Quotes about Decades

Decades go faster toward the end of a century. Votes: 3

Decades of scientific research has proven that carbon pollution is harmful to human health and causes global warming. Votes: 3

Nods from the Gilded pointers - Nods from the Seconds slim - Decades of Arrogance between The Dial life - And Him - Votes: 3

Decades after a person has stopped collecting bubble gum cards, he can still discover himself collecting ballparks... their smells, their special seasons, their moods. Votes: 3

Decades of Saddam’s rule made what could have been a fairly rich country, due to its oil reserves, into a very poor one. Votes: 3

Decades ago, Gerhard Richter found a painterly philosopher's stone. Like Jackson Pollock before him, he discovered something that had been in painting all along, always overlooked or discounted. Votes: 3

Decades of providing technology in growing volume and at decreasing costs have driven great gains for developing nations, communities and people worldwide, but there is still much to do. Votes: 3

Decades, if not centuries are normally required for people to acquire the necessary disciplines and habits. (for democracy) In Britain, the road to (democratic government) took seven centuries to traverse . Votes: 3

I love New York. But how much should it cost to call New York home? Decades of out-of-control budgets, spending hikes, and relentless borrowing have made New York simply too expensive. Votes: 3

Decades later I would look into my father's eyes and try to reach past the murkiness of Alzheimer's with my words, my apology, hoping that in his heart he heard me and understood. Votes: 3

Scientists have been warning about global warming for decades. It's too late to stop it now, but we can lessen its severity and impacts. Votes: 2

Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good. Votes: 2

Memories have huge staying power, but like dreams, they thrive in the dark, surviving for decades in the deep waters of our minds like shipwrecks on the sea bed. Votes: 2

The British Empire passed quickly and with less humiliation than its French and Dutch counterparts, but decades later, the vicious politics of partition still seems to define India and Pakistan. Votes: 2

The human rights community has focused very narrowly on political and civil rights for many decades, and with reason, but now we have to ask how can we broaden the view. Votes: 2

If we do not voluntarily bring population growth under control in the next one or two decades, the nature will do it for us in the most brutal way, whether we like it or not. Votes: 2

The hometown economic elite - rich local families or individuals whom people used to praise or revile, read about in the society pages, and gossip about incessantly - disappeared from most American cities decades ago. Votes: 2

I am especially grateful that I have been able to keep my own style over the decades, in spite of the many changes that have taken place in the world of fashion and in its business. Votes: 2

I think there are good men and women in all decades. We've grown cynical. And look at what we do to all our heroes: Churchill, FDR, Kennedy, they all had affairs. But heroic things happen every day. Votes: 2

I am a scholar of religions with four degrees, including one in the New Testament and fluency in Biblical Greek, who has been studying the origins of Christianity for two decades, who also happens to be Muslim. Votes: 2

Often motivated by a desire to maintain the existing status quo, sloth almost cost the U.S. its auto industry, as it refused for decades to build fuel-efficient cars to compete with Japanese, Korean and European imports. Votes: 2

I say: The time has come for my courageous and proud people, after decades of displacement and colonial occupation and ceaseless suffering, to live like other peoples of the earth, free in a sovereign and independent homeland. Votes: 2

English is necessary as at present original works of science are in English. I believe that in two decades times original works of science will start coming out in our languages. Then we can move over like the Japanese. Votes: 2

Creating a better world requires teamwork, partnerships, and collaboration, as we need an entire army of companies to work together to build a better world within the next few decades. This means corporations must embrace the benefits of cooperating with one another. Votes: 2

In 1973, America imported 30 percent of its crude oil needs. Today, that number has doubled to more than 60 percent. Gas prices are as high as they are now in part because we've had no comprehensive national energy policy for the past few decades. Votes: 2

I am a futurist, projecting trends in science into the next decades and century, but ironically my two daughters - one is a neuroscientist and the other is a pastry chef - tell me that my taste in music is positively prehistoric. Votes: 2

Several years ago, I was creating a Christmas present for the family, a self-published cookbook featuring recipes my grandmother had collected and created over decades. While interviewing her for the biographical section, she began to talk about her courtship with my late grandfather. Votes: 2

Weapons of mass destruction are the greatest threat to life on earth. Biological weapons are often called the poor man's atomic bomb. Saddam Hussein is the ruler who has for decades been making the most determined and diabolical illegal effort to acquire them. Votes: 2

We need to develop and disseminate an entirely new paradigm and practice of collaboration that supersedes the traditional silos that have divided governments, philanthropies and private enterprises for decades and replace it with networks of partnerships working together to create a globally prosperous society. Votes: 2

Captain Falco saw the diminishment of biodiversity in our oceans over a span of nearly seven decades. He was dedicated to the protection of life and habitats in the sea. He was a legendary mariner, diver, oceanographer, and conservationist. The world is a better place because of him. Votes: 2

Overcoming the Cold War required courage from the people of Central and Eastern Europe and what was then the German Democratic Republic, but it also required the steadfastness of Western partner over many decades when many had long lost hope of integration of the two Germanys and Europe. Votes: 2

The United Nations' founders understood that decisions affecting war and peace should happen only by consensus, and with America's consent, the veto by Security Council permanent members was enshrined in the United Nations Charter. The profound wisdom of this has underpinned the stability of international relations for decades. Votes: 2

My dad was a bartender. My mom was a cashier, a maid and a stock clerk at K-Mart. They never made it big. They were never rich. And yet they were successful. Because just a few decades removed from hopelessness, they made possible for us all the things that had been impossible for them. Votes: 2

The issue of equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals has vexed politicians for decades. I have my own cloudy history with the issue, having supported a law in Mississippi that made it illegal for LGBT couples to adopt children. I believed at the time this was a principled position based on my faith. Votes: 2

At this stage in my career, I don't have to take any big risks. You want to take a calculated risk, not one that leads to people saying 'yes, but there was that one time when she made that big mistake.' It's always a shame when that happens, especially if you've gotten by for decades without anything hugely tragic. Votes: 2

I eat tons, three full meals a day, and I never go to the gym. When I was a child, my geography teacher said, 'You may be slim now but if you carry on eating like that, you'll end up being really fat.' Fortunately, I really don't think I've changed much in the past two decades, so that teacher was an idiot. Votes: 2

Nature stopped being natural decades ago. Votes: 0

Locking minors away for decades doesn't solve anything. Votes: 0

I have been recording for five decades now. Votes: 0

Black people have been working hard for decades. Votes: 0

The Italian economy has been held back for decades. Votes: 0

Not taking jailbirds has been our policy for decades Votes: 0

Nobody's tried to touch my hair in like, in decades. Votes: 0

The greatest explorer of recent decades is not even human. Votes: 0

Jazz is an art that takes decades to appreciate and understand. Votes: 0

In urbanization, you think big because you are thinking decades ahead. Votes: 0

The United States has, unfortunately, been victimized by terrorism going back decades. Votes: 0

Unlike the past decades, the present moment is lacking in architectural discourse. Votes: 0

Blows the lid off a decades-long conspiracy to secretly educate cartoon viewers Votes: 0

Folk-rock hasn't changed much over the decades since the Byrds started it. Votes: 0

Rock and roll has had a powerful anti-Christian subtheme for decades now. Votes: 0

I have been underestimated for decades. I've done very well that way. Votes: 0

I thought I'd had another few decades before my noise complaint years. Votes: 0

The last three decades have seen the collapse of the family wage system. Votes: 0

