#decades

In 1973, America imported 30 percent of its crude oil needs. Today, that number has doubled to more than 60 percent. Gas prices are as high as they are now in part because we've had no comprehensive national energy policy for the past few decades. ↗

— Gary Miller

#because #comprehensive #crude #crude oil #decades

I've met and sketched most of the great athletes from the past five decades and their movement, grace and energy have kept me captivated over the years. That's what the ancient Greeks first saw and that's what caught my interest. ↗

— LeRoy Neiman

#ancient greeks #athletes #captivated #caught #decades

Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money. ↗

— Michael Porter

#behind #billions #business #decades #ineffective

For decades engineers have stood accused that their buildings do not have any cultural value. We have attempted to liberate engineering of this accusation. ↗

— Fritz Todt

#accused #any #attempted #buildings #cultural

Jazz has an audience all around the globe and has had for many decades, I think speaking of the United States, let's say that what we need is more of an official recognition. ↗

— Sonny Rollins

#audience #decades #globe #had #i

Boyhood is the longest time in life for a boy. The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and living through them is like waiting for the millennium. ↗

— Booth Tarkington

#boyhood #decades #last #life #like

Lake Wobegon, the little town that time forgot and the decades cannot improve. ↗

— Garrison Keillor

#decades #forgot #improve #lake #little

In some ways it's taken me decades to come clean and make honest work - and still to this day, sometimes I find myself wanting to hide behind my work and deny the more biographical aspects. ↗

— David Knopfler

#behind #biographical #clean #come #day

I have been underestimated for decades. I have done very well that way. ↗

— Helmut Kohl

#decades #done #i #underestimated #very