Old Men Quotes

172 Old Men quotes by 143 unique authors

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
Fear is a cloak which old men huddle about their love, as if to keep it warm. — William Wordsworth
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
The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many people vote in the expectation of getting something… — Lyn Nofziger
The shots had dispersed the birds; there remained only two marabous, standing between ten and twenty paces away and plunged in reverie. They were like… — Henryk Sienkiewicz
I really believe that more harm is done by old men who cling to their influence than by young men who anticipate it. — Owen D. Young
It is said that stone is the affection of old men. That may be so. It is the most challenging to work. A dialogue ensues… — Isamu Noguchi
At least us old men remember what a real bear market is like, and the young men haven't got a clue. — Jeremy Grantham
Yet this corporate being, though so insubstantial to our senses, binds, in Burkes words, a man to his country with ties which though light as… — Walter Lippmann
The Senate is a body of old men charged with high duties and misdemeanors. — Ambrose Bierce
Old men and comets have been reverenced for the same reason: their long beards, and pretences to foretell events. — Jonathan Swift
Dignity, high station, or great riches, are in some sort necessary to old men, in order to keep the younger at a distance, who are… — Jonathan Swift
Our religion is the traditions of our ancestors - the dreams of our old men, given them in solemn hours of the night by the… — Chief Seattle
This is war: Boys flung into a breach Like shoveled earth; And old men, Broken, Driving rapidly before crowds of people In a glitter of… — Amy Lowell
Old men must die, or the world would grow mouldy, would only breed the past again. — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Safety razors make it hard to grow beards in America: America would be a better place if there were a few bearded, savage, terrible old… — Lewis Mumford
All wars are planned by old men in council rooms apart. — Grantland Rice
Everyone in Hollywood is seeking fame and fortune; it's in the water here. Everyone from young women to old men - they all want it. — Karrine Steffans
I always say, I'm certain I changed 'Watchmen' less than the Coen brothers changed 'No Country for Old Men.' I'm certain of it. But you… — Zack Snyder
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
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
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

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