Oldest Quotes

320 quotes by 290 authors

Brunei Darussalam is one of the oldest kingdoms in South East Asia. — Hassanal Bolkiah
It is irresponsible to set an arbitrary cap on how much therapy a Medicare beneficiary can receive. It ignores the health needs of our senior… — John Ensign
Books are the building blocks of civilization and a people without books are a people without history, a people with no story older than the… — Louis L'Amour
The art of beautiful motion is far and away the oldest. Before man learned how to use any instruments at all, he moved the most… — Gerard van der Leeuw
"In one way or another, this is the oldest story in America: the struggle to determine whether "we, the people" is a spiritual idea embedded… — Bill Moyers
The most ridiculous concept ever perpetrated by Homo Sapiens is that the Lord God of Creation, Shaper and Ruler of the Universes, wants the saccharine… — Robert A. Heinlein
Religion is probably, after sex, the second oldest resource which human beings have available to them for blowing their minds. — Susan Sontag
I pride myself on being one of the oldest fans. I can certainly count up about seventy years of devotion. — Herbert Hoover
It is the oldest ironies that are still the most satisfying: man, when preparing for bloody war, will orate loudly and most eloquently in the… — Alan Moore
The oldest, truest, most beautiful organ of music, the origin to which alone our music owes its being, is the human voice. — Richard Wagner
We make the oldest stories new when we succeed, and we are trapped by the old stories when we fail — Greil Marcus
Listening is the oldest and perhaps the most powerful tool of healing. It is often through the quality of our listening and not the wisdom… — Rachel Naomi Remen
Free improvisation, in addition to being a highly skilled musical craft, is open to use by almost anyone-beginners, children, and non-musicians. The skill and intellect… — Derek Bailey
Giving freaks a pass is the oldest tradition in Montana. — Thomas McGuane
It is an honor to be awarded with such a high rating from an organization as well respected as the NAACP. I am pleased that… — Joe Baca
I feel like the oldest person in the world with the longest stretch of life before me. — Nella Larsen
Tip: Take the stodgiest, oldest, slowest moving industry you can find. And build amazing software for it. — Aaron Levie
My oldest son always wants to race. He's kind of like me and it now has carried over to the other two. They're all pretty… — Steve Blake
I believe that dance is the oldest, noblest and most cogent of the arts. I believe that dance is the most perfect symbol of the… — Ted Shawn
Cooking is one of the oldest arts and one which has rendered us the most important service in civic life. — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

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