Quotes about years
years venice might
The pope being informed of the great increase of Protestantism, in the year 1542 sent inquisitors to Venice to make an inquiry into the matter, and apprehend such as they might deem obnoxious persons. John Foxe
years people elements
I've studied a lot of great people over the years - Pete Seeger, James Brown - and tried to incorporate elements that I've admired, though I can't say I dance like James. John Fogerty
years months monsters
Wealth is a monster. It takes a month to learn to control it financially. And many years to learn to control it psychologically. John Fowles
years doubt sides
She knew more about these situations than she realized, he thought. She'd spent years at Duncan's side. "When in doubt," he added, "be pompous. John Flanagan
years stronger tasks
Partnership is not a posture but a process-a continuous process that grows stronger each year as we devote ourselves to common tasks. John F. Kennedy
years ideas intellectual
There has also been a change--a slippage--in our intellectual and moral strength. Seven lean years of drouth and famine have withered a field of ideas.
years revolution citizens
A medical revolution has extended the life of our elder citizens without providing the dignity and security those later years deserve.
years office united-states
I'm 43 years old and I'm the healthiest candidate for the Presidency of the United States. You've travelled with me enough to know that I'm not going to die in office.
years president citizens
One hundred years of delay have passed since President Lincoln freed the slaves, yet their heirs, their grandsons, are not fully free. They are not yet freed from the bonds of injustice. They are not yet freed from social and economic oppression. And this nation, for all its hopes and all its boasts, will not be fully free until all its citizens are free.
years law land
One hundred and fifty years ago the vacant lands of the West were opened to private use. One hundred years ago the Congress passed the Homestead Act, probably the single greatest stimulus to national development ever enacted. Under the impetus of that Act and other laws, more than 1.1 billion acres of the original public main have been transferred to private and non-federal public ownership. The 768 million acres remaining in federal ownership are a valuable national asset.
years today years-ago
Separate and unequal didn't work 100 years ago. It will not work today. Jonathan Kozol
years long competition
There is a period of tapering when we're not in the gym quite as long to try to save our bodies, but leading up to the competition we try to keep things similar to the rest of the year. Jonathan Horton
years london and-love
I left London in 1992, but I'm there 3-4 times a year, and love visiting. Jonathan Ive
years design three
That's just tragic, that you can spend four years of your life studying the design of three dimensional objects and not make one.
years world ifs
Seriously, the world is changing so quickly that if you had any more than 80 years of change I dont see how you could stand it psychologically. Jonathan Franzen
years two diaries
Over the last two years, I have been able to comb through The Prince's archives. I have been free to read his journals, diaries and many thousands of the letters. Jonathan Dimbleby
years house amusement
Far more disturbing than any spook house at an amusement park is a ride through the old hometown if you've been away for years. Jonathan Carroll
years two forgiving
Part of life is a quest to find that one essential person who will understand our story. But we choose wrongly so often. Over the ensuing years that person we thought understood us best ends up regarding us with pity, indifference, or active dislike. Those who truly care can be divided into two categories: those who understand us, and those who forgive our worst sins. Rarely do we find someone capable of both.
years done months
Resolved, to ask myself at the end of every day, week, month and year, wherein I could possibly in any respect have done better. Jonathan Edwards
years talking anticipation
Finally, after more than a year of unprecedented anticipation, the talking stops and the cricket begins. Jonathan Agnew
years choices world
It was in 2003 that I realised there was no choice but to have dialysis treatment - by the time of the World Cup that year, I could barely walk. A year later, I finally had a kidney transplant. Jonah Lomu
years kindergarten turns
I can talk to anybody but when it comes to somebody that I like, then I turn into like this five-year-old kindergartener in a sandbox. Jonathan Bennett
years earth disappear
If all the insects were to disappear from the earth, within 50 years all life on earth would end. If all human beings disappeared from the earth, within 50 years all forms of life would flourish. Jonas Salk
years want littles
I have a perfectionist mentality; I want things to be right. But I've had a little duel over the years with that mentality. Because it can inhibit you. Jon Voight
years discipline labs
I always wanted to be a scientist, I always thought I'd be a scientist, that was the narrative I was carrying around. I worked in a neuroscience lab as an undergraduate and then after, almost five years in total, but I realized I just wasn't good at science. I didn't have the discipline for it. Jonah Lehrer
years doe looks
Republican politics have been off-kilter for several years now because a large segment of the conservative base does not look back fondly on the Bush presidency. Jonah Goldberg
years iraq politics
The truth is France has been the chief Western advocate of normalizing relations with Iraq - one of its largest trading partners - for years, partly because France holds billions in IOUs from Iraq that wouldn't be redeemable by a new regime.
years missing finals
Despite his infirmities, Strom Thurmond showed up to work every day and did not miss a Senate vote in his final year, though no one is sure if a shouted 'Bingo!' counted as a yea or a nay. Jon Stewart
years people records
Senator John McCain, who spent over five years in a Vietnamese POW camp, publicly releases 1,000 pages of medical records. Now people are left with only open nagging questions: what kind of freak has 1,000 pages of medical records?
years feelings comedian
That's what it's like to be a comedian. You basically stand and stare at the world and hope it craps out cause that's a good year for you. So that's not a pleasant feeling.
years suffering persecution
We've come from the same history - 2000 years of persecution - we've just expressed our sufferings differently. Blacks developed the blues. Jews complained, we just never thought of putting it to music.
years earth-day able
Ahh, Earth Day, the only day of the year where being able to hacky-sack will get you laid.
years voice glasses
In all my years as an actor, I had never been me - I had always hidden behind my glasses, mustaches and funny voices. Jon Pertwee