Years Quotes

I've never left China. My family's been there for 600 years. But my architecture is not consciously Chinese in any sense. I'm a western architect.

~ I. M. Pei

For 500 years, since European explorers came, Latin American countries had been separated from one another. They had very limited relations. Integration is a prerequisite for independence.

~ Noam Chomsky

In 1787, many Americans were convinced that the 'perpetual union' they had created in winning independence was collapsing. Six years earlier, in the Articles of Confederation, the thirteen state governments had surrendered extensive powers to a congress of delegates from each state legislature.

~ Edmund Morgan

Scotland needs comedy more than ever. With the independence debate, finally after 300 years, reaching room temperature.

~ Rory Bremner

The policy of the house of Austria, which aimed at destroying the independence of Hungary as a state, has been pursued unaltered for three hundred years.

~ Lajos Kossuth

I began raising chickens primarily for their eggs, but over the years, I've also grown fond of caring for them and learning about their many different breeds and varieties.

~ Martha Stewart

When I was 12 years old, I got interested in learning English.

~ Jack Ma

The pathological degree to which former Vice President Dick Cheney operated in secrecy led to government abuses that we'll probably spend years learning about.

~ Timothy Noah

Sister Hinckley and I are learning that the so-called golden years are laced with lead.

~ Gordon B. Hinckley

I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.

~ Frederick Douglass

Even now, after whatever gains feminism has made in involving fathers in the rearing of their children, I still think virtually all of us spend the most formative years of our lives very much in the presence of women.

~ Reynolds Price

Years ago women of my size were considered royalty.

~ Camryn Manheim

What I've realized over the years is that I have some pretty good friends.

~ Anthony Kiedis

I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the years'.

~ Henry Moore

China's history is marked by thousands of years of world-changing innovations: from the compass and gunpowder to acupuncture and the printing press. No one should be surprised that China has re-emerged as an economic superpower.

~ Gary Locke

Classes struggle, some classes triumph, others are eliminated. Such is history; such is the history of civilization for thousands of years.

~ Mao Zedong

Most of us spend too much time on the last twenty-four hours and too little on the last six thousand years.

~ Will Durant

One thing I've learned over these last 30 or 40 years is that people make history. There's no fait accompli to any of this.

~ Jeremy Rifkin

A lot of good love can happen in ten years.

~ Jim Carrey

I was always very grateful to 'em and am grateful to 'em now. I went back a couple of years ago and did their 20th anniversary show. But the longer I stayed on Hee Haw, the worse things got for me musically.

~ Buck Owens

I can't believe it. I'm speechless. It is amazing to see where I've come from the last two years.

~ Libby Trickett

Reaching my first grand slam final was amazing, and I didn't expect it at just 19 years old.

~ Caroline Wozniacki

It's an amazing luxury to say I'm 31 years old and I'm gonna take a year off. That's pretty amazing.

~ Sarah Mclachlan

In 29 years, I had recorded over 2,200 songs. I was amazed.

~ Kate Smith

I think the internal combustion engine will disappear from the streets of our cities in the next thirty years because transportation will be mass transportation, or probably electrical power.

~ Gaylord Nelson

As years go by, chances of winning here are getting slimmer. That's just a matter of fact. It does get tougher, but it's possible, there's a tiny little chance.

~ Stefan Edberg

The absolute dependence of a newborn infant inspired many things in me, but it did not activate any magical knowledge about what to do for the next twenty years.

~ Mary Kay Blakely

The years teach much which the days never know.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

We come altogether fresh and raw into the several stages of life, and often find ourselves without experience, despite our years.

~ François De La Rochefoucauld

I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.

~ Rosa Parks

I have no fear that the candle lighted in Palestine years ago will ever be put out.

~ Dean Inge

For many years, Myanmar's leadership was largely shut out from the world of international diplomacy.

~ Najib Razak

I've been the co-chair of the Non-Partisan Women's Caucus and vice-chair for several years, taking a leadership role in this women's organization.

~ Gwen Moore

After following more than 60,000 people for more than a dozen years, University of Oxford researchers found those who consume a plant-based diet were less likely to develop all forms of cancer combined.

~ Michael Greger

Actually criminal sanctions that are given could be up to five years for violating the rules and regulations under the campaign finance reform. This is like the Alien and Sedition Act of years and years ago, decades ago.

~ Jay Alan Sekulow

Everyone knows in the industry that when these great roles come up, every two years, there's a huge number of people up for them. I'm not one of those top five females that can personally finance any film.

~ Joely Richardson

It worries me about our unwillingness to really address reforms and modernization in Medicare. This thing was designed 37 years ago. It has not evolved to keep pace with current medical technology.

~ John Sununu

For years, Suzanne Somers has been a pioneer when it comes to alternative medical treatments.

~ Monica Crowley

Years ago I was diagnosed with a condition, and my doctors prescribed human growth hormone and testosterone for its treatment. Under medical supervision, I have continued to use both medications.

~ Sylvester Stallone

It's not beyond the possibility that there still could be a YES in 200 years' time... of course with different members, unless the medical profession comes up with something extraordinary.

~ Chris Squire