--- title: "9 Tough Old Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Tough Old quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Tough Old sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a61/harry-carey-jr-59564_guy_i-loved-allan-dwan-he-was-a-tough-old-gu_1061054.png" --- > [I loved Allan Dwan. He was a tough old guy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-carey-jr/i-loved-allan-dwan-he-was-a-tough-old-guy/) [Harry Carey, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-carey-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a61/harry-carey-jr-59564_guy_i-loved-allan-dwan-he-was-a-tough-old-gu_1061054.png) > [I'm just a tough old woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjory-stoneman-douglas/i-m-just-a-tough-old-woman/) [Marjory Stoneman Douglas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marjory-stoneman-douglas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/371/marjory-stoneman-douglas-18067_old-woman_i-m-just-a-tough-old-woman-2710140_2710140.jpg) > [John Wayne is as tough as an old nut and as soft as a yellow ribbon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-taylor/john-wayne-is-as-tough-as-an-old-nut-and-as-soft-as-a-yellow-ribbon/) [Elizabeth Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-taylor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d4/elizabeth-taylor-2193_john-wayne_john-wayne-is-as-tough-as-an-old-nut-and_596480.jpg) > [“Tough old world, baby. If you're not bolted together tightly, you're gonna shake, rattle, and roll before you turn thirty.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/tough-old-world-baby-if-you-re-not-bolted-together-tightly-you-re/) [Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/796/stephen-king-13_old-world_tough-old-world-baby-if-you-re-not-bolte_1261914.jpg) > [I'm a tough old broad from Brooklyn. I intend to go on acting until I'm ninety, and they won't need to paste…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-stanwyck/i-m-a-tough-old-broad-from-brooklyn-i-intend-to-go-on-acting-until-i/) [Barbara Stanwyck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-stanwyck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44f/barbara-stanwyck-26778_acting_i-m-a-tough-old-broad-from-brooklyn-i-in_1824172.jpg) > [The life of an actor lends itself to emotion, and yet you have to be tough as old boots to stay at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brosnan/the-life-of-an-actor-lends-itself-to-emotion-and-yet-you-have-to-be/) [Pierce Brosnan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pierce-brosnan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3f/pierce-brosnan-1785_actor_the-life-of-an-actor-lends-itself-to-emo_2788569.jpg) > [“No seriously, I'm a 910-year-old time lord, tough as old boots . Eat me and you'll have terrible indigestion for the next…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/len-wein/no-seriously-i-m-a-910-year-old-time-lord-tough-as-old-boots-eat-me/) [Len Wein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/len-wein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/050/len-wein-13175_time_no-seriously-i-m-a-910-year-old-time-lor_132019.png) > [ “George Oppen is a tough old bird. If you've never seen what \[he\] sees, it's because you haven't sat still long enough… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rakosi/george-oppen-is-a-tough-old-bird-if-you-ve-never-seen-what-he-sees-it/) [Carl Rakosi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-rakosi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d47/carl-rakosi-64518_quote_george-oppen-is-a-tough-old-bird-if-you_2034366.jpg) > [“Be careful. Be extra careful.” “I will. You do the same,” she added with a chuckle. “I’m a tough old bird,” he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-palmer/be-careful-be-extra-careful-i-will-you-do-the-same-she-added-with-a/) [Diana Palmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-palmer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/154/diana-palmer-4730_first-place_be-careful-be-extra-careful-i-will-you-d_1572600.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tough-old/#itemlist", "name": "Tough Old Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I loved Allan Dwan. He was a tough old guy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Harry Carey, Jr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-carey-jr/i-loved-allan-dwan-he-was-a-tough-old-guy/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a61/harry-carey-jr-59564_guy_i-loved-allan-dwan-he-was-a-tough-old-gu_1061054.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a61/harry-carey-jr-59564_guy_i-loved-allan-dwan-he-was-a-tough-old-gu_1061054.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a61/harry-carey-jr-59564_guy_i-loved-allan-dwan-he-was-a-tough-old-gu_1061054.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I loved Allan Dwan. He was a tough old guy.” — Harry Carey, Jr", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm just a tough old woman.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Marjory Stoneman Douglas" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marjory-stoneman-douglas/i-m-just-a-tough-old-woman/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/371/marjory-stoneman-douglas-18067_old-woman_i-m-just-a-tough-old-woman-2710140_2710140.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/371/marjory-stoneman-douglas-18067_old-woman_i-m-just-a-tough-old-woman-2710140_2710140.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/371/marjory-stoneman-douglas-18067_old-woman_i-m-just-a-tough-old-woman-2710140_2710140.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm just a tough old woman.” — Marjory Stoneman Douglas", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "John Wayne is as tough as an old nut and as soft as a yellow ribbon.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Elizabeth Taylor" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-taylor/john-wayne-is-as-tough-as-an-old-nut-and-as-soft-as-a-yellow-ribbon/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d4/elizabeth-taylor-2193_john-wayne_john-wayne-is-as-tough-as-an-old-nut-and_596480.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d4/elizabeth-taylor-2193_john-wayne_john-wayne-is-as-tough-as-an-old-nut-and_596480.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d4/elizabeth-taylor-2193_john-wayne_john-wayne-is-as-tough-as-an-old-nut-and_596480.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“John Wayne is as tough as an old nut and as soft as a yellow ribbon.” — Elizabeth Taylor", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Tough old world, baby. If you're not bolted together tightly, you're gonna shake, rattle, and roll before you turn thirty.