Years Quotes · Page 108

Had I been chosen President again, I am certain I could not have lived another year.

— John Adams

It was only about sixty years ago that the expansion of the universe was first observed.

— Michael Behe

Best performance of the year: Aston Villa v. Milan, September 1994

— Alec Guinness

A management decision is irresponsible if it risks disaster this year for the sake of a grandiose future.

— Peter Drucker

Ji-Sung Park is probably not as young as he was when he arrived at Old Trafford all those years ago.

— Ray Houghton

Within five years, he had learned English and become the greatest bodybuilder in the world.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

It will take a thousand years for the frontier to reach the Pacific

— Thomas Jefferson

I met my wife when we were 15 years old. I knew within 15 minutes of meeting her, that's who I wanted to marry.

— Justin Allgaier

Every single cell in the human body replaces itself over a period of seven years. That means there's not even the smallest…

— Steven Hall

The irony is of course that my career has lasted a whole lot longer than some of the people I've parodied over…

— Al Yankovic

I was obsessed with George Orwell for years. I remember going to the town library and having to put in interlibrary loan…

— Jill Lepore

Does anybody have a cigarette? I'm looking forward to that first smoke. I've been looking forward to [it] for about 30 years.

— Leonard Cohen

A few years make such havoc in human generations that we soon see ourselves deprived of those with whom we entered the…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

Iran and Iraq have been at war for five years now. The traditional present for a fifth anniversary is wood. Here's a…

— P. J. O'Rourke

I went to the University of Toronto for a year, and I'm always trying to get across what university is really like.

— Scott Speedman

I also appreciate the lasting friendships I've made while working with our great sponsors through the years, including Miller Lite, Shell and…

— Kurt Busch

The subtlest change in New York is something people don't speak much about but that is in everyone's mind. The city, for…

— Anonymous

I have stayed in touch and connected with many over the years. I am very lucky that way. Some that you don't…

— Michelle Visage

The most important day I remember in all my life is the one on which my teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, came to…

— Helen Keller

...the proposed air force and army experiments were designed so that many animals would suffer and die without any certainty that this…

— Peter Singer

You must acquire the trick of ignoring those who do not like you. In my experience, those who do not like you…

— Stephen Jeffreys

My issues with it are that simply in terms of my own work. It represents 30 years of output. And some of…

— Richard Meltzer

I ate them like salad, books were my sandwich for lunch, my tiffin and dinner and midnight munch. I tore out the…

— Ray Bradbury

When I was six years old, I fell in love with magic. For Christmas, I got a magic box and a very…

— Philippe Petit

Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts; I'll win a pennant every year.

— Sparky Anderson

Scientists are trying to invent Viagra for women. It's been along for years... it's called cash.

— Alonzo Bodden

When you live for many hundreds of years, you know that every opportunity will come again.

— Philip Pullman

I love the soul that dares tread the temptations of his years beneath his youthful feet.

— Isaac Watts

Every time we lose a species webreak a life chain which has evolved over 3.5 billion years.

— Jeff McNeely

I definitely don't consider myself a kid anymore. I feel like an old man, an old 28-year-old.

— Sergio Garcia

We are on Sunday night because that is where they put us 30-odd years ago. I think we became a habit.

— Morley Safer

I will not be on the bench until I am 60 or 65 years old.

— Pep Guardiola

It won't take 40 years for opposition to same-sex marriage to dissipate.

— Mary Cheney

With two books a year, I don't have time for writer's block.

— James Rollins

Fashion is what you're offered four times a year. Style is what you pick out of that fashion...

— Lauren Hutton

Mentioning violence to Bruce was like mentioning chocolate sauce to a six-year-old.

— Robert Muchamore

Life is not lived in hours, days, or years, but in moments.

— Ryan Robbins

The greatest part of the job was... that was for nine years it was a pleasure to go to work.

— Jason Alexander

So every year when Christmas comes, I realize a new, the best gift life can offer is having friends like you.

— Helen Steiner Rice

Compared to 10 years ago the primary motivation for defection has gone from food, to freedom.

— Kim Jong-un