--- title: "10 Dozen Years Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 10 Dozen Years quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Dozen Years sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/991/victor-blanchard-scheffer-7836_dozen_although-nature-needs-thousands-or-milli_1259539.jpg" --- > [Although Nature needs thousands or millions of years to create a new species, man needs only a few dozen years to destroy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-blanchard-scheffer/although-nature-needs-thousands-or-millions-of-years-to-create-a-new/) [Victor Blanchard Scheffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-blanchard-scheffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/991/victor-blanchard-scheffer-7836_dozen_although-nature-needs-thousands-or-milli_1259539.jpg) > [It's better to live one day as a lion than a dozen years as a sheep.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-m-schulz/it-s-better-to-live-one-day-as-a-lion-than-a-dozen-years-as-a-sheep/) [Charles M. Schulz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-m-schulz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b26/charles-m-schulz-951_dozen_it-s-better-to-live-one-day-as-a-lion-th_2181193.png) > [“The judge says a dozen years and they are out in six. The rest of us get life with no parole.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-sennen/the-judge-says-a-dozen-years-and-they-are-out-in-six-the-rest-of-us/) [Mark Sennen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-sennen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3e/mark-sennen-33102_life_the-judge-says-a-dozen-years-and-they-ar_3219686.jpg) > [“and Westminster. Even the Cock-lane ghost had been laid only a round dozen of years, after rapping out its messages, as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/and-westminster-even-the-cock-lane-ghost-had-been-laid-only-a-round/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/045/charles-dickens-34_quote_and-westminster-even-the-cock-lane-ghost_2122819.jpg) > [“Westminster. Even the Cock-lane ghost had been laid only a round dozen of years, after rapping out its messages, as the spirits…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/westminster-even-the-cock-lane-ghost-had-been-laid-only-a-round-dozen/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b5/charles-dickens-34_quote_westminster-even-the-cock-lane-ghost-had_1512773.jpg) > [“London and Westminster. Even the Cock-lane ghost had been laid only a round dozen of years, after rapping out its messages, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/london-and-westminster-even-the-cock-lane-ghost-had-been-laid-only-a/) [Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc4/charles-dickens-34_quote_london-and-westminster-even-the-cock-lan_1545748.jpg) > [I became a conservative for the first dozen years of my professional life in Berkeley, Calif., and it was a reaction against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brock/i-became-a-conservative-for-the-first-dozen-years-of-my-professional/) [David Brock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brock/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/683/david-brock-7746_conservative_i-became-a-conservative-for-the-first-do_2794460.png) > [The thing I have in common with Donald Trump is, about a dozen years ago, we got a 'Man of the Year'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-keane/the-thing-i-have-in-common-with-donald-trump-is-about-a-dozen-years/) [Jack Keane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-keane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/168/jack-keane-8492_award_the-thing-i-have-in-common-with-donald-t_522338.jpg) > [I had a dozen years to act before starting a family then found that motherhood dwarfed everything else. Once or twice a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sissy-spacek/i-had-a-dozen-years-to-act-before-starting-a-family-then-found-that/) [Sissy Spacek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sissy-spacek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee2/sissy-spacek-3393_appeals_i-had-a-dozen-years-to-act-before-starti_1918073.png) > [What vexes me most is, that my female friends, who could bear me very well a dozen years ago, have now forsaken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-swift/what-vexes-me-most-is-that-my-female-friends-who-could-bear-me-very/) [Jonathan Swift](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-swift/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a8/jonathan-swift-433_age_what-vexes-me-most-is-that-my-female-fri_752542.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dozen-years/#itemlist", "name": "Dozen Years Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Although Nature needs thousands or millions of years to create a new species, man needs only a few dozen years to destroy one.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Victor Blanchard Scheffer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-blanchard-scheffer/although-nature-needs-thousands-or-millions-of-years-to-create-a-new/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/991/victor-blanchard-scheffer-7836_dozen_although-nature-needs-thousands-or-milli_1259539.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/991/victor-blanchard-scheffer-7836_dozen_although-nature-needs-thousands-or-milli_1259539.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/991/victor-blanchard-scheffer-7836_dozen_although-nature-needs-thousands-or-milli_1259539.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Although Nature needs thousands or millions of years to create a new species, man needs only a few dozen…” — Victor Blanchard Scheffer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's better to live one day as a lion than a dozen years as a sheep.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charles M. 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