Oldest Quotes
320 quotes by 290 authors
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FACE THE NATION is the second oldest program on television. It began in 1954, fifty-eight years ago. I've been here at the table for the…
— Rodney Erickson
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The oldest of the arts and the youngest of the professions.
— Derek Bok
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[The Euclidean algorithm is] the granddaddy of all algorithms, because it is the oldest nontrivial algorithm that has survived to the present day.
— Donald Knuth
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My oldest brother was a big influence on the films I watched as a kid.
— Sean William Scott
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I was always very aware of drummers. My oldest brother Henry was a drummer, and he drummed on everything in the house from the kitchen…
— Dave Brubeck
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In swimming, everyone calls me grandma, because I'm the oldest there. Then with my friends, I'm the youngest and I'm the baby. It's definitely bizarre.
— Amanda Beard
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Some of my oldest friends are actors. But that's not the only place my friends come from.
— Beau Bridges
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For things to have value in man's world, they are given the role of commodities. Among man's oldest and most constant commodity is woman.
— Ana Castillo
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My proudest moment was probably when my oldest boy finished law school and went on to become an FBI agent. It was just beyond my…
— Frank Abagnale
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I've concentrated for a long time on English films because I've got two kids but my oldest son is 11 and I think I'm going…
— Sadie Frost
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When I was elected, I was the youngest member of the Tennessee congressional delegation; now, I'm one of the oldest. In fact, I have members…
— Bart Gordon
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It's healthy to have older friends. You go, 'Look, I'm younger than them!' That's always the nice thing, if you can be the youngest one…
— Paul Feig
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The first treasure California began to surrender after the Gold Rush as the oldest: her land.
— John Jakes
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I'm the oldest of three girls. My sisters say I can be bossy.
— Gayle King
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I've been successful in different areas, but nothing brings a smile to my face more than my oldest son, Zaire, and my second son, Zion,…
— Dwyane Wade
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The most obvious and yet the oldest and most stubborn error on which the appeal of inflation rests is that of confusing ‘money’ with ‘wealth’…Real…
— Henry Hazlitt
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The death of classical music is perhaps its oldest continuing tradition.
— Charles Rosen
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I don't have interns. I don't have a manager. I don't have assistants. I don't have a secretary. I can't figure out Outlook Express. I'm…
— Bruce Dickinson
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The new culture war is about national identity rather than religion and 'transcendent authority.' It focuses on which groups the United States will formally admit…
— E. J. Dionne
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Bob Altman got nothing from the TV series 'M*A*S*H,' and the royalties for the theme song went to his oldest son, Michael, who wrote it…
— Mitchell Zuckoff
Who Wrote These Oldest Quotes
290 authors contributed a total of 320 Oldest Quotes, led by these top contributors: