#years

Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he must be numb. ↗

— Josh Billings

#man #misery #must #numb #suffer

A couple of years I taught in graduate programs at NYU and Columbia, in the early eighties. ↗

— Russell Banks

#couple #early #eighties #graduate #i

In those days, reserve duty lasted for six years, which, I might add, was three times as long as service in the regular army, although to be perfectly honest, I was unable to fulfill my entire obligation because I was taking acting classes and they said I could skip my last year. ↗

— Larry David

#add #although #army #because #classes

I feel that I can't do certain things that have sent to me, scripts, because I think that really - I've been June Cleaver for so many years, because we went back, you know, and we did - 20-year hiatus we had - and we went back and made 105 new ones. And so I really feel very strongly that there are certain things I won't do. ↗

— Barbara Billingsley

#because #been #certain #certain things #cleaver

A few years ago I was at a party and this guy threw me over his shoulder, ran across the street, put me in his car, and stuck his tongue in my mouth. ↗

— Rachel Bilson

#ago #car #few #guy #his

I prefer to remember the happy things over 10 years, the things that went well. Let me see, what did go well? ↗

— Rudolf Bing

#go #happy #happy things #i #me

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

— Thayer David

#been #birthday #i #now #recent

A universe that came from nothing in the big bang will disappear into nothing at the big crunch. Its glorious few zillion years of existence not even a memory. ↗

— Paul Davies

#big #big bang #came #crunch #disappear

I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came. ↗

— Jefferson Davis

#came #could #day #govern #i

The residents and elected officials of Long Island have fought vigorously for many years and spent millions of dollars to preserve the quality of life that the Long Island Sound offers. ↗

— Tim Bishop

#elected #elected officials #fought #island #life