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title: "12 Years Person Quotes by 12 authors"
description: "Browse 12 Years Person quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Years Person sayings and thoughts."
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> [Looking back over the years the only person who been down with me is my shadow !](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milliton-munney/looking-back-over-the-years-the-only-person-who-been-down-with-me-is/)

[Milliton Munney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milliton-munney/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/049/milliton-munney-22647_quote_looking-back-over-the-years-the-only-per_1930483.jpg)

> [It's amazing when you see something on T.V. for years and then you go and see it in person. It's perspective is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rush-limbaugh/it-s-amazing-when-you-see-something-on-t-v-for-years-and-then-you-go/)

[Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rush-limbaugh/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8f/rush-limbaugh-28_amazing_it-s-amazing-when-you-see-something-on-t_2333959.jpg)

> [It's true that a smile can take years off a person - not that such a thing matters in Yoko Ono's case.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elvis-mitchell/it-s-true-that-a-smile-can-take-years-off-a-person-not-that-such-a/)

[Elvis Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elvis-mitchell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59f/elvis-mitchell-2864_case_it-s-true-that-a-smile-can-take-years-of_2115637.jpg)

> [Five years from now, you’re the same person except for the people you’ve met and the books you’ve read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-wooden/five-years-from-now-you-re-the-same-person-except-for-the-people-you/)

[John Wooden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-wooden/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/067/john-wooden-420_book_five-years-from-now-you-re-the-same-pers_2759881.png)

> [Sometimes it takes years for a person to become an overnight success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prince/sometimes-it-takes-years-for-a-person-to-become-an-overnight-success/)

[Prince](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prince/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/prince-1626_overnight_sometimes-it-takes-years-for-a-person-to_338858.jpg)

> [If a person will spend one hour a day on the same subject for five years, that person will be an expert…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/earl-nightingale/if-a-person-will-spend-one-hour-a-day-on-the-same-subject-for-five/)

[Earl Nightingale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/earl-nightingale/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd7/earl-nightingale-1728_expert_if-a-person-will-spend-one-hour-a-day-on_2718236.png)

> [We're a country of five-second sound bites and 30-second commercials. Eight years of one person is just too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-mcconnell/we-re-a-country-of-five-second-sound-bites-and-30-second-commercials/)

[Mitch McConnell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-mcconnell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/029/mitch-mcconnell-2153_country_we-re-a-country-of-five-second-sound-bit_1922430.jpg)

> [Well, when you spend 10 years with a person, the time spent will always be a part of your life in some way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhea-pillai/well-when-you-spend-10-years-with-a-person-the-time-spent-will-always/)

[Rhea Pillai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhea-pillai/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab3/rhea-pillai-16830_life_well-when-you-spend-10-years-with-a-pers_624279.jpg)

> [Happy Leap Year, let's just take a moment to think about it, on this day 4 years from now. Are we still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/happy-leap-year-let-s-just-take-a-moment-to-think-about-it-on-this/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/875/anonymous-1_leap-year_happy-leap-year-let-s-just-take-a-moment_1251866.jpg)

> [When you've been in the business 5-years, as a person, it's like you're 5-years old - like a child. 10-years and you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-seinfeld/when-you-ve-been-in-the-business-5-years-as-a-person-it-s-like-you-re/)

[Jerry Seinfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-seinfeld/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13b/jerry-seinfeld-880_aging_when-you-ve-been-in-the-business-5-years_3197557.jpg)

> [“When he walked out of my life after three years, he was the same person who had entered my life three years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neena-h-brar-2/when-he-walked-out-of-my-life-after-three-years-he-was-the-same/)

[Neena H. Brar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neena-h-brar-2/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4a/neena-h-brar-2-55888_deception_when-he-walked-out-of-my-life-after-thre_2716105.jpg)

> [If you're going to do a memoir, then it's sort of at this age - in your late sixties or seventies -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-coddington/if-you-re-going-to-do-a-memoir-then-it-s-sort-of-at-this-age-in-your/)

[Grace Coddington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-coddington/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/615/grace-coddington-32057_age_if-you-re-going-to-do-a-memoir-then-it-s_553129.png)

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