49 Quotes About Old-fashioned

I know it sounds foolishly old fashioned, but I'm stuck with this idea that there's something dignified and noble about facing your enemy and looking him in the eye before you thrust a saber in his heart.

A traditionalist’s values are gleaned from all that is good in the past.

She sipped her old-fashioned. Sweet and light, with notes of orange and the herb-spice flavor of bitters, all of it balanced with the subtle burn of brandy. It tasted like Wisconsin. It tasted like home.

Henceforth letter-writing had to take the place of all the affection that could not be lived.

Høibro kunde ikke forstå at denne tørre fremskridtskvinde med kort hår blandet sig i slike spørsmål som ægteskapet, hun stod i hans forestilling som en art hanmenneske i skjørter, et væsen av det tredje kjøn; stak man hul på hende vilde hun blø sand.

It is you who are old fashioned with your machine-guns and your gas and your talk of country.

I was too old-fashioned male-chauv to allow that; we discussed for a minute and I wound up with the couch

Good, old-fashioned ways keep hearts sweet, heads sane, hands busy.

Mine is a so-called vintage existence, anachronistic living, made all the more rewarding by keeping a raised eyebrow on the absurdities of modern life.