--- title: "9 Old Coat Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Old Coat quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Old Coat sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/austin-phelps-42777_book_wear-the-old-coat-and-buy-the-new-book-1_1569850.jpg" --- > [Wear the old coat and buy the new book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-phelps/wear-the-old-coat-and-buy-the-new-book/) [Austin Phelps](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/austin-phelps/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/austin-phelps-42777_book_wear-the-old-coat-and-buy-the-new-book-1_1569850.jpg) > [“But the past is not an old coat that can be discarded and forgotten.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nalini-singh/but-the-past-is-not-an-old-coat-that-can-be-discarded-and-forgotten/) [Nalini Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nalini-singh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69d/nalini-singh-293_past_but-the-past-is-not-an-old-coat-that-can_3005549.png) > [“Depression was an old coat I sometimes wore. It fit too tight in the shoulders and pinched as I moved, but taking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hailey-edwards/depression-was-an-old-coat-i-sometimes-wore-it-fit-too-tight-in-the/) [Hailey Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hailey-edwards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a8/hailey-edwards-30535_depression_depression-was-an-old-coat-i-sometimes-w_785955.jpg) > [When you're making a record, you try to achieve stylistically what fits on you. Like a good old coat, you know what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richie-sambora/when-you-re-making-a-record-you-try-to-achieve-stylistically-what/) [Richie Sambora](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richie-sambora/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5e/richie-sambora-13569_achieve_when-you-re-making-a-record-you-try-to-a_2381029.png) > [Prejudices are not easily got rid of as an old coat which is no longer thought of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-malebranche/prejudices-are-not-easily-got-rid-of-as-an-old-coat-which-is-no/) [Nicolas Malebranche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-malebranche/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a4/nicolas-malebranche-23473_coat_prejudices-are-not-easily-got-rid-of-as_1998362.jpg) > [Are my boots old? Is my coat torn? / Am I no longer young, and still not half-perfect?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-oliver/are-my-boots-old-is-my-coat-torn-am-i-no-longer-young-and-still-not/) [Mary Oliver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-oliver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d93/mary-oliver-570_boots_are-my-boots-old-is-my-coat-torn-am-i-no_3129185.jpg) > [“We who live here wear this corner of the city like a comfortable old coat, an extension of our personalities, threadbare yet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-wilson/we-who-live-here-wear-this-corner-of-the-city-like-a-comfortable-old/) [Elizabeth Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1e/elizabeth-wilson-69594_beauty_we-who-live-here-wear-this-corner-of-the_3094259.jpg) > [Do you know what Bill Gates has to pull out of an old coat, to feel like I did with a $20…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-gulman/do-you-know-what-bill-gates-has-to-pull-out-of-an-old-coat-to-feel/) [Gary Gulman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-gulman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c79/gary-gulman-14523_abe_do-you-know-what-bill-gates-has-to-pull_3224065.jpg) > [Who ever saw his old clothes, - his old coat, actually worn out, resolved into its primitive elements, so that it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/who-ever-saw-his-old-clothes-his-old-coat-actually-worn-out-resolved/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc7/henry-david-thoreau-20_boys_who-ever-saw-his-old-clothes-his-old-coa_156275.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/old-coat/#itemlist", "name": "Old Coat Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Wear the old coat and buy the new book.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Austin Phelps" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-phelps/wear-the-old-coat-and-buy-the-new-book/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/austin-phelps-42777_book_wear-the-old-coat-and-buy-the-new-book-1_1569850.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/austin-phelps-42777_book_wear-the-old-coat-and-buy-the-new-book-1_1569850.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/austin-phelps-42777_book_wear-the-old-coat-and-buy-the-new-book-1_1569850.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Wear the old coat and buy the new book.” — Austin Phelps", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“But the past is not an old coat that can be discarded and forgotten.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nalini Singh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nalini-singh/but-the-past-is-not-an-old-coat-that-can-be-discarded-and-forgotten/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69d/nalini-singh-293_past_but-the-past-is-not-an-old-coat-that-can_3005549.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69d/nalini-singh-293_past_but-the-past-is-not-an-old-coat-that-can_3005549.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69d/nalini-singh-293_past_but-the-past-is-not-an-old-coat-that-can_3005549.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“But the past is not an old coat that can be discarded and forgotten.” — Nalini Singh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Depression was an old coat I sometimes wore. 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