Best Old Saying Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“There's an old saying that guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days. It's been three weeks now, Armand, and the stench is pretty strong. I don't know how long you're planning to stay in Fiji, but in any event, this is your last evening in my vale.”

Fish Old Saying Smelly Guest Kicked Out

Book:Pieces of Happiness

Source: Pieces of Happiness

“I know plenty of actresses in their early thirties who look amazing, although there's that old saying: 'Ladies get older, men get more distinguished.”

Knows Men Looks Actresses Plenty Distinguished Old Saying Older Man

Author:Scott Porter

“It is a big adjustment but I've always loved that old saying of Jack Nicklaus: 'I retired from golf to go to work.' That sums it up for me.”

Bigs Golf Retired Adjustment Old Saying

Author:Greg Rusedski

“There's an old saying in Hollywood: It's not the length of your film, it's how you use it.”

Use Film Hollywood Length Old Saying

Author:Ben Stiller

“There's an old saying, this too shall pass, and change is good.”

Old Saying Change Is Good This Too Shall Pass

Author:Joe Lando

“A little sturdiness when superiors are much in the wrong sometimes occasions consideration. And there is truth in the old saying that if you make yourself a sheep, the wolves will eat you.”

Ifs Littles Sometimes Superiors Occasions Consideration Sheep Old Saying

Book:Autobiographical Writings

Source: Autobiographical Writings

“There is an old saying, The harder you try the luckier you get. I kind of like that definition of luck.”

Trying Kind Motivational Harder Luck Definitions Old Saying

Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Gerald R. Ford, 1975

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Gerald R. Ford, 1975

“There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.”

Should Mortals Immortal Enmity Old Saying Proverbial

Author:Livy

“I think we need to change that old saying, "I don't need a building to fall on me." Because two did and we still don't get it. I think we all stick our head in the sand as a deep human impulse.”

Thinking Needs Humans Stills Two Fall Building Sticks Impulse Sand Need A Change Old Saying

Author:Bill Maher

“In this day and age, we need to revise the old saying to read, "Hell hath no fury like a bureaucrat scorned.”

Needs Age Hell This Day Fury Bureaucrats Old Saying Scorned Hell Hath No Fury

Book:Bright Promises, Dismal Performance: An Economist's Protest

Source: Bright Promises, Dismal Performance: An Economist's Protest

“I remember really vividly kneeling by my bed as a nine-year-old, saying my prayers and asking God to give me boobs that were so big that if I laid on my back I wouldn't be able to see my feet.”

Ifs Giving Years Bigs Able Remember Prayer Feet Bed Give Me Asking Nine Nine Years Old Saying Kneeling Asking God

Author:Katy Perry

“I certainly wouldn't compare the rewards of watching one's children grow and mature with that of money piling up at the box office. Both are pleasant, but to varying degrees. As the old saying goes, you can't take an audience home with you. You can't depend on the loyalty of fans, who, after all is said and done, are just faceless people one seldom sees. And few stars have their fans forever. But a child is forever. That bond and relationship is timeless and doesn't depend on your looks, age or popularity at the moment.”

“There is a century-old saying, "The dollar votes more times than the man."”

Men Political Century He Man Vote Dollars More Time Old Saying

Author:Michael Parenti

“Making a painting is like having sex for a month or something. Then I go through this period of elation at finishing the work. Then you drop off - you know, 'post-coital man is sad,' as the old saying goes.”

Knows Men Sex Sadness Painting Months Periods Posts Finishing Having Sex Old Saying Elation

Author:Tim Zuck

“As the old saying goes, I was simply looking for fan love, in Alderaan places.”

Fans Old Saying

Author:George Takei

“There's an old saying among scientific guys: "You can't make an omelet without breaking eggs, ideally by dropping a cement truck on them from a crane."”

Funny Science Guy Eggs Truck Dropping Cement Old Saying Cranes Omelets Breaking Eggs

Author:Dave Barry

“There can be no doubt ... of our dependence upon forces beyond our control. Primitive man was so impotent in the face of these forces that g , especially in an unfavorable natural environment, fear became a dominant attitude, and, as the old saying goes, fear created gods.”

Men Faces Force Natural Attitude Doubt Environment Atheism Positive Atheism No Doubt Primitive Dominant Dependence Natural Environment Old Saying Primitive Man

Author:John Dewey

“Just trust your instincts. There's an old saying in golf, you've studied the swing many times, and you practice and practice, but when you stand over the ball, you just have to trust your swing. And you trust it. And if you don't trust it, you'll ruin it; your brain will take over.”

Ifs Brain Practice Balls Golf Instinct Ruins Swings Don't Trust Old Saying Trust Your Instincts

Author:Clint Eastwood

“You know the old saying: you win some, you lose some... and then there's that little-known third category.”

