Quotes about Olderness, page 6

When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened.

Quote by Winston Churchill about olderness

Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!

Quote by Charles Darwin about olderness

The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons.

Quote by Charles Dickens about olderness

Between parts I was too old for and roles that were too overwhelming, out of reach then for my voice. I carved out a niche with the Wagnerian repertoire since I am attracted by its theatrical intensity.

Quote by Placido Domingo about olderness

It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.

Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle about olderness

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about olderness

There is no subject so old that something new cannot be said about it.

Quote by Feodor Mihailovici Dostoievski about olderness

My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there. ' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing.

Quote by Clint Eastwood about olderness

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about olderness

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about olderness

I was born in Kansas City, and my dad left when I was five or six months old.

Quote by Eminem about olderness

Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about olderness

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about olderness

The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero about olderness

At the age of 13, I found in the attic a case filled with chemicals, remainders of an uncle who died in 1923 and was, as a metallurgical engineer, interested in chemistry and photography.

Quote by Richard Ernst about olderness

Good roles are hard to find no matter what age.

Quote by Glenn Close about olderness

God, I'm just a fat bald guy, 60 years old, singing the blues, you know?

Quote by Joe Cocker about olderness

I would like to be able to do a song with Ray Charles, before we both get too old.

Quote by Joe Cocker about olderness

The world is a tougher place to live in than it was back then, as we come into the computer age.

Quote by Joe Cocker about olderness

But with this last enlargement Europe has changed its nature. The new countries are diverse. The old methods will no longer work.

Quote by Laurent Fabius about olderness