These three movements were born spontaneously and independently of the initiative of a few French patriots who had a place in the old political groups and parties.

Extreme nationalism and Bolshevism have broken up the old world, a new world is in the making. It is literally true that old things are passing away; all things may become new, granted we have wise, unselfish, and determined guides.

In the tenth century the old Batavian and later Roman forms have faded away.

I don't think I've ever read an old book through from start to finish. Not after more than six months after writing it, that is.

Everybody gets everything handed to them. The rich inherit it. I don't mean just inheritance of money. I mean what people take for granted among the middle and upper classes, which is nepotism, the old-boy network.

All you hear Catholics turning out these days are pop versions of the old Protestant anthems.

The old rules and the old methods of winning are gone.

No matter how old we become, we can still call them 'Holy Mother' and 'Father' and put a child-like trust in them.

I happen to be lucky in that I knew what I wanted to do as far as a career since I was nine years old.

What we see is what they're trying to sell us. It's not true nostalgic as much as it is repeating old material because it's less expensive than new material.

Black Books adheres to a more old fashioned, traditional sitcom format, which I think works, because in its own way, it's quite theatrical.

We're like old people now playing music. I'm so glad we stuck it out because it's a lot better. I used to feel kind of anxious. Now our apprenticeship is over.

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.

Believe it or not, I was all fully rounded by the time I was nine years old.

I often meet adults in their 30s, 40s, or 50s who, as soon as they recognize me, suddenly become six years old again.