#lasted

I'm not a pretty boy who came to town and burst out of the gate, which is a good thing, because if I was, I probably wouldn't have been good enough then. I probably wouldn't have lasted. So I was very lucky not to be pretty. ↗

— Jeremy Piven

#because #been #boy #burst #came

I mean, I do love clever and witty, but I think that the 'Three Stooges' were geniuses. They'd have to be for their appeal to have lasted this long. ↗

— Paula Poundstone

#clever #geniuses #i #i do #i think

Part of getting older is realizing that you can integrate all these different areas of your life, rather than the adolescent mindset, which for me lasted a long time, which says, 'It's all or nothing.' ↗

— Chris Robinson

#areas #different #different areas #getting #getting older

His finest hour lasted a minute and a half. ↗

— Phyllis Diller

#finest hour #half #his #hour #lasted

One time my mom tried to ground me, but that lasted 15 minutes. ↗

— Bam Margera

#ground #lasted #me #minutes #mom

The Brady Bunch is a live action modern fairytale of family. In this context it's less odd that it's lasted for over thirty years; and why it may last in some respects as long as Mother Goose! ↗

— Christopher Knight

#brady #bunch #context #fairytale #family

But I am a blasted tree; the bolt has entered my soul; and I felt then that I should survive to exhibit what I shall soon cease to be - a miserable spectacle of wrecked humanity, pitiable to others and intolerable to myself. ↗

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

#blasted #bolt #cease #entered #exhibit

Joe Kennedy isn't in the habit of having incompetents around. I wouldn't have lasted three months if I didn't have some ability. ↗

— Sargent Shriver

#around #habit #having #i #incompetents

The money was good while it lasted. The best part was clearly that it changed my view of what's possible, as far as thinking how you can have an impact on a national level. ↗

— Andrew Shue

#best #best part #changed #clearly #far

Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does take very few grandfathers' granddaughters to take us back to the dark ages. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#back #civilization #dark #dark ages #does