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Old Man Quotes (page 14)

My friend, you had horses, and deed of arms, and the free fields; but she, being born in the body of a maid, had a spirit and courage at least the match of yours. Yet she was doomed to wait upon an old man, whom she loved as a father, and watch him falling into a mean dishonoured dotage; and her part seemed to her more ignoble than that of the staff he leaned on.-Gandalf to Eomer, of Eowyn J. R. R. Tolkien
It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without having a critic, forever, like the old man of the sea, upon his back. Marianne Moore
I was doing a show at the National Youth Theatre, playing an old man. Before that I had played fat clowns and I thought, 'If I want to have the career I would like, I am going to have to lose weight.' I was just starting drama school, and found I was moving around a lot. I also started to eat sensibly. The weight just dropped off. Harry Melling
When I came there I found all my family gone, for the Indians had killed five people in the winter near that place, which frightened my wife and family away to Roanoke about 35 miles nearer in among the inhabitants, which I was informed of by an old man I met near the place. Christopher Gist
Michael J. Fox quote: "I love the irony. I'm perceived as being really young and yet..."
I love the irony. I'm perceived as being really young and yet I have the clinical condition of an old man. Michael J. Fox
Next door, there's an old man who lived to his nineties and one day passed away in his sleep. And his wife, she stayed for a couple of days and passed away. I'm sorry, I know that's a strange way to tell you that I know we belong. Ben Folds
Jonathan Swift quote: "Observation is an old man's memory."
Observation is an old man's memory. Jonathan Swift
John Sununu quote: "I'm an old man of 73, and I've been around a long time. If I..."
I'm an old man of 73, and I've been around a long time. If I don't know something by now, I probably never will. John Sununu
I'm sort of an old man, always tinkering in the backyard. Since I grew up playing outdoors, I still like to plant things, sit out on the deck, or go hiking. Josh Duhamel
Al Dubin quote: "We're in the money, the skies are sunny; old man depression,..."
We're in the money, the skies are sunny; old man depression, you are through, you done us wrong! Al Dubin
Roddy Doyle quote: "I'm going to sound like an old man but at my age, it's lovely..."
I'm going to sound like an old man but at my age, it's lovely doing something that you've never done before. Roddy Doyle
Denis Diderot quote: "The infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is..."
The infant runs toward it with its eyes closed, the adult is stationary, the old man approaches it with his back turned. Denis Diderot
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! Charles Dickens
Johnny Depp quote: "I'm an old-fashioned guy... I want to be an old man with a..."
I'm an old-fashioned guy... I want to be an old man with a beer belly sitting on a porch, looking at a lake or something. Johnny Depp
But I think I have done right to save the vision in this way, even though I may die sooner because I did it; for I know the meaning of the vision is wise and beautiful and good; and you can see that I am only a pitiful old man after all. Black Elk

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