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Old Man Quotes (page 10)

What demon possessed me that I behaved so well? You may say the wisest thing you can old man,? you who have lived seventy years, not without honor of a kind? I hear an irresistible voice which invites me away from all that. Henry David Thoreau
Neil Gaiman quote: "Love belongs to Desire. And Desire is always Cruel. -Old Man"
Love belongs to Desire. And Desire is always Cruel. -Old Man Neil Gaiman
An enemy, Ender Wiggin," whispered the old man. "I am your enemy, the first one you've ever had who was smarter than you. There is no teacher but the enemy. No one but the enemy will tell you what the enemy is going to do. No one but the enemy will ever teach you how to destroy and conquer. Only the enemy shows you where you are weak. Only the enemy tells you where he is strong. And the rules of the game are what you can do to him and what you can stop him from doing to you. I am your enemy... Orson Scott Card
Karl Pilkington quote: "I've never been touched by such an old man."
I've never been touched by such an old man. Karl Pilkington
William Wordsworth quote: "He is by nature led. To peace so perfect that the young..."
He is by nature led. To peace so perfect that the young behold. With envy, what the old man hardly feels. William Wordsworth
He would get up and go out into a world which seemed very unfamiliar, but with a tantalizing unfamiliarity like the world of boyhood to which an old man returns. Robert Penn Warren
The old man laid a withered, spotted hand on his shoulder. "It hurts, boy," he said softly. "Oh, yes. Choosing . . . it has always hurt. And always will. I know. George R. R. Martin
The barman sidled toward them out of a back room. He was a grump-looking old man with a great deal of a long gray hair and a beard. He was tall and thin and looked vaguely familiar to Harry. J. K. Rowling
Ernest Hemingway quote: "I am an old man who will live until I die," Anselmo said."
I am an old man who will live until I die," Anselmo said. Ernest Hemingway
To destroy abuses is not enough; Habits must also be changed. The windmill has gone, but the wind is still there."~old man G--- to Monseigneur Bienvenu Myriel Victor Hugo
All books can be indecent books. Though recent books are bolder, For filth, I'm glad to say, is in. The mind of the beholder. When correctly viewed, Everything is lewd. I could tell you things about Peter Pan. And the Wizard of Oz, there's a dirty old man... Tom Lehrer
I wish the boy was here,' he said aloud and settled himself against the rounded planks of the bow and felt the strength of the great fish through the line he held across his shoulders moving steadily toward whatever he had chosen. When once, through my treachery, it had been necessary to him to make a choice, the old man thought. His choice had been to stay in the deep dark water far out beyond all snares and traps and treacheries. My choice was to go there to find him beyond all people.... Ernest Hemingway
Hard weather, says the old man. So let it be. Wrap me in the weathers of the earth, I will be hard and hard. My face will wash rain like the stones. Cormac McCarthy
Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childish days; that can recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth; that can transport the sailor and the traveller, thousands of miles away, back to his own fire-side and his quiet home! Charles Dickens
We're not obsessed by anything, you see," insisted Ford."..."And that's the deciding factor. We can't win against obsession. They care, we don't. They win."I care about lots of things," said Slartibartfast, his voice trembling partly with annoyance, but partly also with uncertainty."Such as?"Well," said the old man, "life, the Universe. Everything, really. Fjords."Would you die for them?"Fjords?" blinked Slartibartfast in surprise. "No."Well then."Wouldn't see the point, to be honest. Douglas Adams

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