History has shown that at least one-half of every century is consumed in war. — James Monroe Copy Share Image
“...and that casual glance was the beginning of a cataclysm of love that still had not ended half a century later.” — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
A half-century after racing the Russians to the moon, the U.S. is barely suiting up in the international race to secure interests… — Rick Larsen 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 you were an optimistic teen, then you'll be an optimist at 80. People's reactions to bad events are highly stable over… — Martin Seligman Copy Share Image
Society presses upon us all the time. The progress of the last half century is the progress of the frog out of… — R.K. Narayan Copy Share Image
Jazz has been the voice of freedom for so many countries over the past half century, — Herbie Hancock Copy Share Image
After a half-century of hard work and reflection the wall is still there. — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
When Estonia reestablished its sovereignty after a half century of successive thuggish, totalitarian, foreign occupations by the Soviets, the Nazis, and then… — Toomas Hendrik Ilves Copy Share Image
As government regulations grow slowly, we become used to the harness. Habit is a powerful force, and we no longer feel as… — Robert Bork Copy Share Image
The US is indeed a terrorist nation. ...It's also the greatest purveyor of violence on earth over the past half century, and… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
If adapted to the unique requirements of various regions and peoples of the world, such economic pluralism could have a greater global… — Robert Dickson Crane Copy Share Image
If our animosities are born out of fear, then confident generosity is born out of hope. One of the central lessons I… — Aga Khan IV Copy Share Image
There is little doubt that we are in the midst of a revolution of a much more profound and fundamental nature than… — Arthur Erickson Copy Share Image
In Bollywood, people have been making movies for more than half a century and they are made in such a way that… — Tanushree Dutta Copy Share Image
I believe that the next half century will determine if we will advance the cause of Christian civilization or revert to the… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The journey to a different future must begin by defining the problem differently than we have done until now. . The task… — Theo Colborn Copy Share Image
For over a half century now I've watched office obesity develop into a full-blown, crippling disease. As our office clutter mounts, we're… — Don Aslett Copy Share Image
Over the last half century the television interview has given us some of TV's most heart-stopping and memorable moments. On the surface… — David Frost Copy Share Image
“The Manchester Act was a significant victory for the nascent cotton manufacturers. But its historical and economic significance was in fact much… — Daron Acemoğlu Copy Share Image
“As recently as fifty years ago my grandmother was picking cotton with bleeding fingers. I think about her all the time while… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
A half century from now, our grandchildren are likely to look back at the era of mass employment in the market with… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
“Justice John Marshall Harlan, who famously admonished his fellow jurists and the nation as a whole: “Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
“It was the first time in a half century that they had been so close and had enough time to look at… — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
“Over a half century ago, while I was still a child, I recall hearing a number of old people offer the following… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
“There are two visions of America a half century from now. One is of a society more divided between the haves and… — Joseph E. Stiglitz Copy Share Image
“Fantasy and science fiction are closely allied in publishing, since both categories posit worlds that are not reality. The SF editor is… — David G. Hartwell Copy Share Image
“Dr. Urbino caught the parrot around the neck with a triumphant sigh: ça y est. But he released him immediately because the… — Gabriel García Márquez Copy Share Image
“I have been accused of a habit of changing my opinions. I am not myself in any degree ashamed of having changed… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“The west, and especially the United States, has shown no serious or sustained interest in the Middle East until the last half… — Graham E. Fuller Copy Share Image
“The attachment voids experienced by immigrant children are profound. The hardworking parents are focused on supporting their families economically and, unfamiliar with… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
Immigration has been a sensitive and sometimes toxic issue for more than half a century. — Damian Green Copy Share Image
Rome has not seen a modern building in more than half a century. It is a city frozen in time. — Richard Meier Copy Share Image
Since creation of the E.U. a half century ago, Europe has enjoyed the longest period of peace in its history. — John Bruton Copy Share Image
A half century of living should put a good deal into a person's face besides a few wrinkles and some unwelcome folds… — Frances Parkinson Keyes 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
We've seen in the last half century an incredible shift. This is just an extraordinary time to be alive. — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
“That casual glance was the beginning of a cataclysm of love that had still not ended half a century later.” — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
Men o' war were to be a part of the fabric of my life for the next half-century. — Lord Mountbatten Copy Share Image
It took capitalism half a century to come back from the Great Depression. — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image