First time Quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes

A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time.

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr

The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor.

— Samuel Butler

We must be compelled to hold this doctrine to be false, and the old and new law called the Old and New Testament, to…

— Thomas Paine

It is so comic to hear oneself called old, even at ninety I suppose!

— Alice James

We have been called old rockers, rock pensioners, and dinosaurs.

— Ian Gillan

“As a kid, I thought the song Auld Lang Syne was called Old Man's Eye. I like my version better.”

— Stewart Stafford

“My Lord... what is Death like?" called the old man tremulously. "When I have investigated it fully, I will let you know," came the…

— Terry Pratchett

“He is of what is called the old school - a phrase generally meaning any school that seems never to have been young.”

— Charles Dickens

I would say there's about 10 people who know that, that my car was called 'Old Sock.'

— Alan Tudyk

I remember it as if it were today... seeing him [Che] framed in the viewfinder, with that expression. I am still startled by the…

— Alberto Korda

“I jumped at the sound of my last name. I get started frequently, because I spent most of my time in my own head.…

— Sariah Wilson

“I was woken by a shell-burst in the trench of sleep. Heart skipping, with eyes fighting light, my thoughts sprang up like a field…

— Will Wiles