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Old Man Quotes (page 3)

Will Durant quote: "The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the..."
The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife. Will Durant
Joss Stone quote: "It strikes me as weird that a 25 year old man would even find..."
It strikes me as weird that a 25 year old man would even find a 16 year old attractive. Joss Stone
The tendency of old age to the body, say the physiologists, is to form bone. It is as rare as it is pleasant to meet with an old man whose opinions are not ossified. Bob Wells
M. Emmet Walsh quote: "Hell, I'm an old man. I'm 70 years old. I'm supposed to be..."
Hell, I'm an old man. I'm 70 years old. I'm supposed to be sitting on a rocking chair watching the sunset. M. Emmet Walsh
I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture is supposed to have read, and that not to have read is a social sin? If such a being does exist, surely he is an old, a very old man. Arnold Bennett
I used to be a good party boy. I'm old. I'm an old man. You pay the consequences. I'm just fine with a couple of drinks, no more than that. Javier Bardem
Francis Bacon quote: "I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years..."
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. Francis Bacon
Augustus quote: "Young men, hear an old man to whom old men hearkened when he..."
Young men, hear an old man to whom old men hearkened when he was young. Augustus
One day—when the emperor had come to call on his uncle the cardinal—our worthy priest happened to be waiting as his Majesty went by. Noticing that the old man looked at him with a certain curiosity, Napoleon turned around and said brusquely, ‘Who is this good man looking at me?’ ‘Sire,’ replied M. Myriel, “you are looking at a good man, and I at a great one. May we both be the better for it.” That evening the emperor asked the cardinal the priest’s name, Still later, M. Myriel was totally... Victor Hugo
Look at me," he said, glancing down at his legs. "A wretched old man in a red monkey suit. A convicted murderer about to be gassed like an animal. And look at you. A fine young man with a beautiful education and a bright future. Where in the world did I go wrong? What happened to me? I've spent my life hating people, and look what I have to show for it. You, you don't hate anybody. And look where you're headed. We have the same blood. Why am I here? John Grisham
Diane Ackerman quote: "Which is crueler, an old man's lost memories of a life lived,..."
Which is crueler, an old man's lost memories of a life lived, or a young man's lost memories of the life he meant to live? Diane Ackerman
…It’s hard to appreciate the beauty of a world when one doubts its very validity….But I’ve long since lost all such doubts, Ono,’ he continued. ‘When I am an old man, when I look back over my life and see I have devoted it to the task of capturing the unique beauty of that world, I believe I will be well satisfied. And no man will make me believe I’ve wasted my time. Kazuo Ishiguro
We can't know everything, how and wherefore," said the old man. "It is ordained for the bird to have not four wings but two because it is able to fly with two; and so it is ordained for man not to know everything but only a half or a quarter. As much as he needs to know so as to live, so much he knows." ,From ''In The Ravine''~Chekhov~, Anton Chekhov
The naked man had lost hope now; he would never be able to return to the earth's surface; he would never leave the bottom of this shaft, and he would go mad there drinking blood and eating human flesh, without ever being able to die. Up there, against the sky, there were good angels with ropes, and bad angels with grenades and rifles, and a big old man with a white beard who waved his arms but could not save him. Italo Calvino

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