For three decades, Democrats and Republicans worked together to make our environment better. Votes: 0

Our mathematics of the last few decades has wallowed in generalities and formalizations. Votes: 0

For decades the American people have had an addiction to oil and gas. Votes: 0

Edward: "After a few decades, everyone you know will be dead. Problem solved. Votes: 0

There are always decades that interest people. For me, that's the Roaring Twenties. Votes: 0

Lake Wobegon, the little town that time forgot and the decades cannot improve. Votes: 0

There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen. Votes: 0

Within a few decades...the United States might get 30% of its electricity from sunshine... Votes: 0

Media bias has been a favorite theme of the Right for decades, of course. Votes: 0

Over the past two decades, we have clearly seen an erosion of ethical values. Votes: 0

I have been typecast in my career, although the type changes with the decades. Votes: 0

Over the past two decades, we have clearly seen an erosion of ethical values. Votes: 0

I learned in my four decades in Washington that one person can make a difference. Votes: 0

A low-carbon, clean energy economy can be an engine of growth for decades to come. Votes: 0

I've learned over decades of building that a deadline is a potent tool for problem-solving. Votes: 0

We talked about all the decades to come and how they would never be enough. Votes: 0

We live only a few conscious decades, and we fret ourselves enough for several lifetimes. Votes: 0

But liberals love to drape themselves in decades-old glories they had nothing to do with. Votes: 0

For decades, I have supported adoption, and have helped tens of thousands of children worldwide. Votes: 0

We've been living under outdated immigration rules from decades ago. They're decades and decades old. Votes: 0

Peace, so elusive in the past many decades, now finally prevails all over the country. Votes: 0

You can't not be a little different from others and be successful for three decades. Votes: 0

Read books, listen to tapes, attend seminars-they are decades of wisdom reduced to invaluable hours. Votes: 0

He lived decades ago,she lives at the moment.A very saddening reality for her. Votes: 0

The much greater crimes of the Soviet Gulags occurred over decades and cost millions of lives. Votes: 0

I've been writing for decades that balance is an inapt metaphor as it necessarily entails tradeoffs. Votes: 0

During the past two decades, inflation has fallen to a low level in major industrial countries. Votes: 0

It cannot take decades to resurrect, we must act immediately with purpose and enthusiasm to rebuild. Votes: 0

Leading a human life is a full-time occupation, to which everyone devotes decades of intense concern. Votes: 0

I think the neoatheists have set atheism back a few decades. And I'm a self-described atheist. Votes: 0

There is more potential for economic growth in rural America than at any time in decades. Votes: 0

The European Union has decades of experience in overcoming crises and has always emerged stronger after. Votes: 0

For decades, I have been a militant anti-declinist in terms of America's place in the world. Votes: 0

The best time to act on this was decades ago. The second best time is now. Votes: 0

Reconciliation takes time. Sometimes many decades, as the example of Europe shows. It is hard work. Votes: 0

I haven't done any translating for decades now. It's something I did when I was young. Votes: 0

Yet, nearly 6 decades after the Holocaust concluded, Anti-Semitism still exists as the scourge of the world. Votes: 0

I took the liberal view for many decades, but I believe I have changed my mind. Votes: 0

An adult has the opportunity to enjoy the wisdom gleaned from previous decades of living and experience. Votes: 0

For more than eight decades, Washington has been my hometown. My whole orientation is toward this place. Votes: 0

We misread the Fifth Amendment [of Constitution] and have been misreading it for the past three decades. Votes: 0

I have very much enjoyed being in the music business in different roles through five different decades. Votes: 0

There is no debating that, under President Obama, corporate profits are at their highest levels in decades. Votes: 0

For decades, my research was driven by outstanding problems in macroeconomics: mainly growth theory and employment theory. Votes: 0

I've been doing the Millarworld stuff for decades, and everybody seems really happy that's working on it. Votes: 0

Other than Green Day, we haven't had a lot of protest music over the past few decades. Votes: 0

We've been around for almost three decades now - there's about three generations of Bon Jovi fans. Votes: 0

Manhattan... capital of the 20th century, a city that has fascinated me for more than three decades. Votes: 0

Whatever you think matters - doesn't. Follow this rule, and you will add decades to your life. Votes: 0

In two decades I've lost a total of 789 pounds. I should be hanging from a charm bracelet. Votes: 0

During three decades, along all the highways of my youth, Frank had always been there for me. Votes: 0

Too many young people graduate laden with debts that take years, if not decades, to pay off. Votes: 0

It's the combination of marrying a beautiful woman three decades younger and my iPad that keeps me young. Votes: 0

In the past few decades, Earth's natural systems have endured more pressure than in all preceding human history. Votes: 0

My fondness for extended monologue might have been encouraged by two decades of writing stage and radio dramas. Votes: 0

Humans are too stupid to prevent climate change from radically impacting on our lives over the coming decades. Votes: 0

In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades. Votes: 0

For nearly eight decades, I've had the great fortune of playing thousands of roles before millions of people. Votes: 0

Adaptation is the only means to reduce the now-unavoidable costs of climate change over the next few decades Votes: 0

Recent decades clearly demonstrate that the more secular our Public Schools become the less successful they become academically. Votes: 0

Even if we were to stop putting out greenhouse gases right now, we'd still face decades of warming. Votes: 0

It's been years, decades, since a president has lost a major trade initiative. That would be bad headlines. Votes: 0

We haven't had a good energy policy in this country for decades and we're trying to get one. Votes: 0

I think that over the last few decades, we have seen better economic outcomes than in the past. Votes: 0

More than two decades later, it is hard to imagine the Revolutionary War coming out any other way. Votes: 0

Let's win the peace and democracy the good people of Iraq so richly deserve after decades of tyranny. Votes: 0

The cost of infrastructure development to host a mega-event can be offset against economic growth over future decades. Votes: 0

I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money but I didn't have it for many decades. Votes: 0

Music's free and music's for everyone to enjoy and express and interpret. It transcends countries and times and decades. Votes: 0

A primary task of management in the developed countries in the decades ahead will be to make knowledge productive. Votes: 0

Taxing poor families runs counter to decades of effort to help people lift themselves out of poverty through work. Votes: 0

Investing today may well be harder than it has been at any time in our three decades of existence, Votes: 0

Marriage is a decades-long experiment, conducted mostly in private; a test of will in the face of unexpected obstacles. Votes: 0

Public policy has been a passion of mine. For three decades, I've had some involvement in the political process. Votes: 0

The key is to embrace disruption and change early. Don't react to it decades later. You can't fight innovation. Votes: 0

Velano Vascular has developed a simple, game-changing innovation that will improve the way medicine has been practiced for decades. Votes: 0

There are certain moments in the history of a nation when the choices made define the decades to come. Votes: 0

It may be decades until we know what living in a state of constant distraction will do to us, Votes: 0

Prison is the only form of public housing that the government has truly invested in over the past 5 decades Votes: 0

Older couples bring obligations such as support payments and debt as well as decades of financial experience to a marriage. Votes: 0

Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money. Votes: 0

John Baldessari, the 79-year-old conceptualist, has spent more than four decades making laconic, ironic conceptual art-about-art, both good and bad. Votes: 0

In the coming decades, questions of identity, meaning cultural heritage, language, and religion will play a central role in politics. Votes: 0

Radical Christianity is not going on a missions trip or a big conference. Radical Christianity is staying steady for decades. Votes: 0

