#twenty

I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia. ↗

— Woody Allen

#i #involves #minutes #peace #read

Learning teacheth more in one year than experience in twenty. ↗

— Roger Ascham

#learning #more #than #twenty #year

The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible; yet, by the aid of a few wheels, its effect is spread over the whole twenty-four hours. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#almost #daily #devote #effect #exertion

If you had a national grid with one operator, you had twenty or even a hundred operators, if you don't have the ability to compel people to observe high standards of conduct, then you run a greater risk. ↗

— Spencer Abraham

#compel #conduct #even #greater #grid

The damage done in one year can sometimes take ten or twenty years to repair. ↗

— Chinua Achebe

#done #repair #sometimes #take #ten

I just had lunch with Slash two days ago. He loves Axl. He holds no grudges towards him. Twenty years of great music wasn't created because of some stupid grudge. That's a shame. ↗

— Steven Adler

#because #created #days #great #great music

With a recent birthday, I've been acting now for twenty years. ↗

— Thayer David

#been #birthday #i #now #recent

Golf is played by twenty million mature American men whose wives think they are out having fun. ↗

— Jim Bishop

#american #american men #fun #golf #having

If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious. ↗

— Alphonse Karr

#audacious #knew #men #more #think

The absolute dependence of a newborn infant inspired many things in me, but it did not activate any magical knowledge about what to do for the next twenty years. ↗

— Mary Kay Blakely

#absolute #activate #any #dependence #did