Best 15993 quotes in «long quotes» category

A long December and there's reason to believe, maybe this year will be better than the last.

A long-established occupation may form the very foundations of the moral life, that the art with which a man has solaced his toil may be the salvation of his uncertain temperament.

A long flight. Jetlag. Immigration. Customs. And then finally, that first step into a new place, that moment of exhilaration