Oldest Quotes

320 quotes by 290 authors

It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite in tune with… — Hannah Arendt
There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder. — Alfred Austin
The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them. — Samuel Butler
The people and the cultures of what is known as Africa are older than the word 'Africa.' According to most records, old and new, Africans… — John Henrik Clarke
I like to say magic is the world's second oldest profession, a mystical and often awe-inspiring spectacle that, throughout the ages, has blended superstition, trickery… — Criss Angel
We will not bend or fail until the blood of every last Jew from the youngest child to the oldest elder is spilt to redeem… — Yasser Arafat
So far, this is the oldest I've been. — George Carlin
Some think that even the ancients who lived long before the present generation, and first framed accounts of the Gods, had a similar view of… — Mary Hunter Austin
I prayed fifteen years for the conversion of my oldest brother. When he seemed to be getting further and further away from any hope of… — Reuben Archer Torrey
American society is very like a fish society. . . . Among certain species of fish, the only thing which determines order of dominance is… — Margaret Mead
Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man. — Louis Nizer
War is a racket. It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. — Smedley Butler
The youth of America is their oldest tradition. It has been going on now for three hundred years. — Oscar Wilde
I've always been a leader. I've always kind of been the tallest person on the team when I was younger but always kind of the… — LeBron James
Astronomy concerns itself with the whole of the visible universe, of which our earth forms but a relatively insignificant part; while Geology deals with that… — Charles Lapworth
The welfare state is the oldest con game in the world. First you take people's money away quietly, and then you give some of it… — Thomas Sowell
I had to get some things right in my personal life. And once I got my family on the same page, to understand who I… — Randy Moss
My kids and I sometimes will just sit in my office and talk about what the world was like 68 million years ago. Amanda, our… — Phil Mickelson
My youngest son, who is now the drummer in my band, lives in Brooklyn. My oldest son is about to move out to California, and… — Herbie Mann
The study of taxonomy in its broadest sense is probably the oldest branch of biology or natural history as well as the basis for all… — Richard E. Blackwelder

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