Quotes about years
years smoking congress
It's disgraceful that year after year, Congress has bowed to the tobacco lobby and refused to act. Edward Kennedy
years law government
I had the privilege of chairing Judge Samuel Alito confirmation hearing in 1990. And at that time, he had practiced law for 14 years, but only represented one client, the United States government.
years nostalgia young
When we are young... we often experience things in the present with a nostalgia-in-advance, but we seldom guess what we will truly prize years from now. Edmund White
years ideas views
Being up on something is a way of dismissing it. To espouse any point of view is a danger - it might leave us stuck with last year's cause. Prized for their novelty alone, ideas, gimmicks, trends become equivalent, interchangeable.
years ukulele
I started out playing ukulele when I was 5 or 6 years old. Edgar Winter
years outsiders wells
I came from another county. I spent 15 years in Wells, but I was treated like an outsider. It was like, "Oh, you're not local." Edgar Wright
years mind looks
To bring the tools of science and to recognize that the flaw in the Cartesian Duality and to bring the tools of science to look at this question of mind and consciousness and to explore it using the tools of science â€" instead of saying, as has been the tradition for 400 years, that consciousness is not a proper subject for science to look at. Edgar Mitchell
years people nine
I was a bartender at a Pizzeria Uno's for nine years. The people I worked with were amazing, but it was quite possibly the most miserable time of my life. Bobby Moynihan
years land louisiana
Louisiana loses 30 miles a year off our coast. We lost 100 miles last year off our coast thanks to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. We have lost a size of land equivalent to the entire state of Rhode Island. Bobby Jindal
years people moral-corruption
Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." -The 5000 Year Leap Benjamin Franklin
years government revolution
We need a revolution every 200 years, because all governments become stale and corrupt after 200 years.
years pounds
Patience in Market, is worth Pounds in a year.
years league way
Here you would know, and enjoy, what prosperity will way of Washington. For a thousand leagues have nearly the same effect with a thousand years.
years extravagance
He that spends a Groat a day idly, spends idly above 6 l. a year, which is the Price of using 100 l.
years heaven wish
Reader, I wish thee Health, Wealth, Happiness, And may kind Heaven thy Year's Industry bless.
years clothes pockets
When you incline to have new clothes, look first well over the old ones, and see if you cannot shift with them another year, either by scouring, mending, or even patching if necessary. Remember, a patch on your coat, and money in your pocket, is better and more creditable, than a writ on your back, and no money to take it off.
years yesterday giving
Give me yesterday's bread, this day's flesh, and last year's cider
years giving have-faith
Annual giving is the custom of making a gift-a-year to an institution in which one has faith...
years pennies pins
A penny saved is twopence dear; A pin a day 's a groat a year.
years six pounds
Remember, that six pounds a year is but a groat a day.
years rising delinquency
While rising delinquencies and foreclosures will continue to weigh heavily on the housing market this year, it will not cripple the U.S. Ben Bernanke
years great-year eras
I'm sure I can make a movie that doesn't feel like a seventies movie! But the truth is, that's my favorite era in American filmmaking. To me, those were the great years. Ben Affleck
years actors generations
Every ten years there is a new generation of actors. Barbet Schroeder
years ideas humanity
The ills and disorders of the 14th century could not be without consequence. Times were to grow worse over the next fifty-odd years until at some imperceptible moment, by the some mysterious chemistry, energies were refreshed, ideas broke out of the mold of the Middle Ages into new realms, and humanity found itself redirected. Barbara Tuchman
years appreciate done
It takes me about 10 years to appreciate what it is I've done. Barbra Streisand
years wings progress
We cannot let the right wing roll back more than thirty years of social progress.
years alive tahiti
Tahiti has been spoiled for many years, but Bali is one of the few cultures with origins in one of the great ancient cultures which is still alive. Arthur Erickson
years tunes bassoon
There once was a brainy baboon, Who always breathed down a bassoon, For he said, It appears That in billions of years I shall certainly hit on a tune. Arthur Eddington
years cells rooms
Well, well, my dear fellow, be it so. We have shared this same room for some years, and it would be amusing if we ended by sharing the same cell. (...) Arthur Conan Doyle
years giants onions
The universe is simmering down, like a giant stew left to cook for four billion years. Sooner or later we won’t be able to tell the carrots from the onions. Arthur Bloch
years space laughing
The space elevator will be built about 50 years after everyone stops laughing. Arthur C. Clarke
years anticipation has-beens
Perhaps no other year before or since 1984 has been awaited with such eager anticipation.
years people lapses
No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over him are unfair, from year to year he lapses into an embittered state characterized by an extreme lack of faith. Anton Chekhov