My father, when he went, made my childhood a gift of a half a century. — Antonio Porchia Copy Share Image
We are about half a century away from being ecologically and economically bankrupt because of global warming — Andrew Simms Copy Share Image
Cuba has not accepted the domain and imposition of an empire that has wanted to dominate us for over half a century… — Alejandro Castro Espin Copy Share Image
If half a century of living has taught me anything at all, it has taught me that nothing can bring you peace… — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
For over half a century the automobile has brought death, injury, and the most inestimable sorrow and deprivation to millions of people. — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
After an interval of two and a half centuries, the tradition of mystic illumination renewed itself in Italy and Germany. — James Mark Baldwin Copy Share Image
The wisdom of our actions in the first three years of peace will determine the course of world history for half a… — Henry A. Wallace Copy Share Image
Madame Aubain's servant Felicite was the envy of the ladies of Pont-l'Eveque for half a century. — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
Over half a century on and they're still complaining about it. Compare it to the fact that Garden State didn't win an… — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
Social Democracy preached against capitalism for half a century. After the November revolution the Reds had the opportunity to direct capitalism into… — Julius Streicher Copy Share Image
I have had more than half a century of such happiness. A great deal of worry and sorrow, too, but never a… — Mary McLeod Bethune Copy Share Image
The account of the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls, as the manuscripts are inaccurately designated, and of the half a century… — Geza Vermes Copy Share Image
I have waited for this opportunity for more than half a century, to repeat to you once again my vow of eternal… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
For more than half a century... this Union has stood unshaken. Whatever dangers may threaten it, I shall stand by it and… — Zachary Taylor Copy Share Image
More than half a century has passed, and yet each spring, when I wander into the primrose wood, I see the pale… — Gertrude Jekyll Copy Share Image
With little knowledge of what it meant to be a Jew, I found myself passionately defending the Jewish people. Now, half a… — Michael Douglas Copy Share Image
No matter how one approaches the figures, one is forced to the rather startling conclusion that the use of firearms in crime… — Colin Greenwood Copy Share Image
In the Shadow of Slavery covers two and a half centuries of black life in New York City, and skillfully interweaves the… — Eric Foner Copy Share Image
whatever San Francisco is or is not, it is never dull. Life there is in a perpetual ferment. It is as though… — Inez Haynes Irwin Copy Share Image
New knowledge has led to the recognition in the theory of evolution of more than a hypothesis. It is indeed remarkable that… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
One summer day, while I was walking along the country road on the farm where I was born, a section of the… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
I sell architecture better and more directly and more vividly than the architect does... The average architect is stupid. He doesn't know… — Julius Shulman Copy Share Image
Students using astrophysical textbooks remain essentially ignorant of even the existence of plasma concepts, despite the fact that some of them have… — Hannes Alfven Copy Share Image
For almost half a century, Fermilab has occupied center stage as physicists have sought to understand the fundamental structure of the universe.… — James Trefil Copy Share Image
George Kennan and Paul Nitze were the Adams and Jefferson of the Cold War. They were there for the beginning, they witnessed… — John Lewis Gaddis Copy Share Image
A friendship will be young after the lapse of half a century; a passion is old at the end of three months. — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
...and was disposed too often to idealize as a virtue that habit of mean subservience to wealth and social position which, after… — R. H. Tawney Copy Share Image
From now on, nothing is impossible for Israel, which is a normal country like any other. We won't wait another half a… — Dan Gillerman Copy Share Image
Half a century ago, the Austrian psychiatrist Viktor Frankl wrote that happiness cannot be attained by wanting to be happy - it… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
The issue [Israeli-Palestinian conflict], already lasting more than half a century, has brought deep suffering to the Palestinian people and remains an… — Xi Jinping Copy Share Image
For more than a half a century, we know that we prospered because of a bipartisan consensus on defense and foreign policy.… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
The dance, like most dances after supper, was a merry one; some of the older folks joined in it, and the squire… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
When I submitted samples, I had only written stories to give myself something to draw. I was told, "The art is good,… — Len Wein Copy Share Image
Logic sometimes makes monsters. For half a century we have seen a mass of bizarre functions which appear to be forced to… — Henri Poincare Copy Share Image
Our rulers for more than half a century have made sure that we are never to be told the truth about anything… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
After over half a century of employer-provided health care coverage, the American people have developed a phobia of paying for health insurance… — Arnold Kling Copy Share Image
For more than half a century, during which kingdoms and empires have fallen, this Union has stood unshaken. The patriots who formed… — Zachary Taylor Copy Share Image
Nearly half a century has passed since Watson proclaimed his manifesto. Today, apart from a few minor reservations, the vast majority of… — Cyril Burt Copy Share Image
in coming to terms with the newly dead, I seem to have agitated the spirits of the long dead. They were stirring… — Eileen Simpson Copy Share Image
Perhaps the best testimony to the effectiveness of the reforms of 1852 is the fact, that men of a slightly later generation,… — Edward Jenks Copy Share Image