Knows Littles Winning Loses Known Thirds Categories Gore Old Saying

Author:Al Gore

“There is a wise old saying 'Eat it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without'. Thrift is a practice of not wasting anything. Some people are able to get by because of the absence of expense. They have their shoes resoled, they patch, they mend, they sew, and they save money. They avoid installment buying, and make purchases only after saving enough to pay cash, thus avoiding interest charges. Frugality means to practice careful economy.”

People Mean Enough Able Interest Pay Practice Economy Wise Shoes Careful Absence Saving Buying Expenses Cash Avoiding Patches Saving Money Thrift Frugality Old Saying

Author:James E. Faust

“Oh, a friend! How true is that old saying, that the enjoyment of one is sweeter and more necessary than that of the elements of water and fire!”

Love Water Friendship Fire Friends Elements Enjoyment Companionship Old Saying Water And Fire

Book:The Complete Works: Essays, Travel Journal, Letters

Source: The Complete Works: Essays, Travel Journal, Letters

“My favorite word is clarity...clarity...clarity. And the critical clarity is what is the transformation that is going to take place in the customer's life or work when they buy and use your product? And how profound is that? How important is that? You know the old saying, "If you could come up with a cure for cancer you'd be a billionaire by the end of the week" because of that profound result.”

Ifs Knows Important Ends Use Results Week Products Transformation Profound My Favorite Cancer Come Up Critical Customers Cures Clarity Billionaire Old Saying Favorite Words

Author:Brian Tracy

“When two people become entangled, one person will conform to the energy of the other person. When one of them is a healer whose cells are vibrating at a higher level, the client's cells become entangled, and their energy is lifted. That's why that old saying, "physician heal thyself," is so important, even though most don't understand it: If the physician's energy is going to influence or, in scientific terms, "entrain" the patient's, the doctor's must be higher.”

People Ifs Persons Two Important Energy Term Levels Influence Higher Doctors Patient Heal Cells Clients Physicians Conform Thyself Healer Higher Level Old Saying

Author:Bruce H. Lipton

“Be friends with everybody. When you have friends you will know there is somebody who will stand by you. You know the old saying, that if you have a single enemy you will find him everywhere. It doesn't pay to make enemies. Lead the life that will make you kindly and friendly to every one about you, and you will be surprised what a happy life you will live.”

Ifs Knows Friendship Pay Enemy Friendly Happy Life Old Saying

Author:Charles M. Schwab

“Over the course of my life I've had more than my fair share of romantic relationships with wonderful women, many moved on to live happy, healthy, and productive lives, and I'm pleased to say remain dear friends today. Sadly, there are a few who have chosen to rewrite history in an attempt to stay in the spotlight. I guess, as the old saying goes: You can't win 'em all!”

“There's an old saying in the black community that everybody else is protected and served but we are policed, we don't want to be policed. We want to be protected and served as any American citizen.”

Want Black Community Citizens Protected American Citizens Old Saying Black Community

Author:Benjamin Crump

“I do believe in the old saying 'What does not kill you makes you stronger.' Our experiences, good and bad, make us who we are. By overcoming difficulties, we gain strength and maturity.”

Believe Doe Gains Overcoming Difficulty Stronger Maturity Who We Are Good And Bad Old Saying Makes You Stronger

Author:Angelina Jolie

“There's an old saying, 'Life begins at forty.' That's silly. Life begins every morning you wake up.”

Morning Wake Up Silly Forty Every Morning Old Saying Saying Life

Author:George Burns

“God's Word is as good as He is. There is an old saying that a man is as good as his word. Well, God is as good as His Word. His character is behind what He has said.”

Men Wells Said Character Behinds Old Saying

Book:Genesis through Revelation: 5 Volumes Genesis - Revelation

Source: Genesis through Revelation: 5 Volumes Genesis - Revelation

“We ought to take good care of everybody we have on the planet, but we ought to regulate the rate at which people join us. The old saying is, "It's the top of the ninth inning, and humanity has been hitting nature hard, but you've always got to remember that nature bats last."”

People Has Beens Hard Care Lasts Remember Humanity Planets Ought Rate Hitting Bats Old Saying

Author:Paul R. Ehrlich

“You know the old saying: "History is written by the winners. And also, the team of hand-picked historians that the winner keeps hidden away in an underground bunker".”

Knows Hands Written Team Winner Historian Old Saying Bunkers

Author:John Hodgman

“There is an old saying: In history nothing is true but the names and dates. In fiction everything is true but the names and dates. The difference between reality and fiction? Fiction has to make sense.”

