Sentence examples for old quotation from inspiring English sources

As the old quotation had it, "We murder to dissect," and any investigation destroys the very phenomenon it is investigating.

("The children now love luxury," an old quotation says. "They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise").

There's an old quotation, attributed to various people, that always comes to mind when I look at public policy: "You do not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed".

Maybe a banana lol — Justin Tuck (@JustinTuckNYG91) 6 May 12 Here's the old quotation from Barber: "His personality hasn't been so that he can step up, make a strong statement and have people believe that it's coming from his heart," Barber said on the show.

There is an old quotation, possibly apocryphal, attributed to Stephen King regarding the film Stanley Kubrick made of his novel "The Shining": "I have my days when I think I gave Kubrick a live grenade on which he heroically threw his body".

An argument over a 225-year-old quotation the government sought to place, along with chart, before the jury set the combative tone yesterday.

That calls to mind a 41-year-old quotation from the two-time British Open champion Lee Trevino, when he was asked about the rough at the 1971 event at Royal Birkdale.

"There are three types of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics," goes the old unidentified quotation.

One of my favorite definitions comes from an old Native American quotation, "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity".

The lyrics are packed with reflections on grime's early days – the look of old videos, quotations from Dizzee Rascal lyrics, reminiscences about appearances at raves – and assurances that, at root, nothing has changed: "Boy better know a man went to the Brits on a train," he says on title track.

(Participant 15, discussing siblings aged 9 and 11   years old) All quotations in this box are from GP participants.