Twenty years ago I might have hired a professional listener, but somewhere along the way I had lost faith in the talking… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
Fifty years ago wealth was stored and transmitted physically through gold bars, stock certificates, bank notes, and coins. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A year ago, my approval rating was in the 30s, my nominee for the supreme court had just withdrawn, and my vice… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Anita Hill thanklessly put herself and her career as a law professor on the line more than 25 years ago to publicly… — Tarana Burke Copy Share Image
I saw something in a program on something in Miami, and they were saying, "We've redecorated this building to how it looked… — Eddie Izzard Copy Share Image
I have been an organizer and then activist and a legislator, all of that. But then there's this big gap after I… — Maxine Waters Copy Share Image
Thirty years ago, if you wanted to start a campaign against or for something, you had to print flyers, you had to… — Ian Somerhalder Copy Share Image
Thirty years ago, about 80% of a company's assets resided in its plant and equipment, with 20% in the knowledge of its… — Susan Rice Copy Share Image
A hundred years ago, when Richard Strauss, who has already been quoted and already been heard today, and other creative people, laid… — Johannes Rau Copy Share Image
“Fifteen years ago, this would have been insider trading, but that quaint concept had disappeared a decade or two ago when so… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
There's always going to be the cooler-clubbers who are going to harvest a lot of fish, but I think the hard-core bass… — Philip K. Chapman Copy Share Image
“Twenty years ago, the vast majority of persons, as we then wrote, had never tasted a really new-laid egg, and did not… — Lewis Wright Copy Share Image
“I believe that the universe was formed around 15 billion years ago and that humans have evolved from their apelike ancestors over… — Ronald P. Carver Copy Share Image
I‟m going to kill her,” Francesca said to no one in particular. Which was probably a good thing, as there was no… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
“There is strong geological evidence that the period from 380 million to 365 million years ago is the critical time. The younger… — Neil Shubin Copy Share Image
“...They'd be amazed to hear that Chance has been toying with them now for years. Not quite ready yet To become their… — Wislawa Szymborska Copy Share Image
Peitaho Heavy rains fall on Yuyen, the northland kingdom of swallows. White pages of rain envelop the sky, and fishing boats off… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
“How strange, extraordinary, and joyful it was to her to think that her son - the little son, whose tiny limbs had… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“All three of the English types I have mentioned can, I think, be accounted for as the results of the presence of… — Lewis Spence Copy Share Image
“Studying a book that was finished nearly two thousand years ago may appear to some like an interesting but somewhat impractical pursuit.… — John Snyder Copy Share Image
We have, without any fanfare or much conversation, moved into a era in which news organizations are expected to explain themselves. Twenty… — Alex Jones Copy Share Image
My meeting with the love of my life 27years ago was serendipity. There was no logical reason why we should meet, coming… — Kemmy Nola Http://wwwamoreloveforlifecom Copy Share Image
“They were all machines, he thought, just like La Mettrie had said in L'Homme Machine all those years ago. So he, Orphan,… — Lavie Tidhar Copy Share Image
“When my mother passed away several years ago—well, wait a minute. Actually, she didn’t ‘pass away.’ She died. Something about that verb,… — Steve Allen Copy Share Image
I heard about Kay Koplovitz from a former colleague who was a part of Springboard Enterprises. I knew that my friend was… — Randi Zuckerberg Copy Share Image
Weather experts have been gathering to assess current British weather conditions; are these the same experts that told us 10 years ago… — Kyle MacDonald Copy Share Image
I kept the first Rickenbacker I ever got, a little short-scale John Lennon-type model. And I've got a couple of 12-string models,… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
Many years ago, when I was just about as complete a failure as one can become, I began to spend a good… — Og Mandino Copy Share Image
“Polar bears began evolving their impressive vitamin A–fighting capabilities around 150,000 years ago, when small groups of Alaskan brown bears split off… — Sam Kean Copy Share Image
I couldn't beat Michael Phelps. A couple of years ago, I was racing against him and it just kinda dawned on me… — Mark Warkentin Copy Share Image
A thousand years ago the Chinese had an entirely codified kitchen while the French were still gnawing on bones. Chopsticks have been… — Ruth Reichl Copy Share Image
“Always give your resume of good deeds when you run into someone that you wronged many years ago. They simply need to… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
I named myself Flash many years ago, as I loved the cartoon. Then my own fans said that I should call myself… — Grandmaster Flash Copy Share Image
“He stilled. "What did you say?" "A few years ago, Nancy took me to a store in New York to buy a… — Kathryn Shay Copy Share Image
I want some help on this. I'm being very honest, i want some ideas, as somebody who was arrested 50 years ago… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
I know that it's probably not a good idea for a comedian, especially a satirist, to support a public policy group or… — Al Franken Copy Share Image
The Coventry School Committee has been ahead of the curve in addressing the nutrition needs of our students. This committee is an… — Michael Reeves Copy Share Image
Some bloke came up to me in Tesco a couple of years ago at 11:30 pm and said: 'Excuse me, would you… — Richard Griffiths Copy Share Image
Years ago, I was crashed in gram’s garden and Big asked me what I was doing. I told him I was looking… — Jandy Nelson Copy Share Image
I think that 20 years ago, not too many people would imagine a meeting - interesting meeting, a substantive meeting between the… — Nguyen Phu Trong Copy Share Image
