Years Quotes · Page 239

I've been forty years discovering that the queen of all colors is black.

— Henri Matisse

I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years.

— Sam Kinison

America, we are better than these last eight years. We are a better country than this.

— Barack Obama

“Sometimes twenty years seemed like an instant, and sometimes it seemed like a very long time indeed.”

— Diana Gabaldon

Now, after 18 years, not a sign of Lovecraft in my work.

— Brian Lumley

Do what you are not supposed to do, like wear white shoes all year round.

— Carine Roitfeld

I was the United States Attorney for Maine for three years, and then was appointed a federal judge.

— George J. Mitchell

I had a dog I raised for many years. He was a Pekingese with big eyes and a flat face, very cute.

— Stephen Chow

My first real acting job was 'Skins' at eighteen years old, and I just kind of grew into myself in those two…

— Luke Pasqualino

You can't dodge them all. I got hammered plenty of times through the years. But you just get up and keep playing.…

— Terry Bradshaw

My mom, she's a breast cancer survivor and because of that I had started getting mammograms once a year, starting at age 30.

— Kate Walsh

It takes leadership to improve safety. And I started off the movement in my time, but the person who has done more…

— Jackie Stewart

It was a great time to be born, because I got to have my own publishing company right from the beginning, so…

— Jackson Browne

A painter, a sculptor, a writer, they can express freely. They don't affect society as a whole. We build buildings that have…

— Moshe Safdie

If I see my films described as 'quirky' or, even worse, 'snarky' one more time, I'm going to probably seriously consider an…

— Terry Zwigoff

The increase in straight-ticket party voting in recent years means that competitive congressional races can tip one way or the other depending…

— Thomas E. Mann

And I remember that about three years before that, her first record had come out. And I just remember really liking this…

— Mark Ronson

When you write, you want fame, fortune and personal satisfaction. You want to write what you want to write and feel it's…

— Dashiell Hammett

* She said, why don't we both just sleep on it tonight And I believe, in the morning you'll begin to see…

— Paul Simon

The difference between Tinted Windows and Hanson shows is a lot of just repertoire. Hanson has been a band for years -…

— Taylor Hanson

I have spent my entire life helping millions of children across the world. I would never harm a child. It is unfortunate…

— Michael Jackson

If I'd been able to put the collection together in one go, say over two years, we'd have had a special team,…

— Bryan Robson

I see nothing in the present situation that is either menacing or warrants pessimism... I have every confidence that there will be…

— Andrew Mellon

I have a habit of comparing the phraseology of communiques . . . noting a certain similarity of words, a certain similarity…

— Margaret Thatcher

Years from now, when I'm successful and happy, ...and he's in prison... I hope I'm not too mature to gloat.

— Bill Watterson

I had six good years and one bad one, and everyone was wondering whether I'd have a good one again.

— Mike Lowell

Color harmony was thrown out years ago, as restrictive chains were broken forming my free style.

— Frank Bruno

Night is the time to weep,To wet with unseen tearsThose graves of memory where sleepThe joys of other years.

— James Montgomery

Every man knows- you criticize a woman - that's it for sex for the next year.

— Laura Schlessinger

The years as they pass plunder us of one thing after another.

— Horace

For years I have read the morning paper and harrumphed. There's a lot to harrumph about now.

— Charlie Munger

The boy had the towering arrogance only seen in the greatest of artists and all nine-year-old boys.

— Neil Gaiman

Chelsea Manning got thirty-five years in prison, while I'm still free.

— Edward Snowden

The past couple years training with Kurt have really brought inspiration into my skating.

— Kristi Yamaguchi

When you get a mobile phone it is almost like having a card to get you out of poverty in a couple…

— Muhammad Yunus

I have been breaking silence these twenty-three years and have hardly made a rent in it.

— Henry David Thoreau

I've been imagining spikes in my head since I was 13 years old.

— Rico Nasty

I trained really badly during the first 10 years of my sporting career.

— Ronaldo

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever.

— Oscar Wilde

I have loved hosting over the years, simply because I love working with people. It's the perfect job.

— Wink Martindale