Quotes tagged ‘ancient’

(5 total)

“I am an ancient soul in a modern body with a futuristic state of mind.”

“Well well well. What have we here? Sandy Claws, huh? Ooo I'm really scared! So you're the one everybody's talking about? [laughs...singing] You're joking, you're joking/I can't believe my eyes/You're joking me, you've gotta be/ This can't be the right guy! He's ancient, he's ugly/ I don't know which…”

— Caroline Thompson, Tim Burton, Oogie Boogie (voice), Ken Page, imdb.com

“Well, I haven’t had this much excitement in 200 years!”

— Carl Binder, Grandmother Willow (voice), Linda Hunt, imdb.com

“I don’t go in for ancient wisdom. I don’t believe just cos ideas are tenacious it means they’re worthy.”

— Tim Minchin, brandongaille.com

“But gardens, Eden or Kew, are not the right metaphors here, for the primeval has nothing to do with the human, but has to do with the ancient, the aboriginal, the beginning of all things.”

— Oliver Sacks, amazon.com