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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.

I think what I've recognized over the years is that I'm very, very bingey, extremely bingey when it comes to writing.

Quotes by Tony Gilroy

I am a singer and dancer, and I've been perfecting it for a lot of years.

Quotes by Tony Danza

If you file your waste-paper basket for fifty years, you have a public library.

Quotes by Tony Benn

The world isn't fast-paced, it's frenetic. People have to be managers of themselves. Time has been managing itself for 15 billion years; we have to manage ourselves in the context of time.

Quotes by Tony Buzan

I was totally devastated for four years in the mid '60s when l tried to buck the tide.

Quotes by Tommy Rettig

I've had this reoccurring dream for the last ten to fifteen years.

Quotes by Tommy Tune

I was living in my van, playing on the street for almost two years.

Quotes by Tones and I

I consider my teenage years as being desperately unhappy.

Quotes by Tommy Kirk

In 2011, agricultural exports hit a record high and producers saw their best incomes in nearly 40 years.

Quotes by Tom Vilsack

I'm confident that the terrorists are aware that from the curb to the cockpit we've got additional security measures that didn't exist a couple of years ago.

Quotes by Tom Ridge

For 200 years we've been conquering nature. Now we're beating it to death.

Quotes by Tom McMillan

We've had years and years and years of compromises, and that's led to $14 trillion in debt.

Quotes by Tom Graves

I came up during the formative years of TV.

Quotes by Tom Braidwood

I studied and performed and even taught mime years ago.

Quotes by Tom Bergeron

It took about 10 years' time for Shopify to be an overnight success.

Quotes by Tobias Lutke

I do not want to be 36 years old and can hardly walk.

Quotes by Toby Alderweireld

I haven't spent years, like Alyse Nelson of Vital Voices, toiling for female economic empowerment on five continents.

Quotes by Tina Brown

I played the piano growing up and then stopped for 10 or 12 years.

Quotes by Timothee Chalamet

Epic Games and Microsoft have been close partners for more than 25 years.

Quotes by Tim Sweeney

I've been in Congress 14 years. I've been on the Appropriations Committee in which we are in charge of trying to move legislation.

Quotes by Tim Ryan

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.