Quotes about years
years games self
Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game because they almost always turn out to be—or to be indistinguishable from—self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time. Neal Stephenson
years understanding growth
Honor the tradition but expand the understanding. That's what religions must do right now if they hope to be helpful to humans in the years ahead. Neale Donald Walsch
years trying liberty
After 100 years of trying, finally we passed health care for all Americans as a right for all - not just a privilege for a few. It honored the vows of our Founders: Of life, a healthier life; liberty; the freedom to pursue our own happinesses. ... We knew that ... this bill was ironclad constitutionally. Nancy Pelosi
years two people
Older people are not going to evaporate from the face of the Earth for two years. They're going to have medical need and they're going to have to be attended to. And the earlier intervention for it, the less the cost will be and the better the quality of life.
years done stories
A lot of sponsors over the years have left us. They've all come back. But they chose to leave us for a while because of stories we have done about them or their products or their friend's products or whatever. Morley Safer
years alive hundred
One hundred and ten years from now no one who is here now will be alive. Morrie Schwartz
years different-experiences long
You do a movie. However long it lasts, it begins and it ends in a relatively short period of time. In a given period of time, let's say a year, you can have three, four, or five different experiences which is exciting. Morgan Freeman
years saws firsts
All my life, all my life that I can, as far back as I can remember, I saw my first movie when I was six years old. And since then I wanted to do that. I wanted to be a part of that.
years play like-you
It takes you years to learn how to play like yourself. Miles Davis
years fans fey
I'm a huge, huge, huge fan of Steve Carrell and Tina Fey for years. Mila Kunis
years long noise
Beauty has long since disappeared. It has slipped beneath the surface of the noise, the noise of words, sunk deep as Atlantis. The only thing left of it is the word, whose meaning loses clarity from year to year. Milan Kundera
years knowing decision
Sometimes you make up your mind about something without knowing why, and your decision persists by the power of inertia. Every year it gets harder to change.
years want matter
what's the matter?" he asked "nothing" "what do you want me to do for you?" "i want you to be old. ten years older. twenty years older" what she meant was: i want you to be weak. as weak as i am.
years needed stills
I had years of experience that I still needed to accumulate and go through. Margaret Whiting
years long males
Female physicists, astronomers and mathematicians are up against more than 2,000 years of convention that has long portrayed these fields as inherently male. Margaret Wertheim
years careers difficult-times
I pass through the difficult moments in life, really difficult times on grass, during my seven years of my career. All of a sudden I felt comfortable. Marat Safin
years play three
That was...that was choking. You're right. But of course when you play against (Roger) Federer, he's No. 1 in the world, he won three grand slams last year, and he's just full of confidence. It's difficult to do anything regular to beat him. You have to do something extra to be able to have the chance to beat him. Set points, I had six of them and I couldn't take one. But I was close.
years tennis victory
From now until the end of the year I would like to eke out one victory, that's my short term aim. I am sure I can be competitive in 2004. Tennis is like riding a bike, you never forget how to do it.
years office dots
Not once in six years did I make it to the office by 9 on the dot. Joseph Barbera
years spirit kind
Kind words not only lift our spirits in the moment they are given, but they can linger with us over the years. Joseph B. Wirthlin
years age merit
Must one rash word, the infirmity of age, throw down the merit of my better years? Joseph Addison
years world letters
At the end of the 1950s, I started working at a publishing company, Estudios Cor, as production manager, so returning, but not as an author, to the world of letters I had left some years before. Jose Saramago
years lasts affection
In the last 20, 22 years I have sung here very often and I have always felt the affection and warmth of the Italians, and I feel very close to you. Jose Carreras
years australia government
2009 was a tough year, but Australia rose to the challenge of the global financial crisis. It shows what can be done when we all join together and work together, governments of all persuasions state, territory and local; businesses large and small; unions and local communities right across the nation. Kevin Rudd
years election congress
Congress can't take the year off, election or no election. Kay Bailey Hutchison
years giving politics
For 60 years you gave chance to Shasaks, now I request you to give a Sevak 60 months. I say give me 60 months and we will give you a life of peace and happiness. Narendra Modi
years rocks hip-hop
For us, selling a million records in 2005 is the equivalent of selling 2 to 3 million records (five years ago). Rock records aren't flying off the shelves like they used to. Hip-hop and pop are so huge. (But) everything's on the upswing for us. Jacoby Shaddix
years academic-freedom tasks
Many faculty retreated into academic specializations and an arcane language that made them irrelevant to the task of defending the university as a public good, except for in some cases a very small audience. This has become more and more clear in the last few years as academics have become so insular, often unwilling or unable to defend the university as a public good, in spite of the widespread attacks on academic freedom, the role of the university as a democratic public sphere, and the increasing reduction of knowledge to a saleable commodity, and students to customers. Henry Giroux
years usa world
Well, we've made huge strides since the 1990 World Cup, USA '94, and obviously since '98. Unfortunately, those strides only register with the public once every four years. Lamar Hunt
years radio register
I sing in a higher register, and you haven't heard that on the radio in years. Gary Cherone
years two trying
If you have spent two years in bed trying to wiggle your big toe, everything else seems easy. Franklin D. Roosevelt
years ivy league
In the history of enterprise, most of the protagonists of major new products and companies began their education - not in the classroom, where the old ways are taught, but in the factories and labs where new ways are wrought ... nothing has been so rare in recent years as an Ivy League graduate who has made a significant innovation in American enterprise. George Gilder
years law next
On January 10, 1963, I was sworn in as a lawyer, so next January 10 I will have practiced law for 40 years, and I've loved every minute of it. Johnnie Cochran