Years Before Quotes

273 quotes by 249 authors

The first person to promulgate the Golden Rule, which was the bedrock of this empathic spirituality, was Confucius 500 years before Christ. — Karen Armstrong
It sometimes happens that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years before. — Jane Austen
I'm a lad of the '60s. I started a magazine to try and end the Vietnam war, but it was a number of years before… — Richard Branson
Because I worked as a newspaper reporter for about 14 years before attempting my first novel, I learned to write under almost any circumstances- by… — Geraldine Brooks
I am a nuclear physicist by training and a deeply committed Christian. I don't have any doubt in my own mind about God who created… — Jimmy Carter
An acting career usually has about a shelf life of ten years before people get sick of seeing you. It's a good thing to have… — George Clooney
It was to Hofmeister, working as a young man, an amateur and enthusiast, in the early morning hours of summer months, before business, at Leipzig… — Arthur Harry Church
Virginity is now a mere preamble or waiting room to be got out of as soon as possible; it is without significance. Old age is… — Ursula K. Le Guin
I haven't been able to slam-dunk the basketball for the past five years. Or, for the thirty-eight years before that, either. — Dave Barry
An inventor is one who can see the applicability of means to supply demand five years before it is obvious to those skilled in the… — Reginald Fessenden
The methods that will most effectively minimize the ability of intruders to compromise information security are comprehensive user training and education. Enacting policies and procedures… — Kevin Mitnick
Part of our brand is that we're pretty understated in what we do. If you look at other technology companies, they might preannounce things, and… — Larry Page
We seem to be going through a period of nostalgia, and everyone seems to think yesterday was better than today. I don't think it was,… — Art Buchwald
There are lots of things a warrior can do at a certain time which he couldn't do years before. Those things themselves did not change;… — Carlos Castaneda
It is very different to make a practical system and to introduce it. A few experiments in the laboratory would prove the practicability of system… — Thomas A. Edison
In the world's history certain inventions and discoveries occurred of peculiar value, on account of their great efficiency in facilitating all other inventions and discoveris.… — Abraham Lincoln
There's a small worm called Loa Loa Filariasis. This parasite can survive in one environment exclusively- namely, underneath the skin and inside the eyes of… — David Attenborough
I feel like I'm a stay-at-home mom, which I was for the five years before this. She's absolutely been my focus. That's the choice I… — Teri Hatcher
In 1847, two years before the greedy rush for gold began in California, the Mormons quietly began irrigating Utah's Salt Lake Valley. In a sense,… — Stuart Campbell
As eight years before, he was leaving ... to rewrite his destiny in orderly fashion. — Alessandro Baricco

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