Quotes About Years

Where the hell had the years gone by? How had he spent them? In a strange kind of capitulation, that's how. An acceptance of the very privilege most people spend a lifetime trying to achieve.

I don't suppose this gate's been opened for years." "Why hasn't somebody bought it?" Barbara wanted to know. "Ghosts," replied Mr. Pinthorpe tersely. "At least, that's what I heard. Shouldn't have told you that, I don't suppose." "I'm not frightened of ghosts," said Barbara stoutly.

I've done some version of that Minnesota accent - that Midwestern accent - in sketch comedy for years. It's the quickest way to symbolize you're a mom.

For two consecutive Broadway seasons, I had probably the best juvenile roles there were for an actor. Then I moved to California to recreate my role in the film version of 'Tribute.' I started working in film and television after that, and 38 years blew by!

Just in the past few years - since I've been making movies, which isn't a very long time - you now have a culture that is fascinated and informed about the box office in a way that sometimes filmmakers weren't even.

I've had a lot of years of football so I've been in control of power for a very long time.

Senator Isakson dedicated years of service to our beloved state, to our veterans, our families, and our children.

I am very proud of The Saints and I'm very glad that I've been associated with them all these years, but the next record is the best record... has to be the philosophy for any band that remains even halfway decent or vibrant, and that is kind of where my head's at.

Food as sport is nothing new. To a vicar, especially, church catering has represented the conduct of war by other means for many years.

Avarice is the vice of declining years.

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.

I spent grade nine and ten going to school in Victoria. My parents lived there for 10 years.

I was very fortunate I was able to live at least a few years of my life in the tort of opulent Victorian era. It helps romanticize your view of life.

I cut a rap song once. It was a few years ago for my old show 'Buck Commander,' and it was a song called 'You're Short.' It was about my camera guy. We shot the video in Las Vegas, 'Ocean's Eleven' style!

Videos are all about making an impression in the moment. If you're lucky, you make a classic that people talk about for years.

I did three tours in Vietnam. I guess a total of about almost two years.

One has to work for years and decades, to conduct negotiations, to stand for positions and points of view, to jointly develop a civilized view on the administrative and state organization of Chechnya.

We have closely monitored the ups and downs of recruiting and retention trends for many years and have been quick to sound the alarm when challenges came into view.

Nothing could have been greater than the pride of serving this city. I do not believe -- I am sure I speak for my colleagues on all sides -- nothing else that happens to us in our lives will be as rewarding and fulfilling as the years that we have spent in this building.

In secret we met - In silence I grieve, That thy heart could forget, Thy spirit deceive. If I should meet thee After long years, How should I greet thee? - With silence and tears

Over the course of many encounters and many years, I have successfully developed a standard operating procedure for dealing with big, nasty monsters. Run away.

Somewhere along the way, their passion had become bottled anger. The anger had fermented into bitter hatred. Then the hatred had fed upon itself, gnawing away at them over years, even decades, until only a shell of cold iron and colder hate remained.

Crows take you Gaius Sextus. Even when you make a request you leave me no choices. They do seem to have grown a bit sparse, these past few years, he agreed quietly.

How do you think I know so much? Hundreds of years of assisting wizards? I said. He waved a hand. That too. But I got this whole huge internet thing to play on now, Butters showed me. His grin turned into a leer. And it's like 90% porn!