Oldest Quotes

320 quotes by 290 authors

Informal conversation is probably the oldest mechanism by which opinions on products and brands are developed, expressed, and spread. — Johann Arndt
To add to our misery and despair, a bloated aristocracy has sent to China - the greatest and oldest despotism in the world - for… — Denis Kearney
I was born and raised in the oldest settled part of the nation and in an environment in which racism was officially mooted. — Constance Baker Motley
I'm the oldest 26-year-old I know. A lot of experience has been crammed into a short amount of time. Some days I feel a good… — Yancy Butler
Cheating is baseball's oldest profession. No other game is so rich in skullduggery, so suited to it or so proud of it. — Thomas Boswell
After I knock out Randy Couture, I'll fight for the heavyweight title, the real heavyweight boxing title in October or November, come back and fight… — James Toney
Women say . . . that if men had to have babies there would soon be no babies in the world. . . . I… — Robertson Davies
The women are, of course, the biggest single group of oppressed people in the world and, if we are to believe the Book of Genesis,… — Chinua Achebe
The oldest continuously operated aquarium in the country features 630 species and more than 8,000 animals. The walruses are especially popular. — John Grant
Isimangaliso must be the only place on the globe where the oldest land mammal (rhinoceros) and the world biggest terrestrial mammal (elephant) share an ecosystem… — Nelson Mandela
Storytelling: the world's second oldest profession. — Danny Harris
Trees are, after all, our largest and oldest living things. They are Australia's natural, national treasures - the true Elders of our vast continent. — Richard Allen
Pride is the oldest and most common of sins. Humility is the rarest and most beautiful of graces. — J C Ryle
A 99-year-old man is filing for divorce from his 96-year-old wife, making them the world's oldest divorced couple. It's got to be weird when a… — Jimmy Fallon
Enchantment is the oldest form of medicine. — Carl Jung
My oldest brother used to take me to the theater. The first play he took me to see was 'Black Comedy,' then he took me… — Nathan Lane
As the oldest I was a daddys girl and loved him with all my heart. My daddy had holes in his shoes so that he… — Sherri Shepherd
Yes, Yes. Indians were the oldest civilization on Earth, the greatest, the best. And only Indians had culture. Others were all dumb nomads and whores. — Manu Joseph
A bad earthquake at once destroys the oldest associations: the world, the very emblem of all that is solid, has moved beneath our feet like… — Charles Darwin
Storytelling is the oldest form of education. — Terry Tempest Williams

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