Long Quotes

There is a very long list of parties in this year's election, some of the parties I have never heard of.

Sports was my entire life as long as I can remember.

In general, a fact is worth more than theories in the long run. The theory stimulates, but the fact builds. The former in due time is replaced by one better but the fact remains and becomes fertile.

The noiseless din that we have long known in dreams, booms at us in waking hours from newspaper headlines.

I actually pushed the boundaries on how long a book like this [The Thorn and the Blossom] can be. The original plan called for two 7,500 word stories, and I turned in two 10,000 word stories.

I've heard some readers saying they wished the story was longer, and I completely understand that desire - we all like to sink into a nice, long novel.

I long for the imperishable quiet at the heart of form.

And soon a branch, part of a hidden scene,The leafy mind, that long was tightly furled,Will turn its private substance into green,And young shoots spread upon our inner world.

Long live the weeds that overwhelm My narrow vegetable realm! The bitter rock, the barren soil That force the son of man to toil; All things unholy, marred by curse, The ugly of the universe.

The fields stretch out in long unbroken rows. We walk aware of what is far and close. Here distance is familiar as a friend. The feud we kept with space comes to an end.

The duties are even more important than the rights; and in the long run I think that the reward is ampler and greater for duty well done, than for the insistence upon individual rights.

Rough board shelves hold a number of books, without which some of the evenings would be long indeed.

Hardness of heart is a dreadful quality, but it is doubtful whether in the long run it works more damage than softness of head.

Even to loneliness there is an end, for those who are lonely enough, long enough.

Always inflation comes gradually; is recognized too late; and can be cured only by ruthless political surgery, which, if delayed too long, proves futile.

The ascendency of the sacerdotal order was long the ascendency which naturally and properly belonged to intellectual superiority.

Misery which, through long ages, had no spokesman, no helper, will now be its own helper and speak for itself.

Do right! and thou hast naught to fear;Right hath a power that makes thee strong.The night is dark, but light is near;The grief is short, the joy is long.

The peace of nature and of the innocent creatures of god seems to be secure and deep, only so long as the presence of man and his restless and unquiet spirit are not there to trouble its sanctity.

Apparently, there is no bad economic turn a conservative cannot do unto his buddy in the working class, as long as cultural solidarity has been cemented over a beer.

England, so long mistress of the sea, Where winds and waves confess her sovereignty, Her ancient triumphs yet on high shall bear And reign the sovereign of the conquered air.

By experience", says Roger Ascham, "we find out a short way by a long wandering." Not seldom that long wandering unfits us for further travel, and of what use is our experience to us then?

Intense fear comes in waves; the body can't stand it for long at a time.

Wine from long habit has become an indispensable for my health

Political interest [can] never be separated in the long run from moral right.

Every man's reason is his own rightful umpire. This principle, with that of acquiescence in the will of the majority, will preserve us free and prosperous as long as they are sacredly observed.

If your letters are as long as the bible, they will appear short to me. Only let them be brim full of affection.

There is a fulness of time when men should go, and not occupy too long the ground to which others have a right to advance.

My religious reading has long been confined to the moral branch of religion, which is the same in all religions; while in that branch which consists of dogmas, all differ[.

Being a movie star is stressful as hell. You've got to do crunches all day long. You've got to get up and learn lines.

Tod Goldberg has long been one of the most interesting writers around, and Gangsterland is his biggest and best book so far.

Neither the depth of despondency nor the height of euphoria tells you how long either will last.

The oak roars when a high wind wrestles with it; the beech shrieks; the elm sends forth a long, deep groan; the ash pours out moans of thrilling anguish.

Why is this soe long detaind in a dark manuscript, that if printed would be a Light to the World, & a Universal Blessing?

As long as I can sustain myself and as long as people like what I am doing and are happy to support me to continue, that is success in my eyes.

As long as I'm not hurting anybody, I don't think that anything I do is wrong.

The people I'm working with tend to be people I know, who are my friends, and I like hanging out with them. There's nothing better than making a long-term project with your friends. It's just dreamy.

I say long and lean as opposed to tall, because you could be 5 four and look long and lean.

I'm very wary of doing political stuff for a lot of reasons. One of the big ones is that the shelf-life for them is not very long, and the joke becomes old news very quickly.

I think the great sketch shows, like 'Python' and 'Mr. Show,' they didn't stick around for very long. There's something kind of cool about that.

I mean as long as I have been doing music I know I am only 30% of what I could be and want to be.

I live in my head all day long and the world is a little dreamy.

If I'm a commodity, it wouldn't be a wise idea to buy stock in me - although, in the long run, maybe I'm a slow growth investment.

Starting with radio, starting with television, we got used to this idea of stuff being free as long as you just watch a few ads.

Trolling is an ancient problem. It's been around as long as there has been media.

Explore the internet long enough and you'll see completely balls out madness there.

The Long and the Short and the Tall made a great impression on me because it was a very ugly tale about the reality of soldiering at a time when we were being gung-ho about the whole thing of war.

Amy Poehler and I have been friends for so long, we're like Oprah and Gale. Only we're not denying anything.

[Television] is a great medium for writers, because there's just no time for a studio to interfere very long. You write it, you shoot it; it's on TV.

My publicist always said as long as they pronounce your name or spell your name right, it's all good.