I have started to say "A quarter of a century" Or "thirty years back" About my own life. — Philip Larkin Copy Share Image
Paul Laverty is a wonderful writer and we've worked together for a quarter of a century. — Ken Loach Copy Share Image
Why, a quarter of a century after the Cold War, do we still have 28,000 troops in Korea? — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
For more than a quarter of a century on active duty, my house has been my tent, and my home the battlefield. — Zachary Taylor Copy Share Image
Sometimes you just stumble into something that works, and here I am a quarter of a century later. — Pat Sajak Copy Share Image
I was in the business for almost a quarter of a century, and I'm very proud of my career. — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share Image
Until very recently, the heavenly bodies have been investigated only with reference to their position and their laws of motion, and a… — George Phillips Bond Copy Share Image
King Fahd was a man of great vision and leadership who inspired his countrymen for a quarter of a century as king.… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
This is a day we have managed to avoid for a quarter of a century. We've talked about it before and speculated… — John Glenn Copy Share Image
I would not trade you a billion dollars for the kids I led to combat in Vietnam or in fact any of… — Oliver North Copy Share Image
“Here we are, a quarter of a century later,” declared Clark, “with the same Allies as before, fighting the same mad dogs… — Alex Kershaw Copy Share Image
Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of all growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
My history in show business spans over a quarter of a century, and I have seen many people in the industry struggle… — Margaret Cho Copy Share Image
More than a quarter of a century into the band's career together, it's inspiring to hear Melvins continue to deafen new generations… — Anthony Fantano Copy Share Image
Humans tend to start the process of change by acknowledging themselves. Thus blacks asserted black pride and 'black is beautiful;' women declared… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
I became so desperate that I considered throwing Eric [Beck] off the ledge. I thought I could get down and then lie… — Dave Cook Copy Share Image
For nearly a quarter of a century, I have been engaged in the investigation of the fundamentals of life, the material universe… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
“Once they were young men of esprit, young men of élan. A quarter of a century has passed and they are grey… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
People are always asking couples whose marriage has endured at least a quarter of a century for their secret for success. Actually,… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
For a quarter of a century, I've been playing baseball for pay. It has been pretty good pay, most of the time.… — Rabbit Maranville Copy Share Image
When the Voyager 2 spacecraft sped through the Saturnian system more than a quarter of a century ago, it came within 90,000… — Carolyn Porco Copy Share Image
The corporate right and the political right declared class warfare on working people a quarter of a century ago and they've won.… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
“He and Luna ran after Professor McGonagall, who had taken up a position in the middle of the corridor and raised her… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
For twelve successive Congresses we have appeared before committees of the two Houses making this plea, that the underlying principle of our… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
After a quarter of a century of personal experience and professional observation, I have come to understand that peace of mind is… — Joshua L. Liebman Copy Share Image
“To define his tendency in a word, I would say that Chekhov was the poet of hopelessness. Stubbornly, sadly, monotonously, during all… — Lev Shestov Copy Share Image
“Over a quarter of a century ago she and Vernon had made a household for almost a year, in a tiny rooftop… — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
“The known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability.… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
During the last quarter of a century all the authority associated with the function of spiritual guidance ... has seeped down into… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
The book I am best known for, or only known for, is a novel I am prepared to repudiate: written a quarter… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
“And do not try to be so brave. I am your lifemate.You cannot hide from me something as powerful as fear." "Trepidation,"… — Christine Feehan Copy Share Image
“I sat against one of the house’s clay walls. The kinship I felt suddenly for the old land... it surprised me. I’d… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“ORIGIN OF JAZZ It was 1906. People were coming and going as usual along Perdido Street in a poor neighborhood of New… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
“The general economic growth of the quarter of a century that followed World War II not surprisingly created many illusions. In the… — Samir Amin Copy Share Image
“Two other men appeared behind Simpson, each holding a semi-automatic pistol aimed at the Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service. A couple… — James Barrington Copy Share Image
“The young specialist in English Lit, having quoted me, went on to lecture me severely on the fact that in every century… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“I shall expect you and the Slytherins in the Great Hall in twenty minutes, also,” said Professor McGonagall. “If you wish to… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Some of my readers may have an interest in being informed whether or no any portions of the Marshalsea Prison are yet… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image