Old Story Quotes

44 quotes by 41 authors

There's an old story about the person who wished his computer were as easy to use as his telephone. That wish has come true, since… — Bjarne Stroustrup
I suspect it was...the old story of the implacable necessity of a man having honour within his own natural spirit. A man cannot live and… — Laurens van der Post
Those who are acquainted with the literature of India will remember a beautiful old story about this extreme charity, how a whole family, as related… — Swami Vivekananda
It's the old story. You might be able to fool your coaches, or your teammates, or your opponents. But, you can never fool yourself in… — Unknown Author
It's all a question of story. We are in trouble just now because we do not have a good story. We are in between stories.… — Thomas Berry
It's an old story, really: seduced and corrupted, in the end, by an obsessive love for the text. — Jack O'Connell
I beg of you, you good people who want to hear stories told: look at this page and recognize the wisdom of my grandmother and… — Isak Dinesen
Recall the old story of the rather refined young man who preferred sex dreams to visiting brothels because he met a much nicer type of… — Vivian Mercier
Sooner or later the Internet will become profitable. It's an old story played before by canals, railroads and automobiles. — Paul Samuelson
There is an old story about the boy at Eton who committed suicide. The other boys in his house were gathered together and asked if… — Auberon Waugh
It's the same old story you've heard a thousand times. Somebody's trust gets broken. Somebody's left behind. — Travis Tritt
Well, that's the old story I heard about the Jackie Chan films. That, like, Jackie Chan will just keep going and when crew members drop… — Sarah Michelle Gellar
You do not preach and encourage hatred for the Negro and hope to restrict it to that field. It is an old, old story. It… — Ralph McGill
We have to create miracles. A miracle is not the intersession of an external divine agency in violation of the laws of physics. A miracle… — Charles Eisenstein
Incorruptibility by money is the old story... Now it's incorruptibility by media. — Leon Wieseltier
Ours is the old, old story of every uprising race or class or order. The work of elevation must be wrought by ourselves or not… — Frances Power Cobbe
Unnamed entertainment industry moguls are now telling the New York Times that they intend never to work with Mel Gibson again. After all, how dare… — Laura Ingraham
Food-addiction, or food-drunkenness, is an old story in Hygienic literature. This is the first mention I have seen of it in "regular" medical literature. I… — Herbert M. Shelton
It's just not working. One nation trying to destroy another, one race trying to destroy another, one religion trying to destroy another - It's the… — Frederick Lenz
It's the same old story. Nothing in this world happens unless white folks says it happens. And therein lies the problem of being a professional… — James McBride

Who Wrote These Old Story Quotes

41 authors contributed a total of 44 Old Story Quotes, led by these top contributors: