Quotes about years
years long ambitious
A single assembly is apt to grow ambitious, and after a time will not hesitate to vote itself perpetual. This was one fault of the Long Parliament; but more remarkably of Holland, whose assembly first voted themselves from annual to septennial, then for life, and after a course of years, that all vacancies happening by death or otherwise, should be filled by themselves, without any application to constituents at all. John Adams
years government political
While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill - little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago.
years analogies world
Many theories of the ancient world seem terribly childish today, a hodge-podge of fables and false comparisons.But our theories will seem childish five-hundred years from now.Every theory is based on some analogy, and sooner or later the theory fails because the analogy turns out to be false. A theory in its day helps to solve the problems of the day. Jacob Bronowski
years focus innovation
What Sam Walton did was to go into one of the most mature industries of all and find a way to make it grow, grow, grow, double-digit, month after month, year after year. He did it by innovation, customer focus, and above all, speed. Jack Welch
years literature helping
What fascinated me mostly about Mickey Cohen was that he, in his later years, hired someone to help him to comprehend literature, to help him to read better, to understand words better. Harvey Keitel
years staring thousand-years
He had a thousand-year-old stare. Louise Erdrich
years wife research
My Cleveland years were both scientifically and personally most rewarding. My wife Judy was able to rejoin me in our research and my research group grew rapidly. George Andrew Olah
years greed vices
Avarice is the vice of declining years. George Bancroft
years worry three
I don't worry whether the period is contemporary or three hundred years ago. Human beings are all alike. Genevieve Bujold
years space world
In the space of seven years I have succeeded in accomplishing a great work and uniting the whole world in one Empire. Genghis Khan
years crafts care
When the major studios flourished many years ago, an actor was groomed, developed, and worked frequently at his craft. The studios really took care of their actors. James MacArthur
years twenties twenty-somethings
For years I have played the twenty-something lover.
years hawaii six
Six years ago, I completed the premier episode of Hawaii Five-O, and Jack Lord and I immediately realized that we had a good series, that this was a success such as we'd never hoped for!
years mets
It wasn't that I ever knew I'd be at the Met for 20 years, or 30 years, or 40 years, or anything like that James Levine
years evolution mechanic
If you start any large theory, such as quantum mechanics, plate tectonics, evolution, it takes about 40 years for mainstream science to come around. Gaia has been going for only 30 years or so. James Lovelock
years climate lifetime
Geological change usually takes thousands of years to happen but we are seeing the climate changing not just in our lifetimes but also year by year.
years next-year cry
Next year he did not come for her. She waited in a new frock because the old one simply would not meet, but he never came. "Perhaps he is ill," Michael said. "You know he is never ill." Michael came close to her and whispered, with a shiver, "Perhaps there is no such person, Wendy!" and then Wendy would have cried if Michael had not been crying. James M. Barrie
years cinema san-diego
Over the years, there has been an intermingling of film and aircraft. This relationship has generated all kinds of movies, including those filmed in San Diego. James L. Farmer, Jr.
years done born
For years and years I have done the work I was born for. James Larkin
years fortune producers
When you work for Bruckheimer, you don't get it any better. He's the ultimate producer. I've had the good fortune of working with some great producers over the years. Joe Pantoliano
years careers people
When you snatch little pieces of other people's lives and try to palm them off as your own, that's more disgusting than anything. Robin Williams is a huge thief. Denis Leary is a huge thief. His whole stand-up career is based on Bill Hicks, a brilliant guy who died years ago. Joe Rogan
years europe cities
I've always liked traveling around Europe and seeing the architecture. The buildings in capital cities have been there for hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of years. Some look better than the new ones. Joe Elliott
years mind-blowing stones
I saw the Stones three years ago at the Wiltern Theater in L.A. and that was mind blowing.
years voice addiction
I began my addiction when I was 12 years old. By the time 40, 45 years later, when it, you know, it threatened my life and maimed me in terms of my voice, I was so addicted that I was smoking four packs of cigarettes a day. Joe Eszterhas
years
I don't like to say where I'll be in 10 years. Joan Jett
years calendars wedding-day
I wear my wedding ring. We talk about when we're going to get married again, which we hope is going to take place some time in this incredibly hectic calendar year. Jim Lampley
years skills knowing
Knowing how to keep someone motivated and how to keep a connection are skills humans have learned and evolved over hundreds of thousands of years. A robot can't figure out whether you can do one more push-up, or how to motivate you to actually do it. Erik Brynjolfsson
years people way
There's something so relentless and foul about Hitler and his people, and the way things progressed from year to year. It just got to me in the strangest way. Erik Larson
years challenges lasts
I've been directing more and more the last few years, I find it an enjoyable challenge. Eric Stoltz
years accomplished accomplish
This is your year to accomplish what you've never accomplished before. Eric Thomas
years would-be accomplished
I have accomplished a lot, but it didn't happen overnight for me. I was 35 when I got the show, and had been working professionally for 15 years. It would be a lot weirder if I were in my early 20s and stumbled into it. Eric McCormack
years phrases actors
I always get a little uppity when I hear the phrase 'TV actor.' It's like saying you're a magazine reporter. I was in the theater for ten years before I ever had a TV audition.
years white people
If half-black Barack Obama had decided years ago to call himself white - which his genes certainly entitled him to do - his story would have carried very different meaning. If millions of part-black people had followed him into whiteness, then the N.A.A.C.P. would be in true crisis. Eric Liu