Over 50 Quotes - Page 3

• So on the demand side [for energy], there have been a variety of policies that globally have been way over $50 billion a year of tax credits, raising the price of electricity through things like renewable portfolio standards, so the total amount of money that's gone into sending a price signal to push up demand versus what would happen without it has been gigantic.

  Bill Gates

  Years, Energy, Gone

  "THE BILL GATES INTERVIEW: An energy miracle is coming, and it's going to change the world". Interview with Drake Baer, www.businessinsider.com. February 22, 2016.

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• Have you seen the Vatican wall? It's over 50-feet high. It's over 50-feet high. It's not even the kind of wall [Donald] Trump's talking about building.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Wall, Talking, Feet

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• People also don't understand how young the Panthers were - basically teenagers. And that they were over 50 percent women.

  Stanley Nelson Jr.

  Teenager, People, Panthers

  "This New Film Will Change the Way You Think About the Black Panthers". Interview with Edwin Rios, www.motherjones.com. February 14, 2016.

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• If you're worth over $50m you should have to dress like that guy on the Monopoly box. The super-rich shouldn't get all the benefits of looking like a regular guy.

  Emo Philips

  Should Have, Guy, Dresses

  "Emo Philips" by Sanjiv Bhattacharya, www.theguardian.com. July 1, 2006.

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• Hillary Clinton is getting a little bit of controversy because she has the most expensive hometown office rent - over $500,000 a year. She's in a one-year lease in the office, as opposed to her marriage, which is on a month-to-month.

  Jay Leno

  Years, Office, Months

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• I think a lot of people, but particularly a lot of women, get to this stage when I'd say they're over 50. We face a lot of hard judgment from the world, we women. If you're a full-time mother, you should be out working. If you're out working, your kids must be being overlooked.

  Anna Quindlen

  Mother, Kids, Thinking

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I'm actually on the Twitter like all those crazy young kids are, and if I'm going to do an in-store appearance or I post something on my website, I tweet these followers, a word I don't like so much, and over 50,000 people go, like, 'Okay, I got it.'

  Henry Rollins

  Crazy, Kids, People

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• I wrote a work of history, I looked at over 500 sources - I spent three-and-a-half years on the project. I think the most gratifying and wonderful thing about the reaction is that people are learning things from the history that feel relevant to today.

  Dana Goldstein

  Thinking, People, Today

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I'm doing a lot. As you know, we've passed over 50 pieces of legislation. We have a Supreme Court judge. We have a much stronger military. We have strong borders now. We're going to get the wall. We're going to get all the things that we said. And now we're going, as you know, today is the big day. We're announcing the biggest tax cuts in the history of our country.

  Donald Trump

  Country, Strong, Wall

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• If you're conservative, if you're Republican, I dare say that if you're over 50, you didn't think - you never thought - that what happened last November would be possible. You wouldn't think a Republican, I don't care who it is, could win the White House and that we would control the House and the Senate at the same time and have the Democrats' 2018 prospects be in the tank, which they are.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Winning, Thinking, House

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• I took the position of organizing 126 Democrats who voted against the Iraq war resolution. And I happen to think it was the right position. Today we're faced with over 500 casualties, a cost of over $200 billion, and it could rise the casualties could go into the thousands and the costs could go over a half trillion if we stay there for years, as a number of people on this stage intend to see happen.

  Dennis Kucinich

  War, Thinking, Years

  N.H. Democratic Debate, www.foxnews.com. January 23, 2004.

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• The consumption of animals - whether you're wearing them or eating them - is extraordinarily damaging to the planet. There are over a billion animals killed a year for food, half of which don't even get eaten. And there's over 50 million animals killed just for fashion.

  Stella McCartney

  Fashion, Animal, Years

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• Five states - Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Illinois and North Carolina - have been identified by the EPA as contributing significantly to Rhode Island pollution. As of 2010, 284 tall smokestacks - stacks over 500 feet - were operating in the United States: needles injecting poison into the atmosphere.

