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Being Old Quotes (page 4)

Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure. Bernard Baruch
Being stuck is a position few of us like. We want something new but cannot let go of the old - old ideas, beliefs, habits, even thoughts. We are out of contact with our own genius. Sometimes we know we are stuck; sometimes we don't. In both cases we have to DO something. Rush Limbaugh
Samuel Beckett quote: "Be again, be again. (Pause.) All that old misery. (Pause.)..."
Be again, be again. (Pause.) All that old misery. (Pause.) Once wasn't enough for you. Samuel Beckett
Old age is not meant to be survived alone," Man Rapadou said, her voice trailing with her own hidden thoughts. "Death should come gently, slowly, like a man's hand approaching your body. There can be joy in impatience if there is time to find the joy. Edwidge Danticat
George R. R. Martin quote: "Old powers waken. Shadows stir. An age of wonder and terror..."
Old powers waken. Shadows stir. An age of wonder and terror will soon be upon us, and age for gods and heroes. George R. R. Martin
Robert A. Heinlein quote: "Being sorry won't get you into heaven. Get happy, son. Get..."
Being sorry won't get you into heaven. Get happy, son. Get that old spring into your step and stay on your toes. Robert A. Heinlein
Be not the slave of your own past - plunge into the sublime seas, dive deep, and swim far, so you shall come back with new self-respect, with new power, and with an advanced experience that shall explain and overlook the old Ralph Waldo Emerson
Arthur Machen quote: "Old stories often turn out to be true."
Old stories often turn out to be true. Arthur Machen
Orson Welles quote: "Old age is the only disease you dont want to be cured of."
Old age is the only disease you dont want to be cured of. Orson Welles
Be proud, Bonito, pretty boy. You can go home and tell your father, Yes, I beat up Ender Wiggin, who was barely ten years old, and I was thirteen. And I had only six of my friends to help me, and somehow we managed to defeat him, even though he was naked and wet and alone--Ender Wiggin is so dangerous and terrifying it was all we could do not to bring two hundred. Orson Scott Card
Old birds like Orlovius are wonderfully easy to lead by the beak, because a combination of decency and sentimentality is exactly equal to being a fool. Vladimir Nabokov
Edna Ferber quote: "Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really..."
Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle. Edna Ferber
Lawrence Durrell quote: "Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked."
Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked. Lawrence Durrell
Alexander Pope quote: "Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last..."
Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. Alexander Pope
Alex North quote: "Being an old radical, I like films like Spartacus. I could..."
Being an old radical, I like films like Spartacus. I could relate to the hero. Alex North

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