#old

In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#devise #irish #nation #now #old

Life is a quarry, out of which we are to mold and chisel and complete a character. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#chisel #complete #life #life is a #mold

I love old movies. The '40s theatre pace is fantastic. ↗

— Yancy Butler

#i #i love #love #movies #old

Joining 'ER,' I felt like that kid who got the golden ticket in 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.' I've been offered chocolate bars all these years, but there had been no golden ticket. Just the stomachache that was called 'Jake in Progress.' ↗

— John Stamos

#been #called #charlie #chocolate #factory

There's a financial cost, but the only costs that are ever real are the costs of our soldiers. ↗

— Michael Ignatieff

#costs #ever #financial #only #our

Why be in music, why write songs, if you can't use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life? I believe a lot of our lives are spent asleep, and what I've been trying to do is hold on to those moments when a little spark cuts through the fog and nudges you. ↗

— Rufus Wainwright

#been #believe #cuts #explore #fog

The voting booth joint is a great leveler; the whole neighborhood - rich, poor, old, young, decrepit and spunky - they all turn out in one day. ↗

— David Byrne

#day #decrepit #great #joint #leveler

When there were fears about the future of this nation's older cities... when a few of the cities teetered on the brink of bankruptcy, all eyes were focused on Chicago for contrast. ↗

— Jane Byrne

#bankruptcy #brink #chicago #cities #contrast

Prolonged endurance tames the bold. ↗

— Lord Byron

#endurance #prolonged

In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

#classic #literature #modern #newest #oldest