Long Quotes

I'm going to make a long speech because I've not had the time to prepare a short one.

If you're going to have to swallow a frog, you don't want to have to look at that sucker too long!

[Proverbs] are short sayings made out of long experience.

Meanwhile the 3 a.m. drunks of the world would lay in their beds, trying in vain to sleep, and deserving that rest, if they could find it.

When one side benefits more than the other, that's a win-lose situation. To the winner it might look like success for a while, but in the long run, it breeds resentment and distrust.

I've been interested in dreams since I as a kid and I've wanted to do a film about them for a long time.

When your sad--like really sad--you only want to be with other people who are sad.

It's much more entertaining to live books than to write them.

Long ago we conquered our passions looking at ourselves in the mirror of eternity.

Mankind is like dogs, not gods - as long as you don't get mad they'll bite you - but stay mad and you'll never be bitten. Dogs don't respect humility and sorrow.

As long as I have the support and respect of my teammates, that's all I can ask for.

Rap music's been around for too long now to be inspirational. The words are, but the music isn't.

Movies are not novels, and that's why, when filmmakers try to adapt novels, particularly long or complex novels, the result is almost always failure. It can't be done.

There's not a long track record of people leaving professional sports to become a software developer.

Working away from my husband for long periods is good and bad. It stops us taking each other for granted and gives us space, but I miss him terribly.

The idea that so many kids eat rubbish and sit on computers all day long appals me and getting them into sport is a major way of getting them off computers and leading healthier lives.

After a fellow gets famous it doesn't take long for someone to bob up that used to sit by him in school.

Golf is all about patience - one tournament is four days long, 18 holes a day.

I love being in public places, but I can't stand long, drawn-out music festivals.

I wear clothes that most people in the Midwest would probably deem inappropriate at my age. And I rock a bikini all summer long. I know that it's not normal, but I just don't care. I live once.

As long as you are being true to yourself, you will always find happiness.

Our culture has long mistrusted the body. It's been seen as a confusing blend of God's handiwork and the devil's playground. It is, rather, a vortex of intelligence.

I can't sit down long enough to absorb any kind of learning.

As a graduate student, I wrote a long paper connecting the dots between mathematical models of learning and language development in children. It was published in a major journal.

The lesson of history is that you do not get a sustained economic recovery as long as the financial system is in crisis.

I did that Dior Couture 60th anniversary show in July. It took so long to get ready, I think I would have rather been watching.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

Leadership is, among other things, the ability to inflict pain and get away with it - short-term pain for long-term gain.

I tried the Atkins diet in the Seventies when pregnant with my son, as I didn't want to pile on the pounds. Now, so long as I'm healthy, I don't care what my scales say.

I don't travel anywhere without the PS3 and XBox. There's nothing better to do on long bus trips while on tour.

I want to own a network. I want to own a network where you can turn it on with your family all day long and get positive reinforcement.

Hollywood is finally waking up to the fact that people who go to church also go to the movies. I'm not sure what took them so long to see that or how long they'll keep it up.

After working with clothes for so long, it seemed right to design them.

I know it sounds new age-y, but what I've truly come up with is that you really need to trust that you're on your own path, as long as you stay true to it and you show up, which is 99% of it.

Life is one long decay, no? There's a lot of beauty in it. Like the patina in an old city.

But I think you can make fun of anything as long as it's funny enough.

I do not believe that politics in the long run is about individuals. It is about ideas.

The anchors of the Arab consensus have long been Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and both are now weakened forces in Arab politics and diplomacy.

Guys should not be allowed to use the Internet all day long. So sad.

Every country has the right to nuclear technology as long as they use it safely, peacefully and in a secure way.

The Amish communities of Pennsylvania, despite the retro image of horse-drawn buggies and straw hats, have long been engaged in a productive debate about the consequences of technology.

Big and oppressive government has long been the enemy of freedom, something black Americans know all too well.

I'm often dating people, but I don't say it because you sort of know it won't last long.

Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.

As long as I can make lots of money in other businesses, I'll continue to subsidize my own work.

My hair is way, way long. I've hitchhiked across the country a zillion times. I've ridden in every car. I was never a hippie. It takes more than long hair.

We have such a long, familiar history with Peter Falk. The minute his mug is on that screen people smile.

Men won't read any email from a woman that's over 200 words long.

I don't want to lose my fitness. I'm 45. I have two babies. I've got a long way to go and I want to keep in tiptop shape. There's no magic bullet.

I'm a workaholic. Before long I'm traveling on my nervous energy alone. This is incredibly exhausting.