Old Man Quotes
Said to Leon Goldensohn, March 3, 1946. "The Nuremberg Interviews". Book by Leon Goldensohn, 2004.
Simultaneously I am myself, the child I was, the old man I will be.
Peter Matthiessen (2008). “The Snow Leopard”, p.195, Penguin
A young man who is unable to commit a folly is already an old man.
Paul Gauguin (1978). “The writings of a savage”, Viking Adult
I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him.
Edgar Allan Poe (2014). “Complete Collection of Edgar Allan Poe - 170+ eBooks (Complete Tales, Poems, Novels, Essays, Miscellaneous, Play)”, p.409, Ageless Reads
Four Quartets "East Coker" pt. 5 (1940)
Ernest Hemingway (2014). “The Hemingway Collection”, p.7211, Simon and Schuster
I am an old man, I just happen to be an old man that can fight.
"Calzaghe nicks round one". BBC Sport, February 08, 2008.
Ernest Hemingway (2016). “The Old Man and the Sea”, p.6, Hamilton Books
Forward into the untrodden! Courage, old man, and hold on to your umbrella!
Conrad Aiken (2015). “The Collected Short Stories of Conrad Aiken”, p.41, Open Road Media
More than anything else, I'd like to be an old man with a good face, like Hitchcock or Picasso.
Interview in the "Saturday Evening Post", June 6, 1964.
"The Lower Depths". Play by Maxim Gorky, 1902.
Chastity is not chastity in an old man, but a disability to be unchaste.
John Donne (1839). “The works of John Donne”, p.28
James Thurber (1996). “James Thurber: Writings & Drawings (including The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)”, p.648, Library of America
Fear is a cloak which old men huddle about their love, as if to keep it warm.
William Wordsworth (1847). “The Poems of William Wordsworth”, p.24
When he is forsaken, Withered and shaken, What can an old man do but die?
Thomas Hood (1860). “The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood”, p.145