Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture is supposed to have read, and that not to have read is a social sin? If such a being does exist, surely he is an old, a very old man. Arnold Bennett
Archie Rice: Don't clap too hard – it's a very old building. John Osborne
Next to the young, I suppose the very old are the most selfish. William Makepeace Thackeray
Ah well, perhaps one has to be very old before one learns how to be amused rather than shocked. Pearl S. Buck
Medicine is a very old joke, but it still goes on. André Maurois
The waitress had the appearance of a very old hooker who had finally found her place in life. Hunter S. Thompson