but it takes nothing from the contempt inspired by vice; it whitens only the hair.
The sound of water escaping from mill dams, etc., willows, old rotten planks, slimy posts, and brickwork, I love such things.
You can't be afraid of getting old. Old is good, if you're gathering in life. Our band is good at understanding that equation.
The future is an opaque mirror. Anyone who tries to look into it sees nothing but the dim outlines of an old and worried face.
Death can happen anywhere, but kids in Chicago, like 4 years old, can get shot. You don't really hear that in too many places.
That's the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old.
People regurgitate the same old cliches and it becomes like a photocopy of a photocopy of something that's vaguely interesting.
You end up as you deserve. In old age you must put up with the face, the friends, the health, and the children you have earned.
There is no friend like an old friend who has shared our morning days, no greeting like his welcome, no homage like his praise.
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
It may be an old cliche, but I think true love will last; it has no end. But finding the right person is a very difficult thing.
When I was six years old, Mom and Dad gave me a guitar for my birthday, and Daddy taught me the chords to 'You Are My Sunshine.'
It's paradoxical, that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone.
The most expensive hobby a rich man could have is a boat, and the second most expensive hobby he could have is a very old house.
I'm old enough to know you can't close your mind to new ideas. You have to test out every possibility if you want something new.
Being physical and doing my own stunts - it is fun to do these kind of films once in a while, especially before you get too old.
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.
I welcome new words, or old words used in new ways, provided the result is more precision, added color or greater expressiveness.
For me at 16 and 17 years old, I wasn't even playing for the academy teams. I hardly played in the starting XI for the Under 19s.
Time is a beautiful thing. It's like when you meet an old lover on the street six years later and they don't look so ugly anymore.