Long Quotes

Perhaps in the long view, de Gaulle was more responsible with his troublesome interventions into our domestic politics, for unifying our country than we will ever give him credit for.

A government may only govern so long as the people, through their representatives, vote it the money to carry on.

My dad's so likeable, you wouldn't feel in competition with him. If any boyfriends have ever felt that, they're long gone.

It has been strange to me to return to life and to feel that I have any sympathy with human beings, after the long interval of quiet and indifference which succeeded my marriage.

The changes in the Catholic Church since Vatican II can certainly be scanned in terms of this long retreat from the sacred which has followed the inception of consciousness into the human species.

The truth is that for those 86 long years when the Red Sox went without a World Series win, fans were not only in a recession, but trapped in a longstanding, deeply entrenched sports depression.

I love fantasy. I love thrillers. I love action. I'm all over the place. As long as the story and characters are good, I'll love it.

And I think as long as a song has beautiful lyrics, I'm so happy.

I loved working on that show [Defiance]. I mean, that show was brutal. We worked long, brutal hours in really brutal weather.

I wouldn't know how to fool a man any more. My deceiving days seem so long ago.

The camera can move, you can make the shots, blah blah blah, but as long as the actors are good, you have something.

Flirting is the first step in a long process of finding the right man or woman.

I was minding my own buisness long before you and the princess started humping like rabbits.

In a hundred years, no one would know us, but this moment for us would last as long as we did.

For as long as I could push air in and out of my chest, I would remember this moment that could never be measured.

Within ourselves is not very far and yet it is so far that one's whole life is not always long enough to get there.

It's all about the director for me; we have to click. It's a trust thing. I'll say I'm ready to let down my walls. I'll cry for you as long as you need. But you're going to have to hug me afterwards.

Well, when you look at a lot of science fiction novels they're asking questions about power. There are questions about what it means to have power and what are the long-term consequences of power.

I guess it's true what they say: if you wait long enough everything changes.

I wring my hands because I know that as a dude, my privilege, my long-term deficiencies work against me in writing women, no matter how hard I try and how talented I am.

You're the only person I've ever met who can stand a bookstore as long as I can.

We're accepted as long as we conform to what we are expected to be, and I'm sure that's not any different for anyone else.

I hope that I am still racing at 50, as long as I can get out of bed.

I haven't been in politics too long so that's a good thing.

As long as we remember a person, they're not really gone. Their thoughts, their feelings, their memories, they become a part of us.

There's an outline for each of the books that I adhere to pretty closely, but I'm not averse to taking it in a new direction, as long as I can get it back to where I need it to go.

I'm still an English professor at Rice University here in Houston. They've been very generous in letting me on a very long leash to just work on 'The Passage' and its sequels.

A wise man once said that any human being is capable of infinite achievement, so long as it’s not the work they’re supposed to be doing.

It doesn't matter if your ignorant so long as you can find people to know stuff for you.

Researchers have found that identical twins who have been separated for long periods of time actually invest in a similar manner. Biology really does affect how we spend money.

I need the information and then I can go. So, as long as I have the information and a little bit of sleep, I can do the rest.

Go watch (Minority Report) if you can bear Tom Cruise for that long

The disconnect lasted too long. I think people got the idea I was sullen and couldn't communicate, which wasn't true.

I was afraid of being judged too harshly. But I'd let those fears overwhelm me for far too long.

The truth about Chanel's bespoke femininity is that a woman can do or say whatever she wants as long as she's wearing pearls.

I wanted to be a truck driver. I love driving long distances!!!

Somebody told me I should try writing. Actually, a lot of people tried to get me to try writing, long before I thought I was 'the writing type'.

Long Gone is the type of book that should come with a warning. It’s a compulsively readable, highly addictive story. The ending will leave you breathless.

I'm not comfortable with categorizing my own work, but I don't mind if others talk about it in relation to genre as long as they don't try to hold it up to some genre standard.

I have to do this, as long as it is at all possible; for if those who are obliged to look after commas had always made sure they were in the right place, then Shanghai would not be burning.

Bears are very nice, as long as you are nice to them.

Religion is only the illusory sun which revolves round man as long as he does not revolve round himself.

So long as the product is sold, everything is taking its regular course from the standpoint of the capitalist producer.

If you don't enjoy it, then putting in the long hours is going to take their toll.

When youre young, you dont think very far ahead. You just think in terms of the next day, the next week, the next competition. You dont think about injuries that could threaten your long-term health.

I hope that I can maintain my skating as long as possible.

As long as I am on this little planet I expect to love a lot of people and I hope they will love me in return.

People have different views of how you deal with different issues in literature, and, frankly, long may it last that there is a range of views.

You know, episodic TV directing is a very long and arduous job. You have very short schedules, short short shooting days, and you have to get lot of pages done.

For many people, feminism is one of those words of which, as St. Augustine said about time, they know the meaning as long as no one is asking.