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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've played almost 22 years in the major leagues, and I've never sat on the bench.

Quotes by Alex Rodriguez

Nature got it right with the cranes. They have been around since the Eocene, which ended 34 million years ago.

Quotes by Alex Shoumatoff

When I was 12 years old, I was obsessed with codes, conspiracies, and secret messages.

Quotes by Alex Hirsch

I was a radio presenter in Dubai for five years.

Quotes by Alex Hirschi

I've gotten over my shyness from many years of doing public events.

Quotes by Alex Honnold

My best score ever is 103, but I've only been playing 15 years.

Quotes by Alex Karras

Sharon Shinn's Samaria is a world populated by refugees from a ravaged Earth, also many, many years in the future.

Quotes by Alethea Kontis

When I started to pay income tax, I was 50 years old.

Quotes by Alejandro Jodorowsky

When I was 10 years old, I fled my homeland amid the bomb blasts of civil war in Sudan.

Quotes by Alek Wek

For 73 years a totalitarian regime ruled the country. Totalitarian regime.

Quotes by Aleksandr Lebed

It is important that gang members are aware that if they engage in aggravated assault, maiming, kidnapping, or manslaughter that they will receiving a minimum sentence of 30 years.

Quotes by Albert Wynn

I started wrestling when I was eight years old with the amateur wrestling team in Mexico.

Quotes by Alberto Del Rio

We have years of tradition in lucha libre in Mexico.

Quotes by Alberto Del Rio

Over the years I've evolved a lot as a performer.

Quotes by Alaska

I wrote several articles criticizing psychoanalysis, but the analysts weren't listening to my objections. So I finally quit after practicing it for six years.

Quotes by Albert Ellis

I ran a profitable boostrapped company for five years, then raised $40 million from Andreessen Horowitz.

Quotes by Alan Schaaf

My first success was 'Little Shop of Horrors,' and I had been working for years on jingles.

Quotes by Alan Menken

I had a great life at Boeing. I'd been there for 37 years and contributed to all the Boeing airplanes as a designer: the 707, 727, 37, 47, 57, 67 and 'triple 7' and the 87.

Quotes by Alan Mulally

I'm a free-market economist from years and years back, and I've never veered from that.

Quotes by Alan Greenspan

My academic identity is that of a folklorist, and for many years I have taught only folklore courses.

Quotes by Alan Dundes

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.