Long Quotes

My truths do not last long in me. Not as long as those that are not mine.

It is not easy for a person to do any great harm when his tenure of office is short, whereas long possession begets tyranny.

...perhaps there is some element of good even in the simple act of living, so long as the evils of existence do not preponderate too heavily.

When I travel, I draw and paint sketches which is great fun. And as long as you are fully aware that it has nothing to do with actual art, I think that's all right.

Journalists say a thing that they know isn't true, in the hope that if they keep on saying it long enough it will be true.

I didn't get playing professional golf until I was 25 years old. And I always said that if I could make it work, I would play as long as I could walk.

Misery's fine - as long as you know you can get out of it when you want to.

They aren't common, but enormously interesting. How can it be that you've been together that long and you're still intensely in love with them?

There is a special sadness in achievement, in the knowledge that a long-desired goal has been attained at last, and that life must now be shaped toward new ends.

A lot of my work goes to the center of where we belong--if there is any root to life -because nowadays the family is broken up, and people don't live in the same place for very long.

A man must have grown old and lived long in order to see how short life is.

As long as I have you there is just one other thing I'll always need - tremendous self control.

Each, in its own way, was unforgettable. It would be difficult to - Rome! By all means, Rome. I will cherish my visit here in memory as long as I live.

I think, if you have enough inner resources, then you can live in isolation for long periods of time and not feel diminished by it.

For far too long, independent voices have been relegated to places where these ideas are not seen on a mass level.

I don't look at my pension. It's not as big as yours so it doesn't take as long.

The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition, we must lead it.

The abundance of our lives is not determined by how long we live, but how well we live. Christ makes abundant life possible if we choose to live it now.

As long as the plots keep arriving from outer space, I'll go on with my virgins.

Employers have gone away from the idea that an employee is a long-term asset to the company, someone to be nurtured and developed, to a new notion that they are disposable.

As long as it served his purpose, Mr. Lincoln boldly advocated the right of Secession.

Good writing is about finding and exploiting anecdotes that resonate with the reader. In storytelling, it's OK if you only make one point, as long as it's a good one.

The moving toward one's inner self is a long pilgrimage for a painter. It offers many temporary successes and high points, but impels him on toward the more adequate image.

Many a long dispute among divines may be thus abridged: It is so; It is not so. It is so; it is not so.

Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.

Life is short. Eternity is long.

Government lasts as long as the under-taxed can defend themselves against the over-taxed.

As long as we rationalize nuclear weapons as "necessary" in order to save American lives, then nuclear weapons will never be gotten rid of.

For it seems that long before the first enterprising man bent some twigs into a leaky roof, many animals were already accomplished builders.

Death is but an instant, life a long torment.

How long the night seems to one kept awake by pain.

We are going to fight to pass the long over-due Equal Rights Amendment.

Real life is, to most men, a long second best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible.

God made our souls to long for Him, and we are not fully satisfied without His presence in our lives.

It doesn't take long to write things of which you know nothing. When you write of actual things, it takes longer, because you have to live them first.

So long as it doesn't get to the point where you don't remember whose opera you're listening to, I'm willing to experiment.

As long as gas is cheaper than bottled water, we can't be in a position of dictating to the consumer what to buy.

Nobody's irreplaceable, including me. I think for too long we've had a cult of personality in this company and in this industry, and frankly, I'd like to see that diminish.

Haiti should remind us all that there is an immediate need to invest in and promote long-term development projects that are sustainable, scalable, and proven to work.

The human race has been in a long struggle to eliminate murder. And we will succeed.

We are not relevant when we mirror secular culture. We are relevant when we are what they long to be.

I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.

It's not tough at all as long as the fans are yelling, screaming and hollering.

Plutocracy too long tolerated leaves democracy on the auction block, subject to the highest bidder.

Im also performing regularly in Southern California with two bands. As a solo artist doing acoustic sets and a member of the Jenerators, my rock n roll band that has been around for a long time now.

I am old enough to remember every Red Sox season since 1975. Baseball is long. Baseball takes forever. It's day in, day out, for six solid months - seven if you're lucky. Winning is always fun.

Acting was always there, it's true. But for a long time, in my teenage years, I wasn't sure about it - not because I didn't like it, but I didn't want people to think I hadn't earned it.

I was listening to music long before rock 'n roll.

[A]s long as you're comfortable it feels like freedom.

I'm going to be your grandpa! / I have the biggest smile. / I've been waiting to meet you for such a long, long while.