--- title: "13 Old Child Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 13 Old Child quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Old Child sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f57/estelle-getty-42762_children_i-think-they-look-upon-me-as-an-old-chil_150013.jpg" --- > [I think they look upon me as an old child, because I'm so little.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/estelle-getty/i-think-they-look-upon-me-as-an-old-child-because-i-m-so-little/) [Estelle Getty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/estelle-getty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f57/estelle-getty-42762_children_i-think-they-look-upon-me-as-an-old-chil_150013.jpg) > [A man growing old becomes a child again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophocles/a-man-growing-old-becomes-a-child-again/) [Sophocles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophocles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2b/sophocles-370_age_a-man-growing-old-becomes-a-child-again_1312255.png) > [I had Noelle when I was 32 years old, and she is my only child by birth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-bailey/i-had-noelle-when-i-was-32-years-old-and-she-is-my-only-child-by-birth/) [Cynthia Bailey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cynthia-bailey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0a/cynthia-bailey-6816_birth_i-had-noelle-when-i-was-32-years-old-and_1955668.jpg) > [I go from pretentious introvert to 5 year old child in seconds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-go-from-pretentious-introvert-to-5-year-old-child-in-seconds/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e6/anonymous-1_children_i-go-from-pretentious-introvert-to-5-yea_2041171.jpg) > [“Clear? Huh! Why a four-year-old child could understand this report! Run out and find me a four-year-old child, I can't make head…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/groucho-marx/clear-huh-why-a-four-year-old-child-could-understand-this-report-run/) [Groucho Marx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/groucho-marx/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3e/groucho-marx-788_children_clear-huh-why-a-four-year-old-child-coul_2724895.jpg) > [I have an eight-year-old child, and I literally can't wrap my mind around the kind of grief that must be felt when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rainn-wilson/i-have-an-eight-year-old-child-and-i-literally-can-t-wrap-my-mind/) [Rainn Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rainn-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c1/rainn-wilson-4323_children_i-have-an-eight-year-old-child-and-i-lit_2763225.png) > [Why a four-year-old child could understand this report. Run out and find me a four-year-old child. I can't make head nor tail…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/groucho-marx/why-a-four-year-old-child-could-understand-this-report-run-out-and/) [Groucho Marx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/groucho-marx/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08f/groucho-marx-788_child_why-a-four-year-old-child-could-understa_627739.jpg) > [A three year old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set of swings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-vaughan/a-three-year-old-child-is-a-being-who-gets-almost-as-much-fun-out-of/) [Bill Vaughan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-vaughan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f47/bill-vaughan-706_baby_a-three-year-old-child-is-a-being-who-ge_906954.png) > [I was a very, very old child. Sometimes you meet a child who seems more like an adult. I think I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-wiggins/i-was-a-very-very-old-child-sometimes-you-meet-a-child-who-seems-more/) [Marianne Wiggins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-wiggins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dd/marianne-wiggins-21870_adults_i-was-a-very-very-old-child-sometimes-yo_2031780.png) > [The boy should enclose and keep, as his life, the old child at the heart of him, and never let it go.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-macdonald/the-boy-should-enclose-and-keep-as-his-life-the-old-child-at-the/) [George MacDonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-macdonald/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d32/george-macdonald-295_born_the-boy-should-enclose-and-keep-as-his-l_1159820.png) > [“it doesn’t matter how old you are, how old your child was when he or she died, or the particular manner of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bagby/it-doesn-t-matter-how-old-you-are-how-old-your-child-was-when-he-or/) [David Bagby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bagby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bac/david-bagby-30443_children_it-doesn-t-matter-how-old-you-are-how-ol_2027850.jpg) > [There was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hafez/there-was-a-four-year-old-child-whose-next-door-neighbor-was-an/) [Hafez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hafez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d9/hafez-3676_boys_there-was-a-four-year-old-child-whose-ne_2530892.jpg) > [“YO MAMA SO OLD... Yo mama so old the back of her head looks like a raisin. Yo mama so old her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jess-franken/yo-mama-so-old-yo-mama-so-old-the-back-of-her-head-looks-like-a/) [Jess Franken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jess-franken/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d23/jess-franken-62530_black-and-white_yo-mama-so-old-yo-mama-so-old-the-back-o_1165772.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/old-child/#itemlist", "name": "Old Child Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think they look upon me as an old child, because I'm so little.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Estelle Getty" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/estelle-getty/i-think-they-look-upon-me-as-an-old-child-because-i-m-so-little/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f57/estelle-getty-42762_children_i-think-they-look-upon-me-as-an-old-chil_150013.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f57/estelle-getty-42762_children_i-think-they-look-upon-me-as-an-old-chil_150013.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f57/estelle-getty-42762_children_i-think-they-look-upon-me-as-an-old-chil_150013.