Same Old Thing Quotes

I speak for an art … weary of its puny exploits, weary of pretending to be able, of being able, of doing a little better the same old thing, of going a little further along a dreary road.

I don’t know if my hairstyles reflect that, but I am someone who enjoys change.

The price of doing the same old thing is far higher than the price of change.

It’s the same old thing getting lost Day ‘N’ Nite young and lost in the pain.

I think America understands that energy security is a very important part of our national security. But if we are going to address energy security in a meaningful way going forward, we need to do it in a new manner. We cannot just be doing the same old thing.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

I never, ever wanted to be the Rolling Stones. Bless their hearts, but I dont necessarily want to go on doing the same old thing for the next 10, 20 years… I could see how easy it is to get into that rut, the whole touring mindset.

I don’t like the same old thing all the time.

It’s remarkable how we go on year after year, doing the same old things. We get tired and bored, and ask when they’ll come for us

I think life has got to develop as you get older, and I don’t want to be wandering along doing the same old thing. I want more out of life.

In the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I’ll be worth a sentence or two…. That’s why my place in the all-time rankings means so very little to me, because I know I won’t be anybody’s number one, and it’s that same old thing: if you’re not number one, then what does it really matter?

Alone with our madness and favorite flower
We see that there really is nothing left to write about.
Or rather, it is necessary to write about the same old things
In the same way, repeating the same things over and over
For love to continue and be gradually different.

nothing’s news. it’s the same old thing in disguise. only one thing comes without a disguise and you only see it once, or maybe never. like getting hit by a freight train. makes us realize that all our moaning about long lost girls in gingham dresses is not so important after all.

The same old thing–even if it’s champagne–is still the same old thing.

Everybody is doing the same old thing.

I think the people are just looking for freedom in music…There’s a lot of she-bop she-bop going on out there. Maybe they’re tired of that same old thing.

One of our fundamental spiritual problems is this: we want God to do something new while we keep doing the same old thing.