Oldest Quotes

320 quotes by 290 authors

The myth of black women profiting at the expense of black men is the oldest rap around. — Johnnetta B. Cole
Fundamentalist Christians are my sisters and brothers, my family and friends, my oldest colleagues and coworkers. But I fear their love for the nation has… — Mel White
I have three kids, the oldest is 18 and her friends are going to see it The Aristocrats because they told her they're going to… — Bob Saget
I could give you absolutely sterling advice on how to avoid writing, how when you run out of things to do other than going to… — Tony Kushner
...in the eyes of her oldest friends and colleagues and extended family, she wasn't a painfully thin seventy-five-year-old gray haired woman dying of cancer- she… — Will Schwalbe
A traveler who looks at things with an impartial eye may see what the oldest inhabitant has not observed. — Henry David Thoreau
The oldest theory of art belongs to the Greeks, who regarded art as an imitation (mimesis) of reality. The strength of that theory is that… — Leland Ryken
That books, a commodity little changed since Caxton's day, should have turned out to be the trailblazers of retailing on the internet is one of… — Bryan Appleyard
Here was St. Augustine, the oldest city in the United States. How to build a hotel to meet the requirements of nineteenth century America and… — Henry Flagler
Thanks to the leadership of Vice President Gore, we have a government for the Information Age, once again a government that is a progressive instrument… — William J. Clinton
Ones oldest friend is the best. — Plautus
The oldest, wisest politician grows not more human so, but is merely a gray wharf rat at last. — Henry David Thoreau
The wilderness is near as well as dear to every man. Even the oldest villages are indebted to the border of wild wood which surrounds… — Henry David Thoreau
As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
One of the most powerful aspects of drumming and the reason people have done it since the beginning of being human is that it changes… — Layne Redmond
I remember my oldest son, Steve, saying to me once, 'I don't ever remember seeing you with an apron on.' And I thought, that's right,… — Lauren Bacall
I have made all my films for my children with the exception of my first film because my oldest daughter wasn't born when I was… — Ken Burns
My oldest step-son wants to direct or produce. As far as being an actor, I've already told them they have to wait until they're 18;… — Elizabeth Perkins
In a way, I'm very interested in writing about Maine, because I think Maine represents its own kind of history. It's the oldest state, and… — Elizabeth Strout
"We may talk what we please," he cries in his enthusiasm for the oldest of the arts, "of lilies, and lions rampant, and spread eagles,… — Abraham Cowley

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