--- title: "9 House Old Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 House Old quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best House Old sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/013/hope-mirrlees-23151_furniture_a-house-with-old-furniture-has-no-need-o_113268.png" --- > [A house with old furniture has no need of ghosts to be haunted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-mirrlees/a-house-with-old-furniture-has-no-need-of-ghosts-to-be-haunted/) [Hope Mirrlees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hope-mirrlees/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/013/hope-mirrlees-23151_furniture_a-house-with-old-furniture-has-no-need-o_113268.png) > [“A house with nothing old in it seems - unseasoned.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/a-house-with-nothing-old-in-it-seems-unseasoned/) [Maud Hart Lovelace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maud-hart-lovelace/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d32/maud-hart-lovelace-12729_home_a-house-with-nothing-old-in-it-seems-uns_338902.jpg) > [I still DJ the same way, but I'm not a scratch-scratch-scratch battle DJ. No, I'll rock the house. I'm old school.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dj-yella/i-still-dj-the-same-way-but-i-m-not-a-scratch-scratch-scratch-battle/) [DJ Yella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dj-yella/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/071/dj-yella-20572_battle_i-still-dj-the-same-way-but-i-m-not-a-sc_921287.jpg) > [“There Was an Old Woman Called Nothing-at-All, Who Lived in a Dwelling Exceedingly Small; A Man Stretched His Mouth to the Utmost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-olds/there-was-an-old-woman-called-nothing-at-all-who-lived-in-a-dwelling/) [Sharon Olds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-olds/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/731/sharon-olds-8682_old-woman_there-was-an-old-woman-called-nothing-at_2641584.jpg) > [I have radios everywhere around the house, very old battered ones that I've had for years and years. None of them are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-rice/i-have-radios-everywhere-around-the-house-very-old-battered-ones-that/) [Tim Rice](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-rice/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/887/tim-rice-11697_around_i-have-radios-everywhere-around-the-hous_1309011.png) > [ “It \[Ashfair House\] was an old fashioned house—the sort of house in fact, as Strange expressed it, which a lady in a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-clarke/it-ashfair-house-was-an-old-fashioned-house-the-sort-of-house-in-fact/) [Susanna Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/391/susanna-clarke-1559_1815_it-ashfair-house-was-an-old-fashioned-ho_1405068.png) > [“Our house is old, and noisy, and full. when we moved into it we had two children and about five thousand books;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shirley-jackson/our-house-is-old-and-noisy-and-full-when-we-moved-into-it-we-had-two/) [Shirley Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shirley-jackson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b6/shirley-jackson-1526_children_our-house-is-old-and-noisy-and-full-when_439874.jpg) > [We came to the house, and it is an old house, full of great chimneys where wood is burnt on ancient dogs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/we-came-to-the-house-and-it-is-an-old-house-full-of-great-chimneys/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11b/charles-dickens-34_ancient_we-came-to-the-house-and-it-is-an-old-ho_2438725.jpg) > [“So they went out for a walk. They went through narrow, lightless lanes, where houses that were silent but gave out smells…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amit-chaudhuri/so-they-went-out-for-a-walk-they-went-through-narrow-lightless-lanes/) [Amit Chaudhuri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amit-chaudhuri/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69f/amit-chaudhuri-15700_black-and-white_so-they-went-out-for-a-walk-they-went-th_1706332.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/house-old/#itemlist", "name": "House Old Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A house with old furniture has no need of ghosts to be haunted.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hope Mirrlees" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hope-mirrlees/a-house-with-old-furniture-has-no-need-of-ghosts-to-be-haunted/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/013/hope-mirrlees-23151_furniture_a-house-with-old-furniture-has-no-need-o_113268.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/013/hope-mirrlees-23151_furniture_a-house-with-old-furniture-has-no-need-o_113268.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/013/hope-mirrlees-23151_furniture_a-house-with-old-furniture-has-no-need-o_113268.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A house with old furniture has no need of ghosts to be haunted.” — Hope Mirrlees", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“A house with nothing old in it seems - unseasoned.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Maud Hart Lovelace" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maud-hart-lovelace/a-house-with-nothing-old-in-it-seems-unseasoned/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d32/maud-hart-lovelace-12729_home_a-house-with-nothing-old-in-it-seems-uns_338902.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d32/maud-hart-lovelace-12729_home_a-house-with-nothing-old-in-it-seems-uns_338902.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d32/maud-hart-lovelace-12729_home_a-house-with-nothing-old-in-it-seems-uns_338902.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A house with nothing old in it seems - unseasoned.” — Maud Hart Lovelace", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I still DJ the same way, but I'm not a scratch-scratch-scratch battle DJ. 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