If you look at the history of other movements, whether Civil Rights or environmental rights, these are all decades-long undertakings. Votes: 0

My self-esteem had been crushed through years of childhood bullying and serious abuses, which would take me decades to overcome. Votes: 0

Removing religion from the womb of culture has become the practiced virtue of the ACLU over the past several decades. Votes: 0

By taking the time to explore charged memories in therapy we might uncover feelings that have been buried for decades. Votes: 0

Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money." Votes: 0

To expect alien technology to be just a few decades ahead of ours is too incredible to be taken seriously. Votes: 0

In my particular case foreign policy happens to be my hobby, my consuming interest. I had spent decades studying it. Votes: 0

Adobe and Apple have collaborated a lot over the decades. There's a lot more for us to do as well. Votes: 0

I have been known as the minimal and conceptual artist for over five decades. I think I haven't changed much. Votes: 0

I know of musicians who have played together for decades who hate each other. The Modern Jazz Quartet for one. Votes: 0

For decades, computers have been helping us to remember, but now it's time for them to help us to ignore. Votes: 0

My work was not embraced for many decades. I would have killed myself if getting embraced affected me so much. Votes: 0

I've created a very unconventional family. I have lovers who are three decades younger than me. This makes people very uncomfortable. Votes: 0

For many decades my relations with my parents constituted unfinished business. I had dealt with them through sheer avoidance and guilt. Votes: 0

If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false. Votes: 0

For decades, we've been told that it doesn't make economic sense to switch to renewable energy. Today, that's no longer true. Votes: 0

When he plays all the flowers swap colors and years and decades and centuries of rain pour back into the sky Votes: 0

The decline of violence is a fractal phenomenon. You can see it over millennia, over centuries, over decades and over years. Votes: 0

In a few decades of reconstruction, even the mathematical natural sciences, the ancient archetypes of theoretical perfection, have changed habit completely! Votes: 0

Since the last decades of the nineteenth century, revolt against the objectified world has determined the character of art and literature. Votes: 0

As wounded men may limp through life, so our war minds may not regain the balance of their thoughts for decades. Votes: 0

As the evidence has shown, the cases of voter fraud across the country are statistically minimal if you go back decades. Votes: 0

The consequences of a lack of new knowledge is decades of stagnation: the next generation will be poorer than this one. Votes: 0

For decades, Indians have immigrated to the United States, joined our communities, and raised their families while maintaining their cultural heritage. Votes: 0

For decades, Japan has been a friend and reliable trading partner with the United States, and I anticipate that relationship will prosper. Votes: 0

For decades to come the spy world will continue to be the collective couch where the subconscious of each nation is confessed. Votes: 0

What drove me and kept me going over the decades? If I had to use a single word, it would be 'curiosity. Votes: 0

The unfolding time for the end of globalization or a worldwide deflation is much longer, certainly measured in years, if not decades. Votes: 0

I have lived in the only decades I could have lived in, and hope to live through at least a few more. Votes: 0

Look the, the American worker has been losing - for decades now. We've seen manufacturing in decline here in the industrial Midwest. Votes: 0

Over the past four decades no reporter has critiqued the American South with such evocative sensitivity and bedrock honesty as Curtis Wilkie. Votes: 0

Even when you cherish democratic ideals, it is never easy to turn them into effective democratic institutions. This process will take decades. Votes: 0

For more than two decades, Barry Diller has been among the most respected - and feared - figures in the entertainment industry. Votes: 0

Biological evolution is too slow for the human species. Over the next few decades, it's going to be left in the dust. Votes: 0

Numerous US. Government documents exist which indicate that these objects are real and have been involved with observing Earth for several decades. Votes: 0

If you want to have a program for moving out into the universe, you have to think in centuries not in decades. Votes: 0

The United States has dealt with the Middle East and surrounding regions for many decades in the context of the Cold War. Votes: 0

What I really hope for, ultimately, is that the closet will be a non-factor in American politics in a couple of decades. Votes: 0

In the last two or three decades, there's been a feminization of the man in popular media that I've never really understood. Votes: 0

...every year for decades there had been great excitement over the Largest Vegetable competition ("That would be my husband", was the standard comment). Votes: 0

While attendance at traditional churches has been declining for decades... the evangelical movement is growing, and it is changing the way America worships. Votes: 0

Modern medical advances have helped millions of people live longer, healthier lives. We owe these improvements to decades of investment in medical research. Votes: 0

Modern medical advances have helped millions of people live longer, healthier lives. We owe these improvements to decades of investment in medical research Votes: 0

For decades, the violence in the Middle East has claimed a multitude of innocent civilian victims: Men, women and children, Arab and Israeli. Votes: 0

How lucky have we been that the face of baseball for the past two decades, through ups and downs, has been Derek Jeter. Votes: 0

I have discovered few learning disabled students in my three decades of teaching. I have, however, discovered many, many victims of teaching inabilities. Votes: 0

I have worked for three decades as a staunch advocate of building a big tent party that includes both pro-choice and pro-life Republicans. Votes: 0

What drove me and kept me going over the decades? If I had to use a single word, it would be 'curiosity.' Votes: 0

For decades, our differences with Iran meant that our governments almost never spoke to each other. Ultimately, that did not advance America's interests. Votes: 0

There are decades in the making of the one man of renown; Multitudes that go unnoticed who must wreathe for him a crown. Votes: 0

You cannot apply your high standards to a country [Egypt] burdened with decades of autocratic rule. Our democracy is still in its infancy. Votes: 0

Because time moves more slowly in Kid World ... it goes on for decades ... It is adult life that is over in a twinkling. Votes: 0

I have worked for three decades as a staunch advocate of building a 'big tent' party that includes both pro-choice and pro-life Republicans. Votes: 0

The same rightists who decades ago were shouting, 'Better dead than red!' are now often heard mumbling, 'Better red than eating hamburgers. Votes: 0

The same rightists who decades ago were shouting, 'Better dead than red!' are now often heard mumbling, 'Better red than eating hamburgers. Votes: 0

I feel that film is inevitably the medium of the future. It has been for years, decades, but more so now than ever. Votes: 0

For decades, the journalistic norm had been that the private lives of public officials remained private unless that life impinged on public performance. Votes: 0

You have family-owned businesses that have been around for 500 years. You cannot name a corporation that survives intact for even a few decades. Votes: 0

Science is my JAM. I am very excited to see where science and technological advancements will take us in the next few decades. Votes: 0

What did Nabokov and Joyce have in common, apart from the poor teeth and the great prose? Exile, and decades of near pauperism. Votes: 0

I saw more stupid people in graduate school and three decades in academia than I ever did who ran 100 acres without going broke. Votes: 0

I feel as if I became a documentary film-maker only because I had writer's block for four decades. There's no other good reason. Votes: 0

I had many decades of me time and now I just don't have that anymore. There are days when I rail against it. Votes: 0

There is a clear matter that I am not a practicing physician; I have never been a practitioner; everybody has known for decades. Votes: 0

I see the level of sophistication and knowledge about business growing dramatically. Several decades ago, only a few companies thought about international business. Votes: 0

But we need to be very clear: because of our decades of collective denial, no gradual, incremental options are now available to us. Votes: 0

Americans of all ages are earning less than they did two decades ago when adjusted for inflation. Yet they're paying more in taxes. Votes: 0

Virtually all of Darfur's six million residents are Muslim, and, because of decades of intermarriage, almost everyone has dark skin and African features. Votes: 0

I have been a practitioner of tough politics for many decades. There is little that amazes me and even less that shocks me. Votes: 0

As I look back on the last few decades of my life, I am struck by the good fortune that came my way. Votes: 0

Under a decades-old agreement, Palestinian refugee camps are supposed to administer and police themselves. Lebanese troops are technically not allowed to enter them. Votes: 0

We do not believe voters gave President Bush a mandate to turn back the clock decades on so many of our legal protections. Votes: 0

The brutal regime of the dictator fell ... the regime that ruled Iraq for decades, the decades of darkness. The decades that were of tyranny. Votes: 0

A simple life freely given in love can transcend the boundaries of place and time, stretching across oceans and extending beyond continents and decades. Votes: 0

A collection, for me, is a book of very diverse stories that somehow speak to each other, across wide geography, across time, years, decades. Votes: 0

Thanks to decades of accumulated federal budget deficits and, more significantly, imprudent Medicare and Social Security policies, we've stolen almost $60 trillion from our children. Votes: 0

Sally Field looks amazing in general, never mind her age! She's a phenomenally talented actress and has had a career spanning so many decades. Votes: 0

There is a lot of bad architecture. What we need more is to look at how our landscape should look in the next decades. Votes: 0

[AIDS ] is not a short-term emergency but it is something that, just like smallpox was many decades ago, we should aim for complete eradication. Votes: 0

Cost is the spectre haunting health reform. For many decades, the great flaw in the American health-care system was its unconscionable gaps in coverage. Votes: 0

Elephants love to play around. They are very intelligent animals. They have a strong bond, at times stretching to several decades, with their mahouts. Votes: 0

For three or four decades, we've been sitting here in front of this TV consuming a one-way medium that we had no control over. Votes: 0

We know from our own history that democratic institutions take decades to mature, and we know from past conflicts that freedom is not free. Votes: 0

People will be talking about the [Barack] Obama legacy for decades, and I wanted to include my voice in the analysis of this presidency. Votes: 0

We have known for decades that our survival depends on finding new sources of energy. Yet we import more oil today than ever before. Votes: 0

The success in the determination of the high-resolution structures of ribosomal subunits and eventually the whole ribosome was the culmination of decades of effort. Votes: 0

Conservatism is not about tradition and morality, hasn't been for many decades... It is about the putative biological and spiritual superiority of the wealthy. Votes: 0

Tape is the archiving champ and has been for decades. Reliable, less expensive than disks and available in large-scale robotic systems that store petabytes. Votes: 0

One never comes into embarrassment, if one is ready to balance. To ask oneself never in embarrassment, what have you in these decades made. Votes: 0

The case against Jeff Sessions was threadbare three decades ago. It's based on hearsay and innuendo and a joke he made about the Klan. Votes: 0

For decades engineers have stood accused that their buildings do not have any cultural value. We have attempted to liberate engineering of this accusation. Votes: 0

Obamacare would never have passed without decades of massive immigration from the Third World. Liberals didn't change any minds - they changed the voters. Votes: 0

What kind of economy grows for decades on end but doesn't allow most of the population to share in the gains from that growth? Votes: 0

My talent is getting things to work that people think are many decades in the future. I say we can make them happen now. Votes: 0

The two world wars boosted American power and devastated potential rivals to an extent that could not have lasted more than a few decades. Votes: 0

Investigations during the last few decades have brought hydrogen instead of carbon, and instead of CO2 water, the mother of all life, into the foreground." Votes: 0

Three decades into this crisis, let us set our sights on achieving the "three zeros" zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths. Votes: 0

Three scenarios for post-Kyoto emissions reductions indicate that ... the long-term consequences are small... The influence of the Protocol would, furthermore, be undetectable for many decades. Votes: 0

Investigations during the last few decades have brought hydrogen instead of carbon, and instead of CO2 water, the mother of all life, into the foreground. Votes: 0

The truth is that after several decades of neoliberalism, the rich are becoming increasingly richer while the poor are both more numerous and increasingly poorer. Votes: 0

I think in Atlantic Canada, because of what happened in the decades following Confederation, there is a culture of defeat that we have to overcome. Votes: 0

Investigations during the last few decades have brought hydrogen instead of carbon, and instead of CO2 water, the mother of all life, into the foreground. Votes: 0

Landmines are different from other conventional weapons. When a war is over, the landmines stay in the ground and continue to kill - for decades. Votes: 0

The nation will be shaped for decades by decisions that are made by President Bush and the Senate about the future of the Supreme Court. Votes: 0

If the United Nations does not attempt to chart a course for the world's people in the first decades of the new millennium, who will? Votes: 0

The nation will be shaped for decades by decisions that are made by President Bush and the Senate about the future of the Supreme Court. Votes: 0

When it comes to crime, the violent crime rate in America has been lowered during my presidency than anytime in the last three, four decades. Votes: 0

So learning to play a new instrument, learning a new language - those sorts of things will pay dividends for years or decades to come. Votes: 0

New formalism is writing with language as flow, like the flow from a dam, running through a desert that has had no rain for decades. Votes: 0

For decades, the key question has been 'how valuable is the brand?' The key question moving forward is 'how valuable are your apps?' Votes: 0

The sad thing is many people learn how to manage money after they've made a lot of financial mistakes, some that take decades to fix. Votes: 0

Writers know that sometimes things are there in the drawer for decades before they finally come out and you are capable of writing about them. Votes: 0

I thought it would be such a sick joke to have to remain to be alive for decades and not believe in or feel anything. Votes: 0

What role did the Internet play in the Egyptian Revolution? People will be arguing about the answer to that question for decades if not centuries. Votes: 0

I won 1,098 games, and eight national championships, and coached in four different decades. But what I see are not the numbers. I see their faces. Votes: 0

Today, we are on a path of decay. We are seeing the book close on five decades of accomplishment as the leader in human space exploration. Votes: 0

There is absolutely nothing democratic about the "global arrangement" through which the West has been ruling over the rest of the world for decades and centuries. Votes: 0

Maitake can achieve humongous sizes, sometimes up to 50 pounds per specimen! Massive maitake can form annually from dying dendritic tree roots for many years, even decades. Votes: 0

Not only has the number of government employees multiplied in recent decades, but the rise of government unions further stacks the political odds against private citizens. Votes: 0

A path to citizenship for those who are here illegally in my view is unfair to those waiting sometimes a decades in line to come here. Votes: 0

I know parts of all the decades come in and out of fashion, but you never get to wear an entire outfit exactly how it was. Votes: 0

Though liberals have portrayed themselves throughout the past several decades as champions of the homeless, they are actually guilty of having created and perpetuated their condition. Votes: 0

The greatest problem in Japanese politics over the last two decades is that we put off what needed to be done. We have to overcome that. Votes: 0

Today, we are on a path of decay. We are seeing the book close on five decades of accomplishment as the leader in human space exploration. Votes: 0

At 88 years old - with every intention of living decades longer - I'm still running a company, writing articles, launching new ventures, and fully enjoying life. Votes: 0

For three decades, we have sought to solve the problems of unemployment through government planning, and the more the plans fail, the more the planners plan. Votes: 0

I will do my best to reduce the price of oil to expand the life span of oil at least for two decades or three decades. Votes: 0

For decades, Saddam and his Sunni minority had imposed their will on Iraq, carrying on a 14-century tradition of Sunnis controlling Mesopotamia despite a Shiite majority. Votes: 0

Evangelical Christians, who once were a ridiculed irrelevant sectarian movement, have, over just three decades, become a powerful voting bloc that can no longer be ignored. Votes: 0

Popular culture, in all its crudeness, is the output of liberals. It is liberalism that for decades has rejected any protest as 'censorship' or 'McCarthyism.' Votes: 0

Egypt is kind of like the Hollywood of the Middle East. I mean, we had cinema maybe decades before the other Arab countries ever got independence. Votes: 0

In fact, Western culture has spent decades drawing lines and boxes around interconnected phenomena. We've chunked the world into pieces rather than explored its webby nature. Votes: 0

Care about understanding and before you know it, in just a few decades, you'll have a system of thinking that gives you answers whenever you ask. Votes: 0

One of the biggest stories in all of politics worldwide, in all of politics in this country, for decades is what's happened with the Republican Party. Votes: 0

Eden Robinson is one of those rare artists who comes to writing with a skill and maturity that has taken the rest of us decades to achieve. Votes: 0

Change occurs slowly. Very often a legal change might take place but the cultural shift required to really accept its spirit lingers in the wings for decades." Votes: 0

I think, broadly speaking, the US military's role - US military activism in various parts of the Islamic world over the past several decades has been counterproductive. Votes: 0

The United States has been becoming worse year after year after year for decades, and it's guaranteed to continue down that path if we don't change something. Votes: 0

Change occurs slowly. Very often a legal change might take place but the cultural shift required to really accept its spirit lingers in the wings for decades. Votes: 0

The Communists have for decades loudly proclaimed their goal of destroying the bourgeois world, while the West merely smiled at what seemed to be an extravagant joke. Votes: 0

The consumption of information, films, music has been changing in recent decades. It's hard to know what will become the film that can not easily reach [audiences]. Votes: 0

During three decades from 1947 to 1977, the nation implemented what might be called a basic bargain with American workers. Employers paid them enough to buy what they produced. Votes: 0

It is best to live with honor for just a day than with dishonor for many decades; better a short lived celestial swan than a century-lived crow. Votes: 0

Fracking opens up vast tracts of the U.S. to exploitation by gas drillers. There's enough energy under our feet to last us for decades, maybe centuries. Votes: 0

This is the most historic moment in Supreme Court history in our lifetime, no question about it. These are justices who are going to serve for decades. Votes: 0

World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into. Votes: 0

The greatest shoemaker in England for many, many decades; he used to be the royal shoe-maker for the Queen Mother. This is where I learnt my trade. Votes: 0

Absent scandal, a federal judge can serve for decades on the bench, underscoring the importance of appointing judges who have a proper understanding of their constitutional role. Votes: 0

With nearly 20 days until Iraq emerges as a free sovereign state for the first time in more than three decades, terrorists have increasingly targeted our country's infrastructure. Votes: 0

I think that our progress on key diseases over the next several decades is going to be pretty amazing and so I am very interested in that. Votes: 0

This quake, tsunami and the nuclear accident are the biggest crises for Japan [in decades] ... We will continue to handle it in a state of maximum alert. Votes: 0

I often yearn to regress into a state that's slightly more atavistic than my decades of conditioning generally allow, but it's difficult to let go of those reigns. Votes: 0

It simply cannot be disputed that for decades the Palestinian leadership was more interested in there not being a Jewish state than in there being a Palestinian state. Votes: 0

It's taken years for people to figure out how to make good content with a gamepad, even though they've been using gamepads for decades to make traditional games. Votes: 0

For decades, the public school system failed too many children, so we passed the No Child Left Behind Act and demanded schools show results in return for money. Votes: 0

One can say that in the last decades chess has become more of a sport than of a science. I see it from an artistic point of view. Votes: 0

After many decades of Disney movies, we have been conditioned to expect princesses to fall in love quickly with their charming princes and 'live happily ever after.' Votes: 0

I feel like decades ago it was either youre black, white, Asian or Hispanic, or whatever, but today we see more of an acceptance for people with multi-nationalities. Votes: 0

Over the last two decades, America has increased its demand for oil by nearly 30 percent, yet we have not expanded our ability to produce domestic sources of fuel. Votes: 0

A figure in Los Angeles politics for five decades, my mother nevertheless had had her fill of talking to people by the time she came home at night. Votes: 0

Secular cycles are the long periods - as long as decades - that come to define each market era. These cycles alternate between long-term bull and bear markets. Votes: 0

I have known Farley Mowat all of my life, from reading his books as a child to becoming a close friend of his over the last three decades. Votes: 0

Although the war in which you fought took place more than half-a-century ago, your courage, your sacrifice and your patriotism reaches through the decades and inspires us today. Votes: 0

Over the last couple of decades, the personalization of the office changed dramatically... there's an informality people often take for the absence of rules - which it's not. Votes: 0

A lot of incredible rap albums over the past couple of decades have deserved Album of the Year. To Pimp a Butterfly is an extension of those albums. Votes: 0

For some decades now, it seems, there has been a ukase in place in American journalism to the effect that Canada is entitled to one story per season. Votes: 0

I've read hundreds of books about China over the decades. I know the Chinese. I've made a lot of money with the Chinese. I understand the Chinese mind. Votes: 0

Ask almost anybody if they think the climate?s changed in the last couple of decades and they will all say ?yes? and give you lots of examples. Votes: 0

The setting of SMART goals has been written about extensively over the decades, but will only be as useful as the extent to which its principles are used. Votes: 0

Two decades after communism and the alleged end of the Cold War, Russia is still a cash economy. The preferred currency is dollars, though euros are also acceptable. Votes: 0

Paul Ryan's love for Rage Against The Machine is amusing, because he is the embodiment of the machine that our music has been raging against for two decades Votes: 0

As we move toward a new Middle East, over the years and, I think, over the decades to come, we will make a lot of people very nervous. Votes: 0

At his Philadelphia alma mater, Temple University, Cosby gave commencement addresses and attended games. He served on the university`s board of trustees for more than three decades. Votes: 0

Technologies for stimulating the brain and controlling the mind can have benefits, but they have a dark side that military and intelligence planners have been exploiting for decades Votes: 0

Nothing evades our attention as persistently as that which we take for granted... the decades roll on without even a suggestion that perhaps the whole matter must be rethought Votes: 0

This is cooperation [with Hezbollah, Iran , from Russia], I don't know what you mean by support. We have cooperation with countries for decades. Why talk about this cooperation now ? Votes: 0

Among the many factors that make a return to halcyon days of the first decades of the postwar era virtually impossible is the decline of clearly defined political leadership. Votes: 0

It is high time that the Palestinian people restore their freedom and independence. It is high time that the decades, the long decades of suffering and pain would stop. Votes: 0

In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace. Votes: 0

Disney's House of the Future had the clean simplicity prized in the 1950s as relief from decades of frayed patchwork, jury-rigging, and make-do clutter caused by Depression and war. Votes: 0

For decades, parents were told by so-called parenting 'experts' that offspring would be best raised on the belief each is special and entitled to all life has to offer. Votes: 0

People are obscenities. Would rather be music than be a mass of tubes squeezing semisolids around itself for a few decades before becoming so dribblesome it'll no longer function. Votes: 0

For decades Republicans have made policy with a higher purpose in mind: to solidify the GOP base or to damage the institutions and movements aligned with the other side. Votes: 0

The way we experience history and time in all its forms shifted quite massively between 1989 and 2001 - to the point where contrivances like decades are now kind of silly. Votes: 0

Kortchnoi's heritage is many-faceted - over the decades he has several times corrected and changed his style. But the main thing has invariably remained his search for chess truth. Votes: 0

This [Judge Samuel Alito] may be one of the most significant or consequential nominations that the Senate will vote on since I've been here in the last three decades. Votes: 0

Where journalists have gotten themselves in trouble over the last few decades is that their skepticism often extends only to American officials, the U.S. military and Republican politicians. Votes: 0

Each moment in history is a fleeting time, precious and unique. But some stand out as moments of beginning, in which courses are set that shape decades or centuries. Votes: 0

From the outset, MoMA followed the Bauhaus's strict prohibition against design that even hinted at the decorative, a prejudice that skewed the pioneering museum's view of Modernism for decades. Votes: 0

Homosexuals die decades younger than heterosexuals, from a host of maladies. They suffer mental problems ranging from depression to psychosis, and have suicide rates many times that of heterosexuals. Votes: 0

Maybe we spend most of our decades being someone else, avoiding ourselves, maybe a man is only himself, his true self, for a few days in his entire life. Votes: 0

What makes a good book? Scholars and critics have been debating that question for decades. I like books that touch my head and my heart at the same time. Votes: 0

I have like 10 different processes I go to. My favorite one is to just go to an obscure neighborhood I haven't been to in decades and just wander around. Votes: 0

People might like to think a war is done when a cease fire is signed, but for most people who lived through a war it goes on for decades. Votes: 0

Printed books usually outlive bookstores and the publishers who brought them out. They sit around, demanding nothing, for decades. That's one of their nicest qualities - their brute persistence. Votes: 0

What is this love that endures decades, passes on sleep, and resists death to give one kiss? Call it agape love, a love that bears a semblance of God's. Votes: 0

We suggest that in the next decades fisheries management will have to emphasize the rebuilding of fish populations embedded within functional food webs, within large 'no-take' marine protected areas. Votes: 0

A child of today can detect a lie quicker than the wisest adult of two decades ago. When I want to know what is true, I ask my children. Votes: 0

We've seen more reform in the last year than we've seen in decades, and we haven't spent a dime yet. It's staggering how the Recovery Act is driving change. Votes: 0

Watching 'Girls,' it was really angering for me at first, because I really had spent decades hiding unlikable, unattractive Jewish girls in likable, attractive, non-Jewish actors and characters. Votes: 0

We all recognize that in recent decades, many important achievements have helped create a cleaner, healthier environment, yet our national needs in environmental health are not being fully met. Votes: 0

A career is a journey. I've been fortunate enough to work and be very successful over three decades, but I haven't achieved nearly what I want to achieve yet. Votes: 0

I have had affairs that lasted decades and others that lasted for hours. I have loved princesses and peasants. And I suppose they loved me, each in their way. Votes: 0

I think there's a responsibility of the publisher, of the company, to make sure the staple books that have been around for decades come out in a timely manner. Votes: 0

My own life has in some ways been a decades-long tour of the sibling experience. I have full sibs, I have half-sibs, and for a time I had step-sibs. Votes: 0

Two significant developments in the past several decades have been the collapse of communism as an ideology and the general acceptance, in rhetoric, if not practice, of liberal democracy. Votes: 0

The rate of change is not going to slow down anytime soon. If anything, competition in most industries will probably speed up even more in the next few decades. Votes: 0

We have - through a hundred years of photography and two decades of film - been enormously enriched... We may say we see the world with entirely different eyes. Votes: 0

I love the idea of a record containing an entire universe; where the sounds span decades of recording from all over the world and all sorts of different sources. Votes: 0

Sometimes a line of mathematical research extending through decades can be thought of as one long conversation in which many mathematicians take part. This is fortunately true at present. Votes: 0

My overall recommendation: for decades corporate policy manuals and HR departments have told people they are responsible for their own careers. It's about time people really heeded those warnings. Votes: 0

Companies like GE and Procter & Gamble have been in business for a long time. Over decades or a century you're bound to figure out a management structure that works. Votes: 0

I've never been a big fan of the music-video style of editing movies that crept in the last few decades. I like stuff that's able to take its time. Votes: 0

There have been two popular subjects for poetry in the last few decades: the Vietnam War and AIDS, about both of which almost all of us have felt deeply. Votes: 0

In the last few decades, mankind has sinned terribly against the law of natural selection. We haven't just maintained life unworthy of life, we have even allowed it to multiply. Votes: 0

What we have been living for three decades is frontier capitalism, with the frontier constantly shifting location from crisis to crisis, moving on as soon as the law catches up. Votes: 0

The Government of Iraq also owes a debt to the American and coalition forces who are fighting the insurgency and helping put that country back together after decades of repression. Votes: 0

I think that both Bernie [Sanders] and Hillary [Hillary] have highlighted how much, over the last few decades, we have seen the concentration of wealth in fewer and fewer hands. Votes: 0

After its hothouse incubation in the seventies, appropriation breathed important new life into art. This life flowered spectacularly over the decades - even if it's now close to aesthetic kudzu. Votes: 0

The net's future is far from assured, and history offers much warning. Within a few decades of Gutenberg's creation, princes and priests moved to restrict the right to print books. Votes: 0

Conservatives were griping for decades about liberal media and nobody paid attention. Now, all of a sudden, one news channel has gotten a whole new community of people freaked out. Votes: 0

I've been trekking the hills and lanes of the British countryside for nearly four decades now and I've come to associate my passion with overexcited poets rather than pampered painters. Votes: 0

We, as a country, have not seen a significant change in immigration policy in nearly two decades, even though all Americans agree that current immigration policy is outdated and malfunctioning. Votes: 0

The massive upward distribution of wealth engineered by our political class over the last few decades has solidified the plutocratic control of the rule-making machinery in Washington and state capitals. Votes: 0

Far from trying to rig the system, I have spent decades opposing cronyism and all political favors, including mandates, subsidies and protective tariffs - even when we benefit from them. Votes: 0

After decades of declining influence on the affairs of the world, there is once again a widespread consideration of spritual principles as an antidote to the pain of our times. Votes: 0

I start phone calls at 4 A.M. to cheer people up. The housebound, people in the hospital. People who, after decades, still can't get over what happened 10 or 15 years ago. Votes: 0

The past few decades of widening inequality can be summed up as significant income and wealth gains for those at the very top and stagnant living standards for the majority Votes: 0

During the 1960s, we used twice as much oil as during the 1950s. And in each of those decades, more oil was consumed than in all of mankind's previous history. Votes: 0

Within the next few decades, autos will have folding wings that can be spread when on a straight stretch of road so that the machine can take to the air. Votes: 0

It's a given your family will be tired of being photographed, but don't give up. In another couple of decades, those are the pictures you will be glad to have. Votes: 0

Life is not something to be lived through: it is something to be lived up to. It is a privilege, not a penal servitude of so many decades on earth. Votes: 0

A pioneer in this genre [ writing about the refugee crisis] : the book A Seventh Man, by the great John Berger, decades ago evoked the lives of migrant workers in Europe. Votes: 0

King Fahd was a man of wisdom and a leader who commanded respect throughout the entire world. He was a friend and strong ally of the United States for decades. Votes: 0

Vietnam remains an underdeveloped economy with a high poverty incidence, ... party, people and army will continue to stand united and ... turn Vietnam into a developed country in the coming decades. Votes: 0

Through the last few decades it [the art object] has been ripped off the wall and twisted through every conceivable permutation, yet back to the wall it insists on going. Votes: 0

... the decades looked on and didn't notice her passing. They stared from their fixed mounts across at each other and didn't see revolution striding between them, on her way to destiny. Votes: 0

As you get older, you see how rapidly the years and decades fly by, so I would encourage anyone, no matter the age, to seize their life and be fully present. Votes: 0

You know it's always amazed me - I think the most startling thing that's happened in the last couple of decades is that there is no sort of objective reporting anymore. Votes: 0

Marijuana is quite possibly the finest of intoxicants. It has been scientifically proven, for decades, to be much less harmful to the body than alcohol when used on a regular basis. Votes: 0

The good news is that women's roles have changed so dramatically over the past three decades that women now expect to have careers, balance work and family, express their individual autonomy. Votes: 0

With their own record of killing 12 million American Indians and supporting slavery for four decades after the British abolished it, Americans wish to project their historical guilt on to someone else. Votes: 0

Future historians trying to determine what it was like to be alive in fin de millennium America should read the last two decades of O. Henry and Best American short-story collections. Votes: 0

There are genuine questions to be asked about why we now have the highest level of employment in many decades, contrary to the position during the boom-bust years of the Conservatives. Votes: 0

there are worse things than being alone but it often takes decades to realize this and most often when you do it's too late and there's nothing worse than too late Votes: 0

Political ideas that have dominated the public mind for decades cannot be refuted through rational arguments. They must run their course in life and cannot collapse otherwise than in great catastrophe... Votes: 0

Ignorance is poverty. Ignorance is pain. I don't want you to go through that. So what I'm trying to do is save you decades of time by bringing you the best. Votes: 0

If we look at music history closely, it is not difficult to isolate certain elements of great potency which were to nourish the art of music for decades, if not centuries. Votes: 0

Superman has been around for so long; he's been around for, what, eight decades now? And he goes through these different eras where different aspects of who he is get emphasized. Votes: 0

After decades of hauling telescopes around in the back of vans and going up to high altitude locations and so forth, I did finally build an observatory, here on Sonoma mountain. Votes: 0

But scientists on both sides of the iron curtain played a very significant role in maintaining the momentum of the nuclear arms race throughout the four decades of the Cold War. Votes: 0

The biggest effect of the personal computer revolution has been to allow millions and millions of people to experience computers themselves decades before they ever would have in the old paradigm. Votes: 0

For decades, free nations tolerated oppression in the Middle East for the sake of stability. In practice, this approach brought little stability and much oppression, so I have changed this policy. Votes: 0

Two decades of virtually uninterrupted fighting had made even the most dignified structures appear drunken, wounded, or lost. The entire city seemed to affirm the notion that warfare is a disease. Votes: 0

After decades of hauling telescopes around in the back of vans and going up to high altitude locations and so forth, I did finally build an observatory, here on Sonoma mountain. Votes: 0

Where are you from? New York?Weird you picked up on that, she said, I've been gone from there for so long.Like a couple of decades could dilute that accent. Votes: 0

Iran is taking over Iraq. They've been trying to for many, many decades. And now they're finally taking over Iraq. As we sit here, they're taking over Iraq. We get nothing. Votes: 0

If a severe pandemic materializes, all of society could pay a heavy price for decades of failing to create a rational system of health care that works for all of us. Votes: 0

If you think of any long-term artist that makes music throughout several decades, you would hope that it's autobiographical and a form of self-expression, and that's certainly how I approach my music. Votes: 0

I think I take my style from all walks of life, and all generations and decades of life as well. I love mixing '50s with '80s and classic with punk. Votes: 0

I was attracted to the direct connection with history that land surveyors experience in the form of plans, field notes, and from surveying monuments from decades or even centuries in the past. Votes: 0

A durable, long-term U.S.-China strategic relationship is even more important now than in previous decades. The relationship will continue to grow and prosper to the mutual benefit of all peoples. Votes: 0

No, I like today's cinema a lot. But I've spent so many decades only making movies. There's so much that I still want to do. Like, live. It's only up to me. Votes: 0

I'm a lot less concerned with Bill Clinton's escapades decades ago than I am with Hillary Clinton's consistently wrong record when it comes to foreign policy, when it comes to domestic policy. Votes: 0

Every day I practise my flute. I've been doing it for decades and every day I find something new that inspires me for all the rest that I do in my days. Votes: 0

How much sweeter life would be if it all happened in reverse, if, after decades of disappointments, you finally arrived at an age when you had conceded nothing, when everything was possible. Votes: 0

So a truthful assessment of how America is doing in the war on terror as a result of President Bush's war on Iraq is that we have been set back by decades. Votes: 0

The fundamental landscape of biology is undergoing a major upheaval, much as it did in the first decades of the 20th Century. This upheaval will take time to fully reveal its implications. Votes: 0

Book depository is nothing new; there've been outlets selling books internationally via mail order for many decades - the only change is that it's now easier to find and use such services. Votes: 0

No one ever saw all of him. It took me nearly four decades to allow my father his shadows, his reserve, to sit silently with him and not clamor for something more. Votes: 0

For more than 60 years, the United States has stood by our allies and partners in the Asia Pacific. That includes our defence partnership with Singapore, which stretches back more than two decades. Votes: 0

The real barrier (to building a brand) is the human mind. It normally takes decades to build a brand because it takes decades to penetrate the gray matter in between your ears. Votes: 0

Lou Reed's music has been in the lives of millions of people all over the world for decades. He had a truly universal presence and was respected by musicians across all genres. Votes: 0

Veganism gives us all the opportunity to say what we "stand for" in life- the ideal of healthy, humane living. Add decades to your life, with a clear conscience as a bonus. Votes: 0

Galileo got it wrong. The earth does not revolve around the sun. It revolves around you and has been doing so for decades. At least, this is the model you are using. Votes: 0

I know where we today in Europe have enormous influx of... in the last decades of people from Islamic countries, that our society has changed. That it has worsened for that reason. Votes: 0

Rincewind gave his fingers a long shocked stare, as one might regard a gun that has been hanging on the wall for decades and has suddenly gone off and perforated the cat. Votes: 0

Do something. Anything. You're alive, and you'll only be for a few decades, and then it's done. You'll be in the ground, worm food. Make something and don't let fear consume you. Votes: 0

People are very appreciative, and I'm always thrilled at how long the 'Morse' films have lasted. They seem to have an afterlife that goes on and on for decades, which is touching. Votes: 0

Pirate historians have now discovered social history, the branch of history which in the last two decades or so has been the most dynamic and inventive, in both senses of the word. Votes: 0

I say the same thing that I've said for decades now, which is: don't go over to Japan trying to change it, thinking that you know better. Go there trying to understand. Votes: 0

Bell Labs was an astonishing place for many decades, though it fell on somewhat hard times during the telecom meltdown some years ago, as its corporate owner had to cope with shrinking markets. Votes: 0

President Murabak has been a U.S. ally for decades. He was a guarantor of some degree of peace in the Middle East and has kept a good relationship with the Western world. Votes: 0

Comic books, if you're adapting a comic book - like X-Men, for example - you've got 40 years of amazing stories to dig into, things that incredible artists have been thinking about for decades. Votes: 0

Buying found objects means repurposing something that was already made years before, sometimes decades before. It strikes a nice balance between the new and used equation we should strive for in our lives. Votes: 0

There has been corruption in the Belgian civil service and at government level for decades. The Royal family do what they can to hold things together, and they don't do a bad job. Votes: 0

For decades, we've been trying to cook up the building blocks of life, in the lab, and recreate the origins of it all, but the parts didn't seem to fit together, until now. Votes: 0

Boyhood is the longest time in life for a boy. The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and living through them is like waiting for the millennium. Votes: 0

For several decades, I believed it was necessary to be extraordinary if you wanted to write, and since I wasn't, I gave up my ambition and settled down to a life of reading. Votes: 0

Jazz has an audience all around the globe and has had for many decades, I think speaking of the United States, let's say that what we need is more of an official recognition. Votes: 0

After two decades of personal finance reporting, I've heard every excuse in the book for not saving money. That said, none of them really hold up - at least over the long term. Votes: 0

Senator Kennedy inspired so many with his decades of service, so I can't think of a more fitting tribute then working to educate and motivate future generations of citizens and public servants alike. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Tom Kizzia hasn't just observed and written about Alaska for three-plus decades, he's lived it. 'Pilgrim's Wilderness' is a story that needed to be told by the only man who could tell it. Votes: 0

People used to say obvious things ironically or as a form of understatement, but in the last few decades they seem to say it with a sense of discovery, and it worries me. Votes: 0

A painter, a sculptor, a writer, they can express freely. They don't affect society as a whole. We build buildings that have a purpose, that stay there for hundreds of years or decades. Votes: 0

I fell in love with the topic of leadership. For three decades, that has been a major focus of my hands-on work: listening to and working with leaders, their teams and their organizations. Votes: 0

I've been fortunate in that I never actually read any Jane Austen until I was thirty, thus sparing myself several decades of the unhappiness of having no new Jane Austen novels to read. Votes: 0

When I started stand-up - and this is in the '90s - there was definitely people hadn't watched decades of Comedy Central, where people are really much more educated on stand-up comedy. Votes: 0

It may be tempting to look back and wring our hands over missed opportunities for change in the preceding decades. But, I'm not interested at looking in the rearview mirror except to learn. Votes: 0

Mexico has relied on television for decades to keep the citizens misinformed and in a constant state of stupor. I mean we live in a time where democracy is almost synonymous with oligarchy. Votes: 0

The real success story of branding in recent decades has been the way in which companies have used their brands to turn the satisfaction of complex and even spiritual needs into commercial transactions. Votes: 0

With longer life spans and better health and education, many feel that giving birth to a baby a mere couple of decades after they themselves were in the cradle is a little premature. Votes: 0

There's no reason the nation of Africa cannot and should not join the ranks of the world's most prosperous nations in the near term, in the decades ahead. There is simply no reason. Votes: 0

Speak up, destiny, speak up! Destiny always seems decades away, but suddenly it's not decades away; it's right now. But maybe destiny is always right now, right here, right this very instant, maybe. Votes: 0

This bill would allow an employee to bring a claim against an employer decades after the alleged initial act of discrimination occurred. Trial lawyers, you can be sure, are salivating at this very prospect. Votes: 0

There are signs that Allah will grant Islam victory in Europe - without swords, without guns, without conquests. The 50 million Muslims of Europe will turn it into a Muslim continent within a few decades. Votes: 0

The 20th Century was a bloodbath, and for all the frustrations and failures of the project to unify Europe, the last five decades have been periods of unprecedented peace, growth, and prosperity in Europe. Votes: 0

One of the genuine phenomenons over the past four decades has been the liberal community's steadfast insistence that God should be barred from the public sphere. This is not law. It is religious prejudice. Votes: 0

The biographies and autobiographies are on the whole more impressive than the fiction of the last two decades, but the freakish best sellers among them are least likely to withstand the test of time. Votes: 0

I finally realized that my relaxation is practicing the piano and writing. I've tried to do other things, but I've learned through the decades, that this is what I enjoy, practicing music and writing. Votes: 0

In old age, you realise that while you're divided from your youth by decades, you can close your eyes and summon it at will. As a writer it puts one at a distinct advantage. Votes: 0

If the lives of men can be measured in terms of years, ideologies in decades, and nations in centuries, then the unit measuring civilizations, born of the interaction among peoples, would be the millennium. Votes: 0

I hate how hard spiritual transformation is and how long it takes. I hate thinking about how many people have gone to church for decades and remain joyless or judgmental or bitter or superior. Votes: 0

I am not God. Nor am I Phantom. I am ready to accept any criticism. I have been in politics for decades. Each and every day, in several media, there is criticism of me. Votes: 0

It is a myth that higher taxes lead to less demand and slower growth. In the first three decades after World War II, US top tax rates on the wealthy were never below 70 percent. Votes: 0

The hard truth is carbon pollution has built up in our atmosphere for decades now. And even if we Americans do our part, the planet will slowly keep warming for some time to come. Votes: 0

My advice to the tea party freshmen: Slow the galloping horses to a trot. Big government was built over decades; it can't be dismantled in a year, especially when Democrats control the White House. Votes: 0

Our concepts of aging really should be blurring because there are plenty of people who make it to older ages who aren't really any different in many ways than people who are decades younger. Votes: 0

Whatever you think matters - doesn't. Follow this rule, and you will add decades to your life. Rodger Rosenblatt As a well spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death. Votes: 0

The rise of populist parties such as the Five Star Movement in Italy and the Front National in France are rocking the political certainties of the last decades. And that also affects the economy. Votes: 0

The chances of each of us coming into existence are infinitesimally small, and even though we shall all die some day, we should count ourselves fantastically lucky to get our decades in the sun. Votes: 0

It's never a good idea to organize society in a way that depletes the energy of half the population. We discovered this with women decades ago, and now it's time to realize it with introverts. Votes: 0

Desmond O'Grady is one of the senior figures in Irish Literary life, exemplary in the way he has committed himself over the decades to the vocation of poetry and has lived selflessly for the art Votes: 0

The simple combination of letters and sounds you select as a name for your baby can result in a life of carefree coolness or decades of expensive therapy. Hi, I'm Jake versus Hi, I'm... Tapioca Votes: 0

Have you ever been so melancholy, that you wanted to fit in the palm of your beloved's hand? And lie there, for fortnights, or decades, or the length of time between stars? In complete silence? Votes: 0

Over the past decades...while many businesses have pursued what I call 'business as usual', I have been part of a different, smaller business movement, one that tried to put idealism back on the agenda. Votes: 0

What people don't understand is that my dad isn't up on the contemporary music scene. He's been a legend for decades and he doesn't know what's going on right now, and he doesn't need to. Votes: 0

For more than two decades, I repeatedly voiced the mantra that — situated as we are virtually on the coastline of the world's richest economy — Jamaica has no reason to be poor, Votes: 0

One of the things that EBONY [magazine] has done for years, decades is perspective. They knew what our audience was, they know who we are, so that's what I hope to do with this show. Votes: 0

When I began writing science fiction in the middle 60s, it seemed very easy to find ideas that took decades to percolate into the cultural consciousness; now the lead time seems more like eighteen months. Votes: 0

Speak Peace sums up decades of healing and peacework. It would be hard to list all the kinds of people who can benefit from reading this book, because it's really any and all of us. Votes: 0

... we cannot rule out the possibility that the changes of recent decades are part of a natural rebound from the 'Little Ice Age' that followed the medieval warm period and ended in the 19th century. Votes: 0

The most fateful change that unfolded during the past three decades was not an increase in greed. It was the expansion of markets, and of market values, into spheres of life where they don't belong. Votes: 0