Famous quotes containing the word oldest:
“The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them.”
—Samuel Butler (1835–1902)
“We make the oldest stories new when we succeed, and we are trapped by the old stories when we fail.”
—Greil Marcus (b. 1945)
“The age of a woman doesn’t mean a thing. The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles.”
—Sigmund Z. Engel (b. 1869)