Long Quotes

Better a long life of toil than a short one of ease.

Only it takes time to be happy. A lot of time. Happiness, too, is a long patience.

But all the long speeches, all the interminable days and hours that people had spent talking about my soul, had left me with the impression of a colorless swirling river that was making me dizzy.

I said in court a long time ago that I didn't see that the Soviet Union was significantly helped by the information I gave them, nor that the United States was significantly harmed.

Anyone can forget about talent, but if you're a good person, your name will be remembered a long time.

At the end of any really long tour you need to get your head in order.

We, in the late '60s, '70s and '80s, are acting like we have just discovered freedom and liberation. But I'm sure that many women have worked for that for such a long time.

I doubted myself for a long time... I'm comfortable not using my vision. I weave around my problems.

Surveys show that many talented and committed young people are reluctant to enter teaching for the long haul because they think the profession is low-paying and not prestigious enough.

In the long term, there are many factors that will help the luxury market, the creation of new wealth and the Asian tourist boom

The truth can wait, for it lives a long life.

I'm happier about my friends than I am about my work. I still have a long way to go with work. My friends, that's the one thing I'm sure about.

Fumes of wine shorten the long road.

For a long time I listened to other people to decide whether I was still Christian or not, and I would sort of vet myself by the traditional formulae.

I hope to be on the scene for a long time. I'd love to be old and gray and still be working in this [horror] genre.

Time is what makes good stories. Much has been cooking for a long time, and at last finds an out in narration one day. That's a supreme joy. And why the characters keep showing up.

I grew up in Dallas, with cowboys. I was the only guy in sixth grade with long hair and an earring. Let's just say I got a lot of, er, flak for being different.

I feel no different than I felt at 99, 98 or 97. Just because you live a long time, you get all this attention. Just because you survived? Of course, I survived a lot.

To the old, long life and treasure; To the young, all health and pleasure.

There are things one does not say for a long time, but, once they are said, one never stops repeating them.

The essential thing is to run period! And to do it for a long time and consistently and then everything will take care of itself.

If we think long term, the younger generation here is better about embracing the world. Not seeing countries boundaries kind of an "us versus them" thing.

So we do software for watches, for phones, for TV sets, for cars. And some of these take a long time to catch on.

Well I grew up in Canada in a really small town. We didn't have running water for a long time and we didn't have TV. Then when we did get TV we only had one channel.

I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble do really good character acting, having them carry the movie as in my earlier pictures

And when I first came out from New York, I hadn't driven in a long time. Now I'm like Joe Speedster.

It's incredible to be working with Mr Armani and his team at Emporio Armani. I feel an affinity to the brand ethos and have been a long time admirer of their designs.

Sometimes it feels good to take the long way home.

...don't act like I didn't for you. I did. Hard. And for a long time. So please, forgive me if now that we're over, I'm exhausted.

The cuckoos remain silent for a long time (for several seasons) until they are able to sing sweetly (in the Spring) so as to give joy to all.

Don't drink fluoridated water...Fluoride is a corrosive poison which will produce harm on a long term basis.

A long time ago a bunch of people reached a general consensus as to what's real and what's not and most of us have been going along with it ever since.

I hated seeing myself on screen. I was full of complexes. I hated my face for a very, very long time.

I am convinced that China needs to be a strong trading partner with the United States long term.

'Batman' took 10 months to film, and by the time I stopped working on it, it took a long time before my English accent came out again. I was actually having to try for it.

I perfectly understand the obsession with shoes. I myself am pretty obsessed. I have a few hundred pairs of shoes in general, because I've been collecting shoes for a long time.

The sexual is part of everything, and it's highly formalized. I hadn't done figure for a long time. And I thought to myself, "Why not the erotic figure?"

It is inevitable that those to whom is vouchsafed a long life of usefulness should outlive the friends of their youth.

Directors have been trying to get me to do comedy for a long time, ever since One Eight Seven.

If they come back it's a night we'll remember for a long time. But that's a capital if.

With a heavy load and a long journey

It takes a long time to become a lawyer because you need three things - a bachelor's degree, a law degree, and a desire to worship Satan.

Insiders say Obama's pretty comfortable around actors. He should be. He has been 'acting' like he was born in Hawaii for a long time.

I just wanted to play a cowboy for a long time.

Britain is not in the single currency, and we're not going to be. But we all need the eurozone to have the right governance and structures to secure a successful currency for the long term.

I saw what Purple meant to people and I still hear it now when I'm in Europe. I'm always shocked that I'm still asked about Purple because it was such a long time ago.

Don’t be afraid to discard work you know isn’t up to standard. Don’t save junk, just because it took you a long time to write it.

People often say that when couples are married for a long time, they start to look alike. I don't believe that. But I do believe their sentences start to look alike.

A long walk and grooming with a well-mannered dog is a Zen experience that leaves you refreshed and in a creative frame of mind.

What does long life avail? The best seats at the funerals of friends.