--- title: "10 Words Old Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Words Old quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Words Old sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/454/laura-thalassa-11203_books_i-close-my-eyes-and-words-from-an-old-bo_10963.jpg" --- > [“I close my eyes, and words from an old book flow from my lips. “From flame to ashes, dawn to dusk, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-thalassa/i-close-my-eyes-and-words-from-an-old-book-flow-from-my-lips-from/) [Laura Thalassa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-thalassa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/454/laura-thalassa-11203_books_i-close-my-eyes-and-words-from-an-old-bo_10963.jpg) > [In the words of the old song, it's a long time from May to December but, you know, it's an equally long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-hill/in-the-words-of-the-old-song-it-s-a-long-time-from-may-to-december/) [Jimmy Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b72/jimmy-hill-28093_december_in-the-words-of-the-old-song-it-s-a-long_1116532.jpg) > [You will hear words old and spent and useless like costumes left over from yesterday's parties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cesare-pavese/you-will-hear-words-old-and-spent-and-useless-like-costumes-left-over/) [Cesare Pavese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cesare-pavese/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7b/cesare-pavese-1924_costumes_you-will-hear-words-old-and-spent-and-us_2524048.jpg) > [Words are not too old, only people are too old if they use the same words too frequently.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elias-canetti/words-are-not-too-old-only-people-are-too-old-if-they-use-the-same/) [Elias Canetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elias-canetti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d7/elias-canetti-3574_language_words-are-not-too-old-only-people-are-to_343310.jpg) > [I'm laying down my new audio book. No writing, just spoken words, the old fashioned way. -Kenny Powers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eastbound-and-down/i-m-laying-down-my-new-audio-book-no-writing-just-spoken-words-the/) Eastbound And Down [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/132/eastbound-and-down-20647_book_i-m-laying-down-my-new-audio-book-no-wri_222680.jpg) > [Do not dismiss the words of the old; they possess wisdom, which comes only with age, and often speak of things that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-gerard-trotman/do-not-dismiss-the-words-of-the-old-they-possess-wisdom-which-comes/) [Wayne Gerard Trotman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-gerard-trotman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52a/wayne-gerard-trotman-3291_age_do-not-dismiss-the-words-of-the-old-they_1187543.jpg) > [The necessity of poetry has to be stated over and over, but only to those who have reason to fear its power,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adrienne-rich/the-necessity-of-poetry-has-to-be-stated-over-and-over-but-only-to/) [Adrienne Rich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adrienne-rich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14a/adrienne-rich-803_believe_the-necessity-of-poetry-has-to-be-stated_85705.png) > [Yet you must not cling to the words of the old sages either; they, too, may not be right. Even if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dogen/yet-you-must-not-cling-to-the-words-of-the-old-sages-either-they-too/) [Dogen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dogen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/860/dogen-2979_believe_yet-you-must-not-cling-to-the-words-of-t_80785.jpg) > [“Our hands have held the life of every atom, and our eyes read the stories, of each soul. Our mouths have spoken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hendrith-smith/our-hands-have-held-the-life-of-every-atom-and-our-eyes-read-the/) Hendrith Smith [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fff/hendrith-smith-108844_atoms_our-hands-have-held-the-life-of-every-at_2457595.jpg) > [“When Winston Churchill wanted to rally the nation in 1940, it was to Anglo-Saxon that he turned: "We shall fight on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-lacey/when-winston-churchill-wanted-to-rally-the-nation-in-1940-it-was-to/) [Robert Lacey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-lacey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e9/robert-lacey-19493_old-english_when-winston-churchill-wanted-to-rally-t_2340467.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/words-old/#itemlist", "name": "Words Old Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": 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