30 Years Quotes

The importance of these [college] years for an American cannot be overestimated. They are civilization's only chance to get to him.

I was happy with the umpiring in India last year, New Zealand is OK these days, and the only real area of concern is Pakistan. They seem to have a chip on their shoulders about their cricket there.

I decided to write [Collateral Beauty] on my own which made it the first spec script I wrote in 11 years.

I don't do much driving - about 5,000-6,000 miles a year. And most of that is to the airport and to the racing circuits.

In fact, as far as one can tell, Obama seems to have killed more civilians during his first year than Bush did in his first year, and maybe even than Bush killed in his final year.

I figure if I have one false start every ten or 12 years that I've been running, I probably won't false start again during my career.

I like the consistency of a TV show, but I like it for three months out of my year, not nine.

I was only allowed only to watch public television until I was 12 years old.

All these years I'd thought being a spy was challenging. Turns out, being a girl is the tricky part.

Do you have any idea how hard it is to tail an eighty year-old woman Its hard. Really hard. Really...slow. -Grabrielle

You know, I'm really bad on the computer. I'm really lame, man. I read and hang out with my kids. I've turned into a five year old.

I've got to worry about Alonzo Mourning, because a year or two ago there was a chance that Alonzo Mourning wouldn't be standing here talking to you. That's the cold reality of it.

After leaving law school, I intentionally said that I never wanted to hold a job more than six years.

I have to say I'm very good on a bike. Maybe the last time I was 5 years old.

Four hundred years of losing out on the girl of my dreams isn't sitting very well with me these days.

Ever, if I’ve learned nothing else in my six hundred years of living, it’s that people hate change almost as much as they hate for their beliefs to be challenged.

I have been acting for 32 years now and I feel so lucky to be able to have done exactly what I wanted to do.

Some people still see me as a kid, but I'm a 23-year-old woman now.

I still have the same friends I've had for the last 15 or 20 years.

My mom has a tape from when I was, like, 2 years old, talking with my grandma, telling her a story that's really elaborate about werewolves and wolves.

There aren't many roles that are interesting if you're a 40-year-old woman, unless you're Julia Roberts or Cate Blanchett.

Well, my mom is single and we've both been single at the same time over the last ten years, so I really related to the bond between my character and Diane's.

I sacrificed six years in L.A. I did my job out here. I made contacts and did the work I had to do.

Yeah, I'm a geek. I read sci-fi and I watch sci-fi films. I love my computer and I love to fix it. I'm a total nerd. I literally am a 12-year-old geeky boy trapped in a 32-year-old woman's body.

You have to do something else by 30 years old, if you haven't found another way to explore your own identity and make something of it.

Like the seasons of the year, like history, truth always repeats itself.

I have been amongst the best players in the world for 8 years. None at that level played as many ties as I did.

We all begin much much much earlier. In fact, every one of us - every nation, every individual begins hundreds, perhaps thousands of years prior to the date that appears in the passport.

In fact, every one of us - every nation, every individual begins hundreds, perhaps thousands of years prior to the date that appears in the passport.

Chelsea Manning attempted to commit suicide twice last year.

I started my teenage years singing in churches across America, and finally wound up on a big stage.

I had the great advantage of a mother who used to tell me the most beautiful years of a woman's life are ages 35 to 45.

I have spent probably years of time waiting in studio lounges - waiting on a mix, waiting on my time to sing, waiting on, waiting on, waiting on. That's just the nature of life.

I understand now why Hillary Clinton always wore navy blue pantsuits. Remember, for four years? If you have one or two themes, then you have the same shoes, the same bag. Otherwise, it's a nightmare.

I think going from laughing to crying to laughing to crying - making those quick turns adds years to your life.

I asked people who have already finished books for advice, which is akin to asking a mother with a four-year-old what childbirth is like.

I don't think a man who is fifteen years younger than me should tell me he is proud of me unless he is my sober coach or my time-travel dad.

I think you can go from being not very funny to working really hard for 10 years and figuring out how to make a living on the road, but I don't think you can rise much above that.

Stand-up is not something that you're good at right away. You have to do it a ton. But, I think I got to shave a year off because I didn't have to get over stage fright.

I sublet place to place with my fiancé. We don't really have a home. I haven't had a proper home for years.

Well, I took ballet for many, many years, so my whole childhood really revolved around dance class. I grew up around dance; my mother was a dancer.

I was a ballerina for 10 years growing up, but I stopped.

All these years I kept my true nature hidden, running along like a small shadow so nobody could catch me. -Ying Ying

I like playing the same person over and over again. I've done shows for over a year on Broadway, and I never get bored.

I still feel like a kid sometimes myself so hard to believe that I'm a mom. Now I'm an adult! It only took 38 years!

This year my role is clear: I am a coach, a coach to sportsmen.

The Americans have gone through 150 years of ups and downs, to pull themselves up out of the mud. After only 15 years, Russia is already in the process of liberating itself from the same thing.

I've always giggled like a 13-year-old girl at a Justin Bieber meet and greet. There's nothing I can do about it but I've never not been able to stop.

I've never had a 12-year-old try to explain to me about groove.

I started in this sport at 12 years of age and the goals I set was to be among the best and be the world champion.