Old Man Quotes

662 Old Man quotes by 516 unique authors

You may say that I am just another outdated old man complaining about progress and the changes of time. But, you see, I have well… — Wendell Berry
The falling apart of a man's life should make more noise. It should startle passesrby with its Sturm and Drang. It ought to sound like… — Kristin Hannah
Old man, 40 years old against young hungry man from Great Britain! — Vitali Klitschko
In the legends that males have invented to explain life, the first human creature is a man named Adam. Eve arrives later, to give him… — Oriana Fallaci
Greenspan advised the American people to buy - he repeated the old mantra: 'spending is patriotic'. He also managed to convince them that if they… — Gilad Atzmon
Goddess-nurse of the young, give ear to my prayer, and grant that this woman may reject the love-embraces of youth and dote on grey-haired old… — Homer
I brought a picture with me that I had at home, of a girl in a swing with a castle and pretty blue bubbles in… — Fannie Flagg
Marco Polo tells the tale of The Old Man in the Mountains and how he recruits new members to his Band of Assassins by means… — W. Somerset Maugham
O good old man, how well in thee appears The constant service of the antique world, When service sweat for duty, not for meed! Thou… — William Shakespeare
Australia is, in fact, an old man's bureaucracy. — Robin Boyd
When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground. — Chinua Achebe
I don't want to write any more for the old Man-power instruments and am handicapped by the lack of adequate electrical instruments for which I… — Edgard Varese
Abba Moses asked Abba Sylvanus, Can a person lay a new foundation every day? The old man replied, If you work hard, you can lay… — Saint John Chrysostom
[God] arranged that the boy Samuel should be chosen but instead of teaching him directly He had him, turn once or twice to an old… — John Cassian
An emperor knows how to govern when poets are free to make verses, people to act plays, historians to tell the truth, ministers to give… — Will Durant
It is important that karate can be practiced by the young and old, men and women alike. That is, since there is no need for… — Gichin Funakoshi
Old men ought to be explorers. — Thomas Stearns Eliot
I’m 59 and people call me middle aged. How many 118 year old men do you know? — Barry Cryer
A 99-year-old man is filing for divorce from his 96-year-old wife, making them the world's oldest divorced couple. It's got to be weird when a… — Jimmy Fallon
Fear is a cloak which old men huddle about their love, as if to keep it warm. — William Wordsworth
Sleep is not, death is not; Who seem to die Live. House you were born in, Friends of your spring-time, old man and young maid,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Everyone else in the 'iCarly' cast can operate on 5 hours of sleep, but not so for 'Old Man Nathan!' — Nathan Kress
I never sleep alone. If there is no one to sleep next to, I'll sleep next to a stuffed animal. It makes me feel secure… — Keith Richards
The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything, it is… — Henry David Thoreau
In science, the old men are usually wrong. But in politics, the old men are wise, counsel caution, and in the end are often right. — Michael Crichton

Who Wrote These Old Man Quotes

516 authors contributed a total of 662 Old Man Quotes, led by these top contributors: