Famous quotes containing the words ten year, ten, year and/or war:
“You may persevere in obscurity for ten years in your study, but the day you make a name for yourself, the whole world will acclaim you.”
—Chinese proverb.
“I married a miner myself. I had ten children. Ive got seven now; thirty-one grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. And Im happy to say not a ones ever crossed a picket line.”
—Florence Reese (c. 1900?)
“Every New Year is the direct descendant, isnt it, of a long line of proven criminals?”
—Ogden Nash (19021971)
“This morning the British Ambassador in Berlin handed the German Government a final Note stating that, unless we heard from them by 11 oclock that they were prepared at once to withdraw their troops from Poland, a state of war would exist between us. I have to tell you now that no such undertaking has been received, and that consequently this country is at war with Germany.”
—Neville Chamberlain (18691940)