--- title: "10 Knew Old Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Knew Old quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Knew Old sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42f/lizzie-andrew-borden-26732_axe_i-knew-there-was-an-old-axe-down-cellar_1373345.jpg" --- > [I knew there was an old axe down cellar; that is all I knew.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lizzie-andrew-borden/i-knew-there-was-an-old-axe-down-cellar-that-is-all-i-knew/) [Lizzie Andrew Borden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lizzie-andrew-borden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42f/lizzie-andrew-borden-26732_axe_i-knew-there-was-an-old-axe-down-cellar_1373345.jpg) > [“If looks were to be believed, he still was just a boy. Something of my age, though from his solemn quietude, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tiffany-mcdaniel/if-looks-were-to-be-believed-he-still-was-just-a-boy-something-of-my/) [Tiffany McDaniel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tiffany-mcdaniel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b63/tiffany-mcdaniel-63697_quote_if-looks-were-to-be-believed-he-still-wa_1780454.jpg) > [Being old didn't seem like an accomplishment. Everyone I knew who was old was like sick or broke. It just didn't look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brent-faiyaz/being-old-didn-t-seem-like-an-accomplishment-everyone-i-knew-who-was/) [Brent Faiyaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brent-faiyaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e69/brent-faiyaz-12887_accomplishment_being-old-didn-t-seem-like-an-accomplish_1227145.jpg) > [“And then, before he told me, I knew what it was. The old ptitsa who had all the kots and koshkas had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-burgess/and-then-before-he-told-me-i-knew-what-it-was-the-old-ptitsa-who-had/) [Anthony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-burgess/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/469/anthony-burgess-1167_better-world_and-then-before-he-told-me-i-knew-what-i_719150.jpg) > [“Rieux knew what the old man was thinking at that moment as he wept, and he thought the same: that this world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/rieux-knew-what-the-old-man-was-thinking-at-that-moment-as-he-wept/) [Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/103/albert-camus-47_courage_rieux-knew-what-the-old-man-was-thinking_519052.jpg) > [Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil; Still as the spiral grew, He left the past year's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-wendell-holmes-sr/year-after-year-beheld-the-silent-toil-that-spread-his-lustrous-coil/) [Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-wendell-holmes-sr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83f/oliver-wendell-holmes-sr-18686_great-saying-by-grea_year-after-year-beheld-the-silent-toil-t_2776179.jpg) > [But I knew - in the old days, if a song was a good song, I don't care if it was 'Yellow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/don-mclean/but-i-knew-in-the-old-days-if-a-song-was-a-good-song-i-don-t-care-if/) [Don McLean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/don-mclean/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da7/don-mclean-6904_care_but-i-knew-in-the-old-days-if-a-song-was_2978921.png) > [“The old me knew. The old me cared. Fine, so far so good. Except that the old me cared so much that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-adams/the-old-me-knew-the-old-me-cared-fine-so-far-so-good-except-that-the/) [Douglas Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-adams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f4/douglas-adams-122_lookout_the-old-me-knew-the-old-me-cared-fine-so_1254135.jpg) > [“No one ever knew they were old-fashioned; everyone always thought they were up-to-the-minute: Rickety Model T cars weren't rickety when they were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-phillips/no-one-ever-knew-they-were-old-fashioned-everyone-always-thought-they/) [Arthur Phillips](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-phillips/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c81/arthur-phillips-19254_talkies_no-one-ever-knew-they-were-old-fashioned_811451.jpg) > [“Moving slightly beyond the shade of the seventh column, the old man carefully positioned the shopping cart so that its four wheels…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-casey/moving-slightly-beyond-the-shade-of-the-seventh-column-the-old-man/) [Barbara Casey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-casey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/895/barbara-casey-38296_adult-fiction_moving-slightly-beyond-the-shade-of-the_627783.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knew-old/#itemlist", "name": "Knew Old Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I knew there was an old axe down cellar; that is all I knew.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lizzie Andrew Borden" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lizzie-andrew-borden/i-knew-there-was-an-old-axe-down-cellar-that-is-all-i-knew/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42f/lizzie-andrew-borden-26732_axe_i-knew-there-was-an-old-axe-down-cellar_1373345.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42f/lizzie-andrew-borden-26732_axe_i-knew-there-was-an-old-axe-down-cellar_1373345.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42f/lizzie-andrew-borden-26732_axe_i-knew-there-was-an-old-axe-down-cellar_1373345.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I knew there was an old axe down cellar; that is all I knew.” — Lizzie Andrew Borden", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“If looks were to be believed, he still was just a boy. 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