Quotes with years-on

Quotes 521 till 540 of 988.

  • Agnes Macphail Most of the women who have offered themselves for public office over the years have done so, I believe, more because of the 'dirt' than in spite of it.
    Agnes Macphail
    Canadian politician (1890 - 1954)
    - +
     0
  • Will Durant Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years.
    Will Durant
    American writer, historian, and philosopher (1885 - 1981)
    - +
     0
  • Randolph Silliman Bourne Most older men live only in the experience of their youthful years.
    Youth and life (1913)
    Randolph Silliman Bourne
    American writer and intellectual (1886 - 1918)
    - +
     0
  • Caroll Spinney Most people don't hold a job for 45 years. They pass on or want to retire. I don't want to retire. My real goal is to do 50 years on 'Sesame Street,' and I only got 4-and-a-half years to go.
    Caroll Spinney
    American puppeteer, cartoonist, author and speaker (1933 - 2019)
    - +
     0
  • Albert Ellis Most people would have given up when faced with all the criticism I've received over the years.
    Albert Ellis
    American psychologist (1913 - 2007)
    - +
     0
  • Alan Dundes My academic identity is that of a folklorist, and for many years I have taught only folklore courses.
    Alan Dundes
    American folklorist
    - +
     0
  • Brad D. Smith My dad worked for Nestle for 26 years and ended up being the mayor of our hometown. One of the lessons I learned from him was to never mistake kindness for weakness.
    Brad D. Smith
    American businessman
    - +
     0
  • Lee Trevino My divorce came to me as a complete surprise. That's what happens when you haven't been home in eighteen years.
    Lee Trevino
    American golfer (1939 - )
    - +
     0
  • Benjamin Netanyahu My first name, Benjamin, dates back a thousand years earlier to Benjamin - Binyamin - the son of Jacob, who was also known as Israel. Jacob and his 12 sons roamed these same hills of Judea and Sumeria 4,000 years ago, and there's been a continuous Jewish presence in the land ever since.
    Benjamin Netanyahu
    Israeli politician (2009 - )
    - +
     0
  • Anish Kapoor My first show sold within the first 3 minutes, and I came back to the studio and spent the next two and a half years making almost nothing.
    Anish Kapoor
    British Indian sculptor (1954 - )
    - +
     0
  • Brian Austin Green My goal was to play drums, but my father made me take piano lessons. He told me I needed to learn to read music first, so I took lessons for six years. I thank God that he made me take those lessons, because it taught me a tremendous amount.
    Brian Austin Green
    American actor, rapper and producer (1973 - )
    - +
     0
  • Bobby Hull My job is to suggest and ratify and use any expertise that I might have gained over the 23 years in professional hockey to make our game a better game.
    Bobby Hull
    Canadian ice hockey player (1939 - )
    - +
     0
  • Ann Druyan My knowledge of science came from being with Carl, not from formal academic training. Carl gave me a thrilling tutorial in science and math that lasted the 20 years we were together.
    Ann Druyan
    American writer (1949 - )
    - +
     0
  • Bill Walton My life changed irrevocably four-and-a-half years ago when my spine failed and collapsed. I spent two years on the floor, in excruciating, debilitating and unrelenting pain. I can only describe the pain as being submerged into a vat of scalding acid that has an electric current running through it. And you can never get out, ever.
    Bill Walton
    American basketball player (1952 - )
    - +
     0
  • Bjarne Stroustrup My list of basic tools is a partial answer to the question about what has changed: Over the past few years, large numbers of programmers have come to depend on elaborate tools to interface code with systems facilities.
    Bjarne Stroustrup
    Danish computer scientist (1950 - )
    - +
     0
  • Boo Weekley My main aim is getting set up so that when I do quit, I can step away and re-evaluate what I want to do in life. Do I want to get to 50 years old and come back? Or will I just want to go home and be fishing, hunting and working around the house?
    Boo Weekley
    American professional golfer (1973 - )
    - +
     0
  • Aleksander Kwasniewski My message to the Americans, to the American President, is that I am coming from Poland, which is in good shape; it is much different than ten years ago when last state visit from Poland was here in the United States.
    Aleksander Kwasniewski
    Polish politician and journalist (1954 - )
    - +
     0
  • Billie Lourd My mom made me watch 'Star Wars' for the first time when I was about 7 years old. When I was younger, I hated action movies and pretty much anything loud. So when she put it on, I covered my ears and ran out of the room.
    Billie Lourd
    American actress (1992 - )
    - +
     0
  • Billy Corgan My mother and I parting company at four years old is a recurring theme; although it's not symbolically necessarily present, it's present in all my relationships.
    Billy Corgan
    American musician, singer and songwriter (1967 - )
    - +
     0
  • Ben Affleck My mother gets all mad at me if I stay in a hotel. I'm 31-years-old, and I don't want to sleep on a sleeping bag down in the basement. It's humiliating.
    Ben Affleck
    American actor and filmmaker. (1972 - )
    - +
     0
All years-on famous quotes and sayings you will always find on greatest-quotations.com (page 27)