  Sheldon Whitehouse

  Illinois, Rhode Island, Islands

  "Good News in the Fight Against Bad Air" by Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 13, 2012.

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• A range of studies shows there is no evidence immigrants commit more crime than native-born Americans. In fact, first generation immigrants are predisposed to lower crime rates than native-born Americans. The two cities in this country most impacted by undocumented immigrants, you would think of the New York City with over 500,000 and Los Angeles, with a similar amount. Both those cities are among the safest in the free world.

  Geraldo Rivera

  Country, New York, Thinking

  Source: www.foxnews.com

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• I had a lot of jobs. I worked over 50 jobs before I rapped for a living.

  Joseph Bruce

  Jobs

  "Insane Clown Posse's Violent J on working at McDonald's and Janet Jackson's curves". Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. May 18, 2015.

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• I'm pretty blessed when it comes to clear skin. I owe that to being Cape Verdian. My whole family has great skin. My grandfather is 80 but doesn't look a day over 50. And we all love the sun, too, so blessed is an understatement!

  Amber Rose

  Blessed, Grandfather, Skins

  "Amber Rose's Singular Look" by Johanna Cox, www.elle.com. November 25, 2009.

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• Black people are dying in this country because we have a criminal justice system which is out of control, a system in which over 50% of young African American kids are unemployed. It is estimated that a black baby born today has a one in four chance of ending up in the criminal justice system.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, Baby, Kids

  "O'Malley and Sanders interrupted by Black Lives Matter protesters in Phoenix" by Martin Pengelly, www.theguardian.com. July 18, 2015.

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• Tramaine Hawkins has been a mentor, a confidante and an example of greatness. She has been through a lot in her life, and her career has spanned over 50 years. To me, that's what you call a legend.

  Yolanda Adams

  Greatness, Years, Careers

  "Yolanda Adams Talks ESSENCE Festival & Entertainment Business". Interview with Monique Valeries, www.essence.com. May, 29, 2013.

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• Death is the great equalizer. I've seen that phenomenon many times. I've had people in my classes come to me, men and women over 50 years old, and they say, "I made it, I'm rich. But what the hell is my life for?"

  Jacob Needleman

  Men, Years, Class

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• The long takes process doesn't allow for that many takes. In the past I have shot over 50 takes of different shots. Sometimes you end up using take 64, sometimes take four.

  Alfonso Cuaron

  Past, Long, Different

  "A-List Directors, interviewed by Sam Mendes". Interview with Sam Mendes, www.empireonline.com. October 21, 2015.

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• I have lifelong friends. My oldest friend, Herbie, has been a friend since I was 9. I've had bonds for over 50 years with people.

  Larry King

  Ties, Years, People

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• Let's not forget that one poll after another clearly demonstrates that well over 50% of Russian citizens still wants both socialism and the USSR back. And the Russian government is listening.

  Andre Vltchek

  Government, Listening, Citizens

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• When you hear about people in the '50s getting married at 20, you're like, What were they thinking? My grandparents were together for over 50 years.

  Justin Theroux

  Thinking, Years, People

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I'm a curious guy. I can't turn away from an investigative story, when it comes to the forensic analysis. I've done 33 dives, to the titanic wreck site. I've spent over 50 hours piloting robotic vehicles at that wreck trying to piece together what happened during the disaster. How the ship broke up, comparing the historical record with the forensic record. Documentaries are kind of my new life. I love documentary filmmaking.

  James Cameron

  Guy, Historical, Trying

  "Cameron: Jesus tomb film is a "detective story". Today Interview, www.today.com. February 27, 2007.

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• People feel so guilty about not exercising. Especially people over 50, who feel like they've gone a lifetime without taking care of themselves. Instead of aiming for perfection, you should try to celebrate the progress you're making.

  Jack LaLanne

  Exercise, People, Perfection

  Source: billphillipsnews.com

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