Old Man Quotes

662 Old Man quotes by 516 unique authors

Old men grasp more at life than babies, and leave it with a much worse grace than young people. It is because all their labours… — Jean-Baptiste Rousseau
The world is an illusion. Why is it unreal? Because none of the knowledge is going to remain permanent, as real knowledge. I had a… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
It is the bold man who every time does best, at home or abroad. — Homer
An old mans memories, like his bones, grow sharp with age and show their true shapes. — Joyce Cary
Old men when they begin to hear the last trumpet, on the morning breeze, often have a kind of absent-minded smile; like people listening. And… — Joyce Cary
I guess you can look at me, and tell I'm the old man. My name is BB King. — B B King
You save an old man and you save a unit; but save a boy, and you save a multiplication table. — Rodney "Gipsy" Smith
The only thing my old man ever gave me was a beating. — Sonny Liston
I used to be a good party boy. I'm old. I'm an old man. You pay the consequences. I'm just fine with a couple of… — Javier Bardem
My biggest complaint about drivers out in the country has tended to be that they're not in a great hurry to get where they're going.… — Linwood Barclay
I'm a perfect example of the grumpy, old man. I'm really good at it. — Ned Beatty
The words I use too often are X-rated, something an old man like me shouldn't be talking about anyway. — George Clinton
My old man was a musician - that's what he did for a living. And like most fathers, occasionally he'd let me visit where he… — Dimebag Darrell
The worst advice I ever received from my dad was to play by the book. My old man used to flip out whenever I would… — Dimebag Darrell
No one has a name in 'The Road.' Like Cormac McCarthy's novel from which it's adapted, 'The Road' features characters such as the man, the… — Garret Dillahunt
My one complaint with my father as a parent is that, not only was he not a golfer, but also he was sort of opposed… — Mike Greenberg
Look at all our old men in pubs. Look at all our young people on drugs. — Sinead O'Connor
There's an old man sitting next to me, making love to his tonic and gin. — Billy Joel
You got to hidey-hide, you got to jump and run again. You got to hide-hidey-hide, the old man is down the road. — John Fogerty
I took a fresh pack of Luckies, a mint called Sen-Sen, my old man's Trojans. — Billy Joel
My old man is drunker than a barrel full of monkeys, but my old lady she don't care. — Elton John
My old man's got a problem, he lives with the bottle. — Tracy Chapman
Old man take a look at my life, I'm a lot like you were. — Neil Young
Oh beautiful for spacious skies, but now those skies are threatening. They're beating plowshares into swords for this tired old man we elected king. — Don Henley
Since I was 15 I've felt kinda like... an old man. — Michael Cera

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