#four

Barbarism is needed every four or five hundred years to bring the world back to life. Otherwise it would die of civilization. ↗

— Edmond de Goncourt

#barbarism #bring #civilization #die #every

I've run for office, and I've stood on street corners, while people walked by me and didn't want to talk to me, and did not think I was a credible candidate. And then four years later, I was nearly elected mayor of San Francisco, so I know what it takes. ↗

— Matt Gonzalez

#corners #credible #did #elected #four

I was in elective politics for 24 years. I've made four national races, two for President, two for Vice President. I have found there are other ways to serve, and I'm enjoying them. ↗

— Al Gore

#enjoying #found #four #i #made

My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also remember that from the age of eight she and I fought almost every day. ↗

— Amy Tan

#age #almost #also #day #eight

I walked to Seward School first through fourth grade. It's just amazing to me now that we'd walk down 10th Avenue on Capitol Hill. ↗

— Stone Gossard

#avenue #capitol #capitol hill #down #first

Of the first seven novels I wrote, numbers four and five were published. Numbers one, two, three, six, and seven, have never seen the light of day... and rightly so. ↗

— Sue Grafton

#first #five #four #i #light

The doctors have given me a green light. They have said that my heart is significantly more efficient today than it was four months ago. And I am anxious to be the next president of the United States. ↗

— Bob Graham

#am #anxious #doctors #efficient #four

Less than a year after loading the company up with debt, Romney and Bain gave themselves bonuses four times bigger than the $8 million they had put into the deal. ↗

— Jennifer M. Granholm

#bigger #company #deal #debt #four

I don't particularly like babies. I don't mind them for about four minutes. That's my max. After that I can't quite see what everyone's fussing about. ↗

— Hugh Grant

#after #babies #everyone #four #i

I still continue to do at least four concert tours a year, and in many cases, as many as six. ↗

— Norman Granz

#concert #continue #four #i #least