Oldest Quotes

320 quotes by 290 authors

The oldest habit in the world for resisting change is to complain that unless the remedy to the disease should be universally applied it should… — Winston Churchill
Simonides, a poet famous in his generation, is, I think, author of the oldest satire that is now extant, and, as some say, of the… — Joseph Addison
Shouldn't it give us pause that the oldest works of art are as impressive today in their beauty and spontaneity as they were many thousands… — Kazimir Malevich
This is one of man's oldest riddles. How can the independence of human volition be harmonized with the fact that we are integral parts of… — Max Planck
Alpha Phi Alpha, the oldest of Negro Fraternities, with all of its members presumably far above the average American and having a good practical understanding… — Jewel
Although Damascus is considered the oldest city in the world, the date of its foundation going beyond tradition, there are very few relics of antiquity… — Bayard Taylor
Be kind, be loving, be generous. Give of yourself, give of your time and you'll be free. It's the oldest secret, the one thats most… — Frederick Lenz
The image of the frontier is probably one of the oldest images of mankind, and it is not surprising that we should find it hard… — Kenneth E. Boulding
The states in which we infuse a transfiguration and a fullness into things and poetize about them until they reflect back our fullness and joy… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Men who have lost their conviction of what is good and what is bad find themselves without a sextant to check their position by. We… — John Dos Passos
The oldest form of theater is the dinner table. It's got five or six people, new show every night, same players. Good ensemble; the people… — Michael J. Fox
I turned down a movie this summer because it was nine weeks in Vancouver and my oldest daughter is 14. I've got four more summers… — Jeff Foxworthy
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. — John Kenneth Galbraith
I was the oldest of the children in my family. I had to do a lot of diaper-changing and lunch-making. I was taking my little… — Vin Diesel
The age of a woman doesn't mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Dad made it to Gold Shield Detective, so he always busted Robin, my oldest brother, and me. Always got caught, whatever we were doing. — Kevin Eubanks
I can no more think of my own life without thinking of wine and wines and where they grew for me and why I drank… — M.F.K. Fisher
Space Mountain may be the oldest ride in the park, but it has the longest line. — Ric Flair
I think I'm lucky that I had kids as spread out as much as I did, 'cause my son, my oldest, was born when I… — Tom Hanks
The golden child may be the oldest one, unless it's the youngest. It may be the toughest one, unless it's the most sensitive. It's not… — Jeffrey Kluger

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