Quotes about years
years fire water
How much courage does it take to fire up your tractor and plow under a crop you spent six or seven years growing? How much courage to go on and do that after you've spent all that time finding out how to prepare the soil and when to plant and how much to water and when to reap? How much to just say, "I have to quit these peas. Peas are no good for me, I better try corn or beans. Stephen King
years wish world
I did spend years as an addict, so I know that world, although I wish I didn't.
years wrinkles perfection
People don't want to see wrinkles, because if they see wrinkles in actors then they have to face that they have wrinkles, too. They'd rather see perfection up there. And so then you get rocket scientists who are 22 years old. Stephanie Zimbalist
years buying steps
100 years ago, buying something you could make was considered wasteful; now making something you could buy is considered wasteful. I am not convinced this is a step in the right direction. Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
years two finals
It was a tough year for me, '89, losing two Slam finals and losing another five finals. It wasn't until I won the Masters, or what's now called the ATP Finals, that things changed again. Suddenly I won seven tournaments in 1990 and became No. 1. Stefan Edberg
years nine pounds
Yes, I know and then in the same time period within those nine years I lost 150 pounds. Star Jones
years prison folks
I've worked in the prison system for five years, and most of those folks in prison didn't have a direction. Stedman Graham
years people fans
The smaller films just take a longer period of time to build their fan base because people don't see them as soon as they come out in the theater. They see them, after a period of years. Stanley Tucci
years lasts billions
We have won the time lottery of the last 4 billion years. Stefan Molyneux
years nebraska roaming
My first years were spent living just as my forefathers had lived - roaming the green, rolling hills of what are now the states of South Dakota and Nebraska. Standing Bear
years two heroin
I had a 10-year heroin habit and kicked that. Then I became an alcoholic. I drank two fifth's a day. Stan Getz
years two eight
I practiced saxophone eight hours a day for the first two years I played.
years magic england
No one has been buried at Mill Road Cemetery in Cambridge, England, for many years, and so the place has a shady, overgrown magic about it. Sophie Hannah
years youth aging
In youth we feel richer for every new illusion; in maturer years, for every one we lose. Sophie Swetchine
years childhood association
It is not the fault of the slaveholder that he is cruel, so much as it is the fault of the system under which he lives. He cannot withstand the influence of habit and associations that surround him. Taught from earliest childhood, by all that he sees and hears that the rod is for the slave's back, he will not be apt to change his opinions in maturer years. Solomon Northup
years growing poor
An economy growing at 7 percent per year, can and must find the resources to improve the lives of its millions of poor. Sonia Gandhi
years hours seems
If you ever find that you only have an hour to live .... spend it with a liberal and it will seem like a year. Rush Limbaugh
years proud best-year
I'm proud to report that in 2004 alone, we approved 3,600 new units of housing - our best year ever! Thomas Menino
years luxury income
Thirty or forty proprietors, with incomes answering to between one thousand and five thousand a year, would create a much more effectual demand for the necessaries, conveniences, and luxuries of life, than a single proprietor possessing a hundred thousand a year. Thomas Malthus
years world earth
The germs of existence contained in this spot of earth, with ample food, and ample room to expand in, would fill millions of worlds in the course of a few thousand years.
years environmental population
Population, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every 25 years or increases in a geometrical ratio.
years discovery found
When you reread your journal you find out that your newest discovery is something you already found out five years ago. Thomas Merton
years three would-be
He who could foresee affairs three days in advance would be rich for thousands of years. Thomas Carlyle
years treasure found
Through the years I've found that I prefer live playing to recording. I still do lots of recording - but I treasure the live shows. Tony Levin
years car people
Someone I talked to who covered auto racing for a lot of years said she believed there was a 60 percent chance that Junior qualified with a car not quite up to code and people looked the other way because there’s no points involved [with the pole]. Tony Kornheiser
years important half
The coming week in The Hague may prove to be one of the most important in the three-and-a-half-billion year history of life on earth. Tony Juniper
years stuff-happens rewards
If you're focused on the friendship as its own reward, serendipitous stuff just happens. I know that sounds weird, but I can tell you for our 12 years of existence, it's actually how a lot of stuff happens. Tony Hsieh
years numbers advice
My advice is to stop trying to "network" in the traditional business sense, and instead just try to build up the number and depth of your friendships, where the friendship itself is its own reward. The more diverse your set of friendships are, the more likely you'll derive both personal and business benefits from your friendship later down the road. You won't know exactly what those benefits will be, but if your friendships are genuine, those benefits will magically appear 2-3 years later down the road.
years odd made
I've been in the movies for 50 years, I've made 130 some-odd movies. Tony Curtis
years years-ago ten
How do you tell somebody how to find what they're looking for when ten years ago you came from the same place, and have yet to find it yourself? Tony Earley
years four bucks
I was totally devastated for four years in the mid '60s when l tried to buck the tide. Tommy Rettig
years done littles
I started my own little carpet and upholstery cleaning business. I've done it for 20 years. I live well Tommy Kirk
years style proud
If I see someone wearing Hilfiger it makes me proud, but then I wonder what I could do to make the style more relevant for them next year? Tommy Hilfiger