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title: "10 Called Old Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [“He is of what is called the old school - a phrase generally meaning any school that seems never to have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/he-is-of-what-is-called-the-old-school-a-phrase-generally-meaning-any/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

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> [It is so comic to hear oneself called old, even at ninety I suppose!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-james/it-is-so-comic-to-hear-oneself-called-old-even-at-ninety-i-suppose/)

[Alice James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-james/)

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> [I would say there's about 10 people who know that, that my car was called 'Old Sock.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-tudyk/i-would-say-there-s-about-10-people-who-know-that-that-my-car-was/)

[Alan Tudyk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-tudyk/)

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> [A person is always startled when he hears himself called old for the first time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-wendell-holmes/a-person-is-always-startled-when-he-hears-himself-called-old-for-the/)

[Oliver Wendell Holmes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-wendell-holmes/)

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> [We have been called old rockers, rock pensioners, and dinosaurs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ian-gillan/we-have-been-called-old-rockers-rock-pensioners-and-dinosaurs/)

[Ian Gillan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ian-gillan/)

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> [A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-wendell-holmes-sr-2/a-person-is-always-startled-when-he-hears-himself-seriously-called-an/)

[Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-wendell-holmes-sr-2/)

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> [“As a kid, I thought the song Auld Lang Syne was called Old Man's Eye. I like my version better.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-stafford/as-a-kid-i-thought-the-song-auld-lang-syne-was-called-old-man-s-eye-i/)

[Stewart Stafford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stewart-stafford/)

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> [The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-butler/the-ancient-mariner-would-not-have-taken-so-well-if-it-had-been/)

[Samuel Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-butler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b43/samuel-butler-823_ancient_the-ancient-mariner-would-not-have-taken_2625424.jpg)

> [We must be compelled to hold this doctrine to be false, and the old and new law called the Old and New…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/we-must-be-compelled-to-hold-this-doctrine-to-be-false-and-the-old/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/355/thomas-paine-267_bible_we-must-be-compelled-to-hold-this-doctri_2026069.png)

> [“My Lord... what is Death like?" called the old man tremulously. "When I have investigated it fully, I will let you know,"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-pratchett/my-lord-what-is-death-like-called-the-old-man-tremulously-when-i-have/)

[Terry Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-pratchett/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76f/terry-pratchett-19_death_my-lord-what-is-death-like-called-the-ol_774177.jpg)

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