Forty Years

Famous quotes containing the words forty years, forty and/or years:

    There is no comparing the brutality and cynicism of today’s pop culture with that of forty years ago: from High Noon to Robocop is a long descent.
    Charles Krauthammer (b. 1950)

    If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one, but the wise man is foolish to give them the lie.
    W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1966)

    A man may take care of a furnace for twenty-five years and still forget to duck his head when he starts going down the cellar stairs.
    Robert Benchley (1889–1945)