Old Man Quotes - Page 35

• 'These things will become clear to you,' said the old man gently, 'at least,' he added with slight doubt in his voice, 'clearer than they are at the moment.'

  Douglas Adams

  Men, Voice, Doubt

  Douglas Adams (2017). “The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Omnibus: A Trilogy in Four Parts”, p.104, Pan Macmillan

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• Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary. Then ask yourself and yourself alone one question. This question is one that only a very old man asks. My benefactor told me about it once when I was Young. And my blood was too vigorous for me to understand it. Now I do understand it. I will tell you what it is: does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good. If it doesn't, it is of no use.

  Jack Kornfield

  Heart, Men, Thinking

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• Beware the old man in young guy's clothes. If he's over 35 and comes to pick you up looking as though he's headed for a skateboarding competition while you are dressed to go to a nice restaurant, this is not a good sign.

  Merrill Markoe

  Nice, Men, Clothes

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• Only little boys and old men sneer at love.

  Louis Auchincloss

  Love, Boys, Men

  Louis Auchincloss (2002). “The Rector of Justin”, p.105, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• OLD, adj. In that stage of usefulness which is not inconsistent with general inefficiency, as an "old man". Discredited by lapse of time and offensive to the popular taste, as an "old" book.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Time, Book, Men

  Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Devil's Dictionary”, p.87, Courier Corporation

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• A thousand of old man are just able to dream, but a young man is able to change the world!

  Sukarno

  Dream, Men, World

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• Softball is what old men play to try to feel young again.

  Patrick Wallace

  Funny, Softball, Men

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• Man's nature is not a bit the same as wines. He loses flavour as his life declines. We drink the oldest wine that comes our way. Old men get nasty, old wines make us gay.

  Alexis Sanchez

  Wine, Gay, Men

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• O' beautiful for spacious skies
  But now those skies are threatening
  They're beating plowshares into swords
  For this tired old man that we elected king
  Armchair warriors often fail
  And we've been poisoned by these fairy tales
  The lawyers clean up all details
  Since daddy had to lie
  But I know a place where we can go
  And wash away this sin
  We'll sit and watch the clouds roll by
  And the tall grass wave in the wind
  Just lay your head back on the ground
  And let your hair spill all around me
  Offer up your best defence
  But this is the end
  This is the end of the innocence

  Don Henley

  Beautiful, Song, Kings

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• Believe not because some old manuscripts are produced, believe not because it is your national belief, believe not because you have been made to believe from you childhood, but reason truth out, and after you have analyzed it, then if you find it will do good to one and all, believe it, live up to it and help others live up to it.

  Gautama Buddha

  Believe, Helping Others, Childhood

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• What I've done serves mostly to show that nearly all limits are self-imposed, a false construct of the mind. You can take on mind-boggling challenges. It may cause you grief, it may test your relationships and cause you to question your sanity, but you can do it! Yes, a fifty-seven year-old man can run across the United States and break a couple or records in the process. People of any age can accomplish what few others have done; we can endure the trials, overcome the obstacles, put up with the pain to realize our dreams. Why not try?

  Marshall Ulrich

  Running, Dream, Pain

  Marshall Ulrich (2011). “Running on Empty: An Ultramarathoner's Story of Love, Loss, and a Record-Setting Run Across Ameri ca”, p.117, Penguin

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• The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other...consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of mankind, must be collected at once or the opportunity will be lost for all time.

  Edward S. Curtis

  Mean, Men, Opportunity

  Edward S. Curtis (2015). “The Apache, The Jicarillas, The Navajo”, p.16, Native American Book Publishers, LLC

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• I have drawn things since I was 6. All that I made before the age of 65 is not worth counting. At 73 I began to understand the true construction of animals, plants, trees, birds, fishes, and insects. At 90 I will enter into the secret of things. At 110, everything - every dot, every dash - will live. To all of you who are going to live as long as I do, I promise to keep my word. I am writing this in my old age, I used to call myself Hokusai, but today I sign myself 'The Old Man Mad About Drawing.'

  Hokusai

  Writing, Animal, Men

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• From the simplest lyric to the most complex novel and densest drama, literature is asking us to pay attention. Pay attention to the frog. Pay attention to the west wind. Pay attention to the boy on the raft, the lady in the tower, the old man on the train. In sum, pay attention to the world and all that dwells therein and thereby learn at last to pay attention to yourself and all that dwells therein.

  Frederick Buechner

  Drama, Boys, Men

  Frederick Buechner (2009). “Beyond Words: Daily Readings in the ABC's of Faith”, p.26, Zondervan

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• Brave, bold men, these are what we want. What we want is vigour in the blood, strength in the nerves, iron muscles and nerves of steel, not softening namby-pamby ideas.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Power, Men, Blood

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.1190, Manonmani Publishers

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• Apart from an innate grasp of tactical concepts, a great coach must possess the essentials attributes of leadership which mold men into a cohesive, fighting team with an invincible will to victory.

  Douglas MacArthur

  Team, Fighting, Men

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• I did not go to Boston, for with regard to that place I sympathize with one of my neighbors, an old man, who has not been there since the last war, when he was compelled to go. No, I have a real genius for staying at home.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Real, War, Home

  Henry David Thoreau (2014). “Familiar Letters (Annotated Edition)”, p.194, Jazzybee Verlag

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• The real Oxford is a close corporation of jolly, untidy, lazy, good-for-nothing humorous old men, who have been electing their own successors ever since the world began and who intend to go on with it. They'll squeeze under the Revolution or leap over it when the time comes, don't you worry.

  C. S. Lewis

  Real, Humorous, Men

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• A young mind in a healthy body is a wonderful thing. Especially for an old man with an open night.

  George Burns

  Men, Night, Healthy

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• I tell you what really turns my toes up: love scenes with 68-year-old men and actresses young enough to be their granddaughter.

  Mel Gibson

  Men, Years, Granddaughter

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• There isn't any New Man. The New Man is the old man, only he whines more.

  Roseanne Barr

  Men

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• One time I saw an old man in a hurry and I thought, 'That makes sense.'

  Demetri Martin

  Men, Saws, Make Sense

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• With my old man I got no respect. When he took me hunting he gave me a three minute head start. Then on the way home he tied me to the fender and put the deer in the car.

  Rodney Dangerfield

  Respect, Home, Men

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• When I was a kid I got no respect. When I went on the roller coaster, my old man told me to stand up straight.

  Rodney Dangerfield

  Respect, Kids, Men

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• With my old man I got no respect. He told me never take candy from a stranger unless he offered me a ride.

  Rodney Dangerfield

  Respect, Men, Stranger

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