There aren't any old times. When times are gone they're not old, they're dead! There aren't any times but new times!
Booth TarkingtonThey were upon their great theme: "When I get to be a man!" Being human, though boys, they considered their present estate too commonplace to be dwelt upon. So, when the old men gather, they say: "When I was a boy!" It really is the land of nowadays that we never discover.
Booth Tarkington