Reality Names Differences Fiction Make Sense Old Saying

Author:Tom Clancy

“There's an old saying. Never send a boy to do a man's job, send a lady.”

Men Jobs Boys Old Saying Saying Never

Book:The Wicked Wit of John F. Kennedy

Source: The Wicked Wit of John F. Kennedy

“There's an old saying in the space community: 'If God wanted us to be a spacefaring species, he would have given us a moon'.”

Ifs Wanted Given Community Space Moon Species Old Saying

Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson

“February... Now more than ever one must remind oneself that it is wasteful folly to wish that time would pass, or - as the puritanical old saying used to have it - to kill time until it kills you.”

Used Wish Oneself Folly February Old Saying

Author:Joseph Wood Krutch

“The key to a great life lies in shifting your focus from accumulation to contribution. The old saying "He who gathers the most toys wins" needs to be replaced with "He who serves the most prospers". Remember, happiness is the by-product of a life spent adding value to other people's lives.”

People Needs Remember Lying Values Winning Focus Products Keys Contribution Toys Replaced Shifting Accumulation Old Saying Adding Value

Author:Robin Sharma

“There is an old saying, "How did you go bankrupt?" And the answer is, "Gradually, and then suddenly." The impending fiscal crisis in the United States will make its appearance in the same way.”

Way States Answers United United States Crisis Appearance Old Saying

Author:Seth Klarman

“Being kind doesn't mean being soft or a wuss. Kindness is not a sign of weakness. It is a sign of confidence. If you have developed a reputation for kindness and consideration, then even the most unpleasant decisions will go down easier because everyone will understand why you are doing what you are doing. They will realize that your decision must be necessary, and is not arbitrary or without empathy. As the old saying puts it, 'To the world, you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.'”

Ifs World Kind May Mean Persons Realizing Decision Kindness Easier Empathy Weakness Reputation Consideration Be Kind Arbitrary Old Saying

Author:Colin Powell

“There's the old saying that doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is the definition of insanity. There are few better places to apply that adage than the drug war. It's time to end it. It's time to restore peace and harmony to Latin America and the United States. It's time to end the failed war on drugs. It's time to legalize drugs.”

“The old saying is: 'Time off is a wrestler's worst enemy.'”

Enemy Worst Worst Enemy Time Off Wrestler Old Saying

Author:Ric Flair

“Dogs - putting the lie to the age-old saying, I could never love anyone who ate a diaper.”

Age Lying Dog Diapers Old Saying

Author:Dana Gould

“There's an old saying, "We can mess it up and God cleans it up." I haven't noticed a deity of any sort cleaning up our messes. We're going to have to do it ourselves, particularly since we have created most of these problems just by the genius and creativity that we've expressed and experienced here in this modern period. We've done it, and we've got to straighten it out.”

Done Problem Creativity Modern Havens Genius Periods Mess Cleaning Deities Old Saying Cleaning Up

Author:Edgar Mitchell

“That old saying about opportunity only knocking once is as archaic as the flat-earth theory and as patently untrue. Opportunity knocks all the time - and it rings your doorbell, calls you up, and sends you e-mails.”

Earth Opportunity Theory Rings Flats Mail Knocking Untrue Old Saying Opportunity Knocks Opportunity Knocking

Author:Victoria Moran

“There hasn't been a lot written about it in the Western media. But in the Arab world, and Western Asia as a whole, Baghdad was always known as a famously bookish, intellectual city. There's an old saying that Cairo writes, Beirut publishes, and Baghdad reads.”

World Writing Whole Cities Known Written Media Intellectual Western Asia Publish Baghdad Old Saying Arab World Beirut Cairo Western Media

Author:Annia Ciezadlo

“You can't please everybody. There's that old saying that there's no sure formula for success, but the only sure fire formula for failure is to try to please everyone. You're not going to do that.”

Trying Fire Please Formulas Old Saying Formula For Success

Author:Matt Bomer

“In general, the only way to overcome failure is to not let it destroy you. It's that old saying, "Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger." You just have to keep going.”

Way Overcoming Stronger Keep Going Old Saying Overcoming Failure Makes You Stronger Saying Whatever

Author:Christopher Gorham

“I love London. I know it's an old saying but there's always something to do, so much so that when you live here you end up not actually doing much!”

Knows Ends London Old Saying

Author:Clive Rowe

“We were taught to be free-thinking, independent, to look at your goals. And that old saying, you could never go home was never true in my community. We always felt like we could go home.”

Thinking Looks Home Felt Goal Community Taught Independent Free Thinking Old Saying

Author:Kellyanne Conway

“You know the old saying kill him with kindness that's the way you shut me up. With a compliment, I have nothing to prove.”

Knows Way Kindness Prove Compliment Old Saying

Author:Cormega

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