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1950 Quotes & Sayings

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Between 1910 and 1950 approximately 350 lives of Jesus were published in the English language alone. — John Clayton

The industrial powerhouse of 1950 [Detroit] is now a crime-ridden wasteland with a functioning literacy rate equivalent to West African basket-cases. — Mark Steyn

One might say that "Torch Song" is, in part, about the urgency of the effort to pin things down and what wild dart throwing that desire leads to. — Laura Mullen

In 1950, the biggest amp you could get was no bigger than a tabletop radio. — Billy Gibbons

The first time I went to Fenway Park was probably 1950. It was the early '50s, and it was my father taking me to the game. — Mike Barnicle

The Flying Saucers Are Real. New York, N.Y.: Fawcett Publication, Inc., 1950. — Leonard H. Stringfield

I had a call to the University of Miami where I'd run a revival in 1950. — Howard Finster

To be absolutely nothing is to be beyond measure. — Jiddu Krishnamurti

I have no desire to walk on water," said Siddhartha. "Let the old shramanas satisfy themselves with such skills. — Hermann Hesse

News flash, Mr Grey: This isn't 1950 or whatever. Your sexual tastes aren't as shocking or as deviant as you think. — Fanny Merkin

The world is coming to an end in 1950. — Henry Adams

I don't know if anybody thought about how much impact the iPhone could have on society. — Henry Samueli

On October 7, 1950, the enemy attacked the Tibetan frontier in six places simultaneously. — Heinrich Harrer

It's not 1950. A girl can ask a guy out if she wants. — Danika Stone

In March 1950, in New York City, I was married to Marietta Soffer. We have three children: Vilhelm, Tomas, and Margrethe. — Aage Bohr

I was born in 1950 and watched science fiction and horror movies on TV and was always really fascinated by them. — Rick Baker

We preach democracy while supporting dictatorships. — James W. Loewen

I guess I'm supposed to sit here in this oven like it's 1950, hoping I don't go to hell for stealing a church fan. — K. Martin Beckner

There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. — Pierre Dos Utt

The ruling passion, be it what it will. The ruling passion conquers reason still. — Alexander Pope

In 1950, American families sent 1 of 50 of their hard earned dollars to Washington: Today it is 1 in 4. — John Ensign

In a way, publishing in 2005 was similar to publishing in 1950. Nobody kept blogs; that was still optional. I didn't even have a website then. — Gabrielle Zevin

Democracy will be dead by 1950. — John Langdon-Davies

...but she shook the detective off and her moan revved up into a full-blown 1950's horror film shriek. — Richard Castle

Do you know the nicest thing about looking at pictures of a 1950's baseball park? The only people wearing baseball caps are the players. — George Carlin

Sunset Boulevard opened in August 1950, and it was pronounced the best movie ever made about Hollywood. — Gloria Swanson

On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days, on other fields will bear the fruits of victory. — Douglas MacArthur

Life isn't about having
things to enjoy life. It's
about enjoying life with the
things you have. — Semanyenzi Richard

I predicted in 1950 that in five years, manufacturers the world over would be screaming for protection. It took only four years. — W. Edwards Deming

I bet you like sitting at red lights. — Jon Gruden

If wanted to play a sport, I played a sport. If I wanted to do things that many girls born in 1950 didn't do, I did it. — Victoria Principal

It is not 2006 all over the world. So who are you in a place where 1950 or 1920 is about to arrive? — Frances Mayes

Its palliation is a daily task, its cure a fervent hope. - William Castle, describing leukemia in 1950 — Siddhartha Mukherjee

Most of the laugh tracks on television were recorded in the early 1950's. These days, most of the people you hear laughing are dead. — Chuck Palahniuk

No player can represent Sri Lanka in future without good fitness levels — Sanath Jayasuriya

The notion of the single man began in the 1950's. The idea of the bachelor as a separate life was new and obscure. — Hugh Hefner

The main motive for "nonattachment" is a desire to escape from the pain of living, and above all from love, which, sexual or non-sexual, is hard work. — George Orwell

Each time you toss out a 'singing' greeting card, you are disposing of more computing power than existed in the entire world before 1950. — Paul Saffo

I'm very, very jealous of guys who just go and decide to party and then can work the next day. — Matthew Perry

I am predominantly critical concerning the activities, and especially the political activities, through history of the official clergy. — Albert Einstein

between 1950 and 1960 more new office space was added to New York than existed in the rest of the world at the time. — Andrew Cracknell