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Stephen King" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/tough-old-world-baby-if-you-re-not-bolted-together-tightly-you-re/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/796/stephen-king-13_old-world_tough-old-world-baby-if-you-re-not-bolte_1261914.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/796/stephen-king-13_old-world_tough-old-world-baby-if-you-re-not-bolte_1261914.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/796/stephen-king-13_old-world_tough-old-world-baby-if-you-re-not-bolte_1261914.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Tough old world, baby. If you're not bolted together tightly, you're gonna shake, rattle, and roll before…” — Stephen King", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm a tough old broad from Brooklyn. I intend to go on acting until I'm ninety, and they won't need to paste my face with make-up.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Barbara Stanwyck" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-stanwyck/i-m-a-tough-old-broad-from-brooklyn-i-intend-to-go-on-acting-until-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44f/barbara-stanwyck-26778_acting_i-m-a-tough-old-broad-from-brooklyn-i-in_1824172.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44f/barbara-stanwyck-26778_acting_i-m-a-tough-old-broad-from-brooklyn-i-in_1824172.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44f/barbara-stanwyck-26778_acting_i-m-a-tough-old-broad-from-brooklyn-i-in_1824172.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm a tough old broad from Brooklyn. I intend to go on acting until I'm ninety, and they won't need to paste…” — Barbara Stanwyck", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The life of an actor lends itself to emotion, and yet you have to be tough as old boots to stay at the table.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pierce Brosnan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pierce-brosnan/the-life-of-an-actor-lends-itself-to-emotion-and-yet-you-have-to-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3f/pierce-brosnan-1785_actor_the-life-of-an-actor-lends-itself-to-emo_2788569.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3f/pierce-brosnan-1785_actor_the-life-of-an-actor-lends-itself-to-emo_2788569.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3f/pierce-brosnan-1785_actor_the-life-of-an-actor-lends-itself-to-emo_2788569.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The life of an actor lends itself to emotion, and yet you have to be tough as old boots to stay at the table.” — Pierce Brosnan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“No seriously, I'm a 910-year-old time lord, tough as old boots . Eat me and you'll have terrible indigestion for the next twenty years. Don't say I didn't warn you!”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Len Wein" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/len-wein/no-seriously-i-m-a-910-year-old-time-lord-tough-as-old-boots-eat-me/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/050/len-wein-13175_time_no-seriously-i-m-a-910-year-old-time-lor_132019.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/050/len-wein-13175_time_no-seriously-i-m-a-910-year-old-time-lor_132019.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/050/len-wein-13175_time_no-seriously-i-m-a-910-year-old-time-lor_132019.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“No seriously, I'm a 910-year-old time lord, tough as old boots . Eat me and you'll have terrible indigestion…” — Len Wein", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“George Oppen is a tough old bird. If you've never seen what [he] sees, it's because you haven't sat still long enough and looked as he has. The things he sees feel like the gnarled bark of a tree. The tree is there too. You can put your weight against it. It won't give.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Carl Rakosi" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-rakosi/george-oppen-is-a-tough-old-bird-if-you-ve-never-seen-what-he-sees-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d47/carl-rakosi-64518_quote_george-oppen-is-a-tough-old-bird-if-you_2034366.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d47/carl-rakosi-64518_quote_george-oppen-is-a-tough-old-bird-if-you_2034366.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d47/carl-rakosi-64518_quote_george-oppen-is-a-tough-old-bird-if-you_2034366.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“George Oppen is a tough old bird. If you've never seen what [he] sees, it's because you haven't sat still…” — Carl Rakosi", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Be careful. Be extra careful.” “I will. You do the same,” she added with a chuckle. “I’m a tough old bird,” he told her. “Otherwise, I wouldn’t still be alive in the first place,” he assured her. “You eat properly and take your prenatal vitamins.” “Stop mothering me,” she muttered. He grinned. “Somebody has to. See you, kid.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Diana Palmer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-palmer/be-careful-be-extra-careful-i-will-you-do-the-same-she-added-with-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/154/diana-palmer-4730_first-place_be-careful-be-extra-careful-i-will-you-d_1572600.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/154/diana-palmer-4730_first-place_be-careful-be-extra-careful-i-will-you-d_1572600.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/154/diana-palmer-4730_first-place_be-careful-be-extra-careful-i-will-you-d_1572600.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Be careful. Be extra careful.” “I will. You do the same,” she added with a chuckle. “I’m a tough old bird,”…” — Diana Palmer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tough-old/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tough-old/", "name": "Tough Old Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tough-old/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a61/harry-carey-jr-59564_guy_i-loved-allan-dwan-he-was-a-tough-old-gu_1061054.png" }, "description": "Browse 9 Tough Old quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Tough Old sayings and thoughts.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tough-old/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tough-old/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Tough Old Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tough-old/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```