Old quotes

“I married an archaeologist because the older I grow, the more he appreciates me.” Agatha Christie

“The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.” Gore Vidal

“A boy's story is the best that is ever told.” Charles Dickens

“My mother said to me, 'If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope.' Instead, I was a painter, and became Picasso.” Pablo Picasso

“The older you get the stronger the wind gets - and it's always in your face.” Pablo Picasso

“Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.” Confucius

“When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge.” Confucius

“Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day.” Dalai Lama

“Formulate and stamp indelibly on your mind a mental picture of yourself as succeeding. Hold this picture tenaciously. Never permit it to fade. Your mind will seek to develop the picture... Do not build up obstacles in your imagination.” Norman Vincent Peale

“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” Norman Vincent Peale

“Fix reason firmly in her seat, and call to her tribunal every fact, every opinion. Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear.” Thomas Jefferson

“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Thomas Jefferson

“Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.” Thomas Jefferson

“Always take hold of things by the smooth handle.” Thomas Jefferson

“I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led, and bearding every authority which stood in their way.” Thomas Jefferson

“I think with the Romans, that the general of today should be a soldier tomorrow if necessary.” Thomas Jefferson

“What would there be in a story of happiness? Only what prepares it, only what destroys it can be told.” Andre Gide

“Old hands soil, it seems, whatever they caress, but they too have their beauty when they are joined in prayer. Young hands were made for caresses and the sheathing of love. It is a pity to make them join too soon.” Andre Gide

“To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can.” Og Mandino

“Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded.” Antoine de Saint Exupery

“Obviously one must hold oneself responsible for the evil impulses of one's dreams. In what other way can one deal with them? Unless the content of the dream rightly understood is inspired by alien spirits, it is part of my own being.” Sigmund Freud

“I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office.” Dean Acheson

“There I was, an 18-year-old mimic rooming with a blind whistler.” Arthur Hailey

“If you believe in what you are doing, then let nothing hold you up in your work. Much of the best work of the world has been done against seeming impossibilities. The thing is to get the work done.” Dale Carnegie

“A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.” John Barrymore

“Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition - in having put forth the best within you.” Henry John Kaiser

“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” Buddha

“A man has only one escape from his old self: to see a different self in the mirror of some woman's eyes.” Clare Boothe Luce

“Burt Reynolds once asked me out. I was in his room.” Phyllis Diller

“You know you're old if your walker has an airbag.” Phyllis Diller