#ago

I started Michael years ago. I saw him in Gary, Indiana, and we'd have him on the talent shows. He kind of emulated me, and did the best he could. ↗

— James Brown

#best #could #did #gary #him

I am a comic writer, which means I get to slay the dragons, and shoot the bull. ↗

— Rita Mae Brown

#bull #comic #dragons #get #i

Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters. ↗

— Sam Wyly

#ago #bought #his #i #letters

Since creation of the E.U. a half century ago, Europe has enjoyed the longest period of peace in its history. ↗

— John Bruton

#century #creation #enjoyed #europe #half

A century ago, petroleum - what we call oil - was just an obscure commodity; today it is almost as vital to human existence as water. ↗

— James Buchan

#almost #call #century #commodity #existence

The west has a great deal to answer for in the Middle East, from Britain's belated empire-building after the First World War to the US and British policy that condemns modern Iraq to the material and social squalor of a half-century ago. ↗

— James Buchan

#ago #answer #belated #britain #british

I asked a couple of months ago if anyone would like to start picketing the gas stations. ↗

— Ron Ziegler

#anyone #asked #couple #gas #i

Instinct taught me 20 years ago to pace a song or a concert performance. That translates into pacing a story, pleasing a reading audience. ↗

— Jimmy Buffett

#audience #concert #instinct #into #me

I can only say the first thing that pops into my mind is I remember, years ago, seeing kind of a has-been country singer working - when I first moved to Nashville - in a bar in a Holiday Inn. ↗

— Jimmy Buffett

#bar #country #country singer #first #first thing

Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#ago #because #long #long time #planted