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I have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.' That's T.S. Eliot, in case you were wondering. An oldie but a goodie. When it came to existential exhaustion, the man was one smart cookie.
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Justin Cronin (The City of Mirrors (The Passage, #3))
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But if you believe that your best years are behind you, you've guaranteed they are; I'm going to dance into that good night, with the oldies turned up loud.
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Gina Barreca ("If You Lean In, Will Men Just Look Down Your Blouse?": Questions and Thoughts for Loud, Smart Women in Turbulent Times)
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All women learn from the follies of their youth, just as each young woman could learn a different lesson from the same problem it is up to all the LumberJanes to seek guidance in their counselors, their peers, and their elders.
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Shannon Watters (Lumberjanes: Oldie But Goodie (Lumberjanes, #12))
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Never underestimate a septuagenarian with time on his hands.
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Bernadette Pruitt (Oldies but Goodies)
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Seven Layer Cookie Bars This is a recipe that my best friend Rose’s Mom used to make as a treat. It’s an oldie but goodie. Ingredients 1/2 cup unsalted butter 2 cups Graham crackers 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk 6 ounces butterscotch chips 6 ounces chocolate chips 3 1/2 ounces flaked coconut 1 cup chopped pecans
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Lori Burke (30 Delicious Brownie & Bar Recipes)
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You can get just so much from the good things. You can linger too long in your dreams.
Say goodbye to the oldies but goodies.
Cuz the good ol' days weren't always good.
Tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems!
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Billy Joel
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What do I say to them? “Sorry you had to watch me make out with your enemy’s daughter and that it was broadcast to like fifty people who are also our competitors”?
I go with an oldie but goodie. “Hey,” I say.
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Taleen Voskuni (Lavash at First Sight)
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And now," Myriah went on, as if she and Gabbie were putting on a show. "We will perform that oldy but goody, Blue Suede Shoes by Mr. Elvis Presley."
Claudia was even more impressed. Apparently, Myriah and Gabbie knew an entire rock and roll song and she didn't. Furthermore, for years, Claudia had thought that the singer's name was Elbow Presley.
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Ann M. Martin (Mary Anne and the Search for Tigger (The Baby-Sitters Club, #25))