Edward Gibbon/later Years - 1789%e2%80%931794

Famous quotes containing the words edward, gibbon and/or years:

    “I always say, keep a diary and someday it’ll keep you.”
    —Mae West, U.S. actor, screenwriter, and A. Edward Sutherland. Peaches O’Day (Mae West)

    “The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has so deeply meditated on the subject; none is so sincerely interested in the event.”
    —Edward Gibbon (1737–1794)

    “Time isn’t so important.... We can say that time is behind us, that we’ve had years together.... I can tell you about a thousand wonderful hours we’ve spent together because I feel we would have, inevitably. And there’s not that much difference between the future and the past.”
    —Kurt Neumann (1906–1958)