Olden Quotes

44 quotes by 40 authors

I've given up email. Well, almost. At the weekend I set up one of those auto-reply messages, informing my correspondents that I would no longer… — Tom Hodgkinson
In olden times sacrifices were made at the altar - a practice which is still continued. — Helen Rowland
A story can be new and yet tell about olden times. The past comes into existence with the story. — Michael Ende
Where the wave of moonlight glosses The dim gray sands with light, Far off by furthest Rosses We foot it all the night, Weaving olden… — William Butler Yeats
The books transported her into new worlds and introduced her to amazing people who lived exciting lives. She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph… — Roald Dahl
Listen to the trees as they sway in the wind. Their leaves are telling secrets. Their bark sings songs of olden days as it grows… — Vera Nazarian
Witches never existed, except in peopleâ€™s minds. All there was in the olden days was women and some men who believed in herbal cures and… — Ian Rankin
Why does death engender fear? Because death meant change, a change greater then we have ever known, and because death was indeed a mirror that… — David Clement-Davies
Soon or late, every dog's master's memory becomes a graveyard; peopled by wistful little furry ghosts that creep back unbidden, at times, to a semblance… — Albert Payson Terhune
Historical Re-creation, he thought glumly, as they picked their way across, under, over or through the boulders and insect-buzzing heaps of splintered timber, with streamlets… — Terry Pratchett
The experiences of men who walked with God in olden times agree to teach that the Lord cannot fully bless the a man until He… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
In olden times gold was manufactured by science; nowadays science must be renewed by gold. We have fixed the volatile and we must now volatilize… — Eliphas Levi
And do not suppose that this is the end. This is only the beginning of the reckoning. This is only the first sip, the first… — Winston Churchill
In the olden days, when wishing still worked, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest daughter was so lovely that… — Jacob Grimm
Back in the really olden days, dinner was seldom a ceremonial event for U.S. families. Only the very wealthy had a separate dining room. For… — Nancy Gibbs
I used to do a lot of casual photography - back in the olden times when one used film - but it had fallen by… — Kara Swisher
In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking but now, God knows, anything goes. — Cole Porter
Now that I am ninety-five years old, looking back over the years, I have seen many changes taking place, so many inventions have been made.… — Grandma Moses
In olden times, sacrifices were made at the altar, a practice which is still very much practiced. — Helen Rowland
In olden times, sacrifices were made at the altar, a practice that still continues. — Helen Rowland

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40 authors contributed a total of 44 Olden Quotes, led by these top contributors: