Logo - Feel The Words

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.

It took me fifty years to deal with the Holocaust at all. And I did it in a literary way.

Quotes by Leonard Baskin

I've been working with photography for many years.

Quotes by Leonard Nimoy

I became involved in photography when I was about thirteen years old.

Quotes by Leonard Nimoy

I was not interested in spending 10 years in the culture wars.

Quotes by Leon Wieseltier

We know next to nothing of what we're going to know in 20 or 50 years.

Quotes by Leon Kass

My father was an ardent socialist for many years.

Quotes by Leon Askin

If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses.

Quotes by Lenny Bruce

As a teenager I was clinically depressed. Although I had lots of friends, I found those years very difficult.

Quotes by Lena Headey

Nobody wants an apology letter 14 years later.

Quotes by Lennon Parham

I sang opera for over four years when I was younger.

Quotes by Lele Pons

I've had editors over the years who couldn't find a clue if it was stapled to their butt.

Quotes by Len Wein

I wasn't the one managing my career back then, that was the problem - I was 14 years old.

Quotes by Leif Garrett

Forty years ago the chances of journalists reporting - or the authorities even prosecuting - a pro athlete were practically nil.

Quotes by Leigh Steinberg

For 40 years, I put my body through a tremendous amount of work.

Quotes by Lee Majors

I got kind of burned out, so I moved to Florida. I was down there for 10 or 12 years, raising children.

Quotes by Lee Majors

I knew what I wanted to be at 8 years old - an actor!

Quotes by Lea Michele

Almost every other Western in the last ten years has failed, since Dances with Wolves.

Quotes by Lawrence Kasdan

I started a gymnastics class at five years old, but it became serious at seven.

Quotes by Laurie Hernandez

If I live for another ten years I shall probably have written all that I want to write.

Quotes by Laurence Housman

When I was 15, I had this illness and was basically housebound for two years.

Quotes by Lauren Daigle

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.