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think they look upon me as an old child, because I'm so little.” — Estelle Getty", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A man growing old becomes a child again.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sophocles" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophocles/a-man-growing-old-becomes-a-child-again/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2b/sophocles-370_age_a-man-growing-old-becomes-a-child-again_1312255.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2b/sophocles-370_age_a-man-growing-old-becomes-a-child-again_1312255.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2b/sophocles-370_age_a-man-growing-old-becomes-a-child-again_1312255.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A man growing old becomes a child again.” — Sophocles", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I had Noelle when I was 32 years old, and she is my only child by birth.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Cynthia Bailey" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cynthia-bailey/i-had-noelle-when-i-was-32-years-old-and-she-is-my-only-child-by-birth/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0a/cynthia-bailey-6816_birth_i-had-noelle-when-i-was-32-years-old-and_1955668.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0a/cynthia-bailey-6816_birth_i-had-noelle-when-i-was-32-years-old-and_1955668.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0a/cynthia-bailey-6816_birth_i-had-noelle-when-i-was-32-years-old-and_1955668.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I had Noelle when I was 32 years old, and she is my only child by birth.” — Cynthia Bailey", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I go from pretentious introvert to 5 year old child in seconds.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-go-from-pretentious-introvert-to-5-year-old-child-in-seconds/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e6/anonymous-1_children_i-go-from-pretentious-introvert-to-5-yea_2041171.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e6/anonymous-1_children_i-go-from-pretentious-introvert-to-5-yea_2041171.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e6/anonymous-1_children_i-go-from-pretentious-introvert-to-5-yea_2041171.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I go from pretentious introvert to 5 year old child in seconds.” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Clear? 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Sometimes you meet a child who seems more like an adult. I think I was that type of child because I had a nearly fatal kidney disease when I was 9 years old.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marianne Wiggins" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-wiggins/i-was-a-very-very-old-child-sometimes-you-meet-a-child-who-seems-more/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dd/marianne-wiggins-21870_adults_i-was-a-very-very-old-child-sometimes-yo_2031780.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dd/marianne-wiggins-21870_adults_i-was-a-very-very-old-child-sometimes-yo_2031780.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3dd/marianne-wiggins-21870_adults_i-was-a-very-very-old-child-sometimes-yo_2031780.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I was a very, very old child. Sometimes you meet a child who seems more like an adult. 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He…” — George MacDonald", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“it doesn’t matter how old you are, how old your child was when he or she died, or the particular manner of your child’s death; the hole in your heart never heals over. You can function in life, but you are doomed to fall far short of that contentment which had once been available to you. Soon”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Bagby" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bagby/it-doesn-t-matter-how-old-you-are-how-old-your-child-was-when-he-or/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bac/david-bagby-30443_children_it-doesn-t-matter-how-old-you-are-how-ol_2027850.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bac/david-bagby-30443_children_it-doesn-t-matter-how-old-you-are-how-ol_2027850.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bac/david-bagby-30443_children_it-doesn-t-matter-how-old-you-are-how-ol_2027850.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“it doesn’t matter how old you are, how old your child was when he or she died, or the particular manner of…” — David Bagby", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, “Nothing, I just helped him cry.²” “Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth “You owe me” Look what happens with a love like that, It lights the whole sky..”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hafez" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hafez/there-was-a-four-year-old-child-whose-next-door-neighbor-was-an/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d9/hafez-3676_boys_there-was-a-four-year-old-child-whose-ne_2530892.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d9/hafez-3676_boys_there-was-a-four-year-old-child-whose-ne_2530892.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d9/hafez-3676_boys_there-was-a-four-year-old-child-whose-ne_2530892.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his…” — Hafez", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“YO MAMA SO OLD... 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Yo mama so old she knew Gandalf before he had a beard.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jess Franken" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jess-franken/yo-mama-so-old-yo-mama-so-old-the-back-of-her-head-looks-like-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d23/jess-franken-62530_black-and-white_yo-mama-so-old-yo-mama-so-old-the-back-o_1165772.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d23/jess-franken-62530_black-and-white_yo-mama-so-old-yo-mama-so-old-the-back-o_1165772.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d23/jess-franken-62530_black-and-white_yo-mama-so-old-yo-mama-so-old-the-back-o_1165772.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“YO MAMA SO OLD... Yo mama so old the back of her head looks like a raisin. 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