Oldest Quotes

320 quotes by 290 authors

The best wine is the oldest, the best water the newest. — William Blake
When I look for what I'm going to listen to I go backwards. I'm always going the other way you see. Most people are trying… — Eric Clapton
Greece won the 2004 European Championship with the oldest trick in the book: man-for-man marking. Why? Because nobody expected it - and by the time… — Martin Samuel
Commit the oldest sins the newest kind of ways. — William Shakespeare
Why should not every individual man have existed more than once upon this world? Why should I not come back as often as I am… — Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
When my oldest boy was about 14, I started to talk to him about some of the mistakes I made in life, just to put… — Denzel Washington
First, we must stop wasting energy. A quarter of the UK's carbon emissions come from the home. Our housing stock - the oldest in Europe… — Chris Huhne
It was the hard work of our people, the freedom they enjoyed and their faith in God that built this country and made it the… — Ronald Reagan
Now, neighbor confines, purge you of your scum! Have you a ruffian that will swear, drink, dance, revel the night, rob, murder, and commit the… — William Shakespeare
In the course of this short tour, I became convinced that we must turn to the New World if we wish to see in perfection… — Charles Lyell
The United States is just now the oldest country in the world, there always is an oldest country and she is it, it is she… — Gertrude Stein
I have come to doubt whether the FDA rules should apply to cannabis. There is no question about its safety. It is one of humanity's… — Lester Grinspoon
I just can't tell you what fun I've had being a member of the world's second oldest profession. — Christopher Plummer
I really know right from wrong and apply that to my life. At home, I was the oldest of three. My role was to be… — Elisha Cuthbert
Death is the second oldest of the Endless. It's hard not to love her. She loves you, after all. — Neil Gaiman
I got five kids, and my oldest is a documentary film maker and camera man, and still photographer. — Beau Bridges
Our tools are better than we are, and grow better faster than we do. They suffice to crack the atom, to command the tides, but… — Aldo Leopold
The oldest task in human history: to live on a piece of land without spoiling it. — Aldo Leopold
I dreamt that I woke up. It's the oldest dream of all, and I've just had it — Julian Barnes
The two oldest professions in the world â€” ruined by amateurs. — Alexander Woollcott

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290 authors contributed a total of 320 Oldest Quotes, led by these top contributors: