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Years Quotes

What sticks around, year after year.

This set looks back across stretches of time, from a fond memory tied to years spent in a particular place to a wry joke about maturity and age. It pairs naturally with our About quotes.

A femtosecond is comparable to one second in 32 million years. It is like watching a 32-million-year movie to see one second.

Quotes by Ahmed Zewail

For years, the West supported Mubarak and gave aid for what it hoped was stability - but was actually stagnation - in the Middle East.

Quotes by Ahmed Zewail

The French colonisation of Algeria lasted a long time: 132 years.

Quotes by Ahmed Ben Bella

To be honest, I think Chris Ware is the only person whose books I've actively and consistently purchased for years.

Quotes by Aesop Rock

About Quotes

I don't shop. I haven't shopped in about four years.

Quotes by Adrian Grenier

It is not the years in your life but the life in your years that counts.

Quotes by Adlai Stevenson I

I don't have any aspirations to play until I'm 50 years old.

Quotes by Adam Vinatieri

I've kicked a lot of balls over the years.

Quotes by Adam Vinatieri

I was at the crossroads of my life when I was 7 years old.

Quotes by Adam Vinatieri

Been Quotes

It wasn't until I hit 20 that I became an obsessive reader, I think, which feels a little funny considering I was a bookseller for five years and have been reviewing YA novels for four years.

Quotes by Adam Silvera

When you blow an audition that you have a lot of importance on, it haunts you for years.

Quotes by Adam Scott

I've been skating since I was 10 years old.

Quotes by Adam Rippon

Global affairs consultant Ian Bremmer, founder of the Eurasia Group, has started a newsletter called 'Signal,' aimed at millennials. For years, Bremmer has written a maddeningly all-lowercase yet fascinating weekly newsletter on geopolitics.

Quotes by Adam Lashinsky

Groceries, TV shows, and shoes are a few categories Amazon has been willing to hang onto for years.

Quotes by Adam Lashinsky

First Quotes

I worked from 12 to 17, six years in a bakery. I was a pastry cook.

Quotes by Adam Giles

I think a lot of guys have their favorite shirt that they wear for years and years.

Quotes by Adam F. Goldberg

My middle school years were defined by memorizing every single word off 'License to Ill' and 'Paul's Boutique.'

Quotes by Adam F. Goldberg

Families don't make projects for five years, they make projects for generations.

Quotes by Achille Maramotti

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.

Quotes by Abdelaziz Bouteflika

Last Quotes

I worked at Planned Parenthood for eight years, rising through the ranks from volunteer escort to clinic counselor to clinic director.

Quotes by Abby Johnson

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these Years quotes have in common?
Each of these lines marks time in years — nice years spent in a place, an age milestone, decades of obscured analysis, and years of loyal fandom, from a first impression of a place to decades-long loyalty, a range our First collection also touches on.
Is there a quote about having a good experience somewhere over the years?
Yes — one quote says, "I have had nice years in Turkey."
Is there a quote joking about an age milestone?
There is. One quote jokes, "Guys are idiots, till they're what, 40 years old." For more playful, opinionated lines, see our About collection.
Is there a quote about how a catchy phrase can mislead for decades?
Yes — one quote warns, "A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years." For more on ideas that stick around for a long time, see our Last collection.
Is there a quote about being a longtime fan of a band?
Yes — one quote shares, "I've been a huge Megadeth fan for years." For more on things people have 'been' for a long time, see our Been collection.

One line warns that a catchy phrase can cloud clear thinking for decades, a caution also present in our First quotes, while a closing note on long-running fandom connects to Last quotes and Been quotes.