The phrase "old thoughts" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to thoughts or ideas that have been around for a long time or have been repeatedly thought about. Example: "Despite my efforts to move on, I am still plagued by old thoughts of self-doubt and insecurity."
The same old thoughts were still running through my mind.
Nonetheless, the old thoughts have been mixed in with new to provide a book remarkable for its scope and ambition.In this section Who's sorry now?
Back at the piano, Stuie decided ti drop these old thoughts of the past, the old injustices & let go of his father & take on a new life.
We get stuck with (and in) the same old phrases when we want to say and feel something new, or (uglier and scarier) we devise a new vocabulary to disguise the same old thoughts.
"I would not be surprised with the comfort level of people looking at a family and not being afraid of them, and not holding them to some strange old thoughts of a nation," he said.
He has a wonderful section on creativity and working memory, which ends with the lovely epigram: "From the perspective of the brain, new ideas are merely several old thoughts that occur at the exact same time".
Throw the switch, turn the handle, get the old thought process up and running.
This process culminated during the Cultural Revolution (1966-76) withethe campaign to "Destroy the Four Olds": old thought, culture, customs and habits.
On Wednesday, the Lib Dems retreated to a woodland adventure centre, prompting a return to that old thought experiment: if Nick Clegg says something political in a forest, does he make a sound?
The old thought experiment asks: If you could travel back in time to prevent someone's birth who would be capable of great evil, would you do it?
Keep noticing how insistent and persistent those old thought patterns want to be heard.
