30 Years Quotes

Because I was a television writer for many years, I write very conversationally. I put things straight, and with a lot of humor.

There have been only 268 of the past 3, 421 years free of war.

In parenting, as in judging, the days are long, but the years are short.

I'm not a parenting expert by any means, but I've been interviewing and writing about kids for almost 20 years.

All the minor sports injuries you acquire over the years begin to multiply like flies when you get over 70.

I started off playing sports when I was five years old. I played three or four sports all throughout the year.

I only had one player in my 33 years of sports that couldn't be traded. He wore No. 23 - and 45 when he played baseball.

I've given many lessons in many sports over the years to many different people.

When I was five years old, I auditioned for the role of 'Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol.'

I've played D&D for years. I'm a comic book guy. Comic-Con in San Diego is nerd Christmas for me.

I associate the truest spirit of Christmas with certain years when I had to spend it at my parents' house as an adult who had, presumably, escaped.

Almost 50 years old now, some 30 years after graduation, I look at my Caltech classmates and conclude that math whizzes do not take over the world.

Umpires are necessary evils. That's just the nature of the beast. For years, people have looked on umpiring as a job they could get any postman to do.

When I was about ten years old, I gave my teacher an April Fool's sandwich, which had a dead goldfish in it.

I have a terrible tendency to lick my fingers when I cook. So much so that I got a telling off from my pastry teacher years ago, who said it would hinder my prospects.

I'm a teacher. My mother was a teacher. I spent 40 years as a teacher.

About 10, 000 years ago, males and females were acting equitably and were treating one another as equals, and then males took over the power, because they have physical power and physical strength.

I was ironing my own clothes when I was 11 years old. My mental strength goes back to those days.

Ric Flair was such a huge part of my childhood and teen years. He's an icon.

I tend to like writing long stories in comics. I worked on 'Flash, ' 'Teen Titans' and 'JSA' for years. I always like diving into characters.

I was a big fan of black gospel. As a kid, there were black groups I sang with from my teen years to my early 20s.

After 12 years, the old butterflies came back. Well, I guess at my age you call them moths.

I taught at Princeton for 39 years, and the school of architecture on the campus is the worst building on the campus.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

At 14, 15 years old, I started reading 'Backstage' regularly. Eventually, I got enough courage to look at the auditions section.

For many years I wanted to do a film, but I never had the courage to clear my desk and say, 'OK I'll take a year off and do a film.'

I admired Eugene McCarthy's courage and although I left his Senate staff after four years to accept a job as the researcher on the editorial page of the 'Washington Post, ' I remained an admirer.

On Thanksgiving Night, 1942, when I was fifteen years old, white racists burned our house to the ground.

Eight years of work can be copied in six months. It wasn't inevitable that it was going to work. A stolen design is stolen time.

My first marriage ended after 24 years.

Over these years, I have irrevocably transferred a significant part of the shareholding in Wipro, amounting to 39% of the shares of Wipro, to a trust.

I learnt more about politics during one South Dakota dust storm than in seven years at the university.

I've been on Prozac for 12 years and I'm off it now. I know what it feels like to be excited and sad again. I haven't felt like this in 12 years I'm like a giddy little kid.

I had all these tapes in my closet that I had shot years ago with my friend Jean-Michel Basquiat. I was working on a film about him when he died, and then I just put everything away. It was too sad.

Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand. The exponential increase in advancement will only continue.

I managed Hewlett Packard through the worst technology downturn in 25 years, the dotcom bust.

I'm very boring. I'm a mom. I'm 34 years old.

My mom and I had a kids' clothing store called Smooch for six years, and I did all the buying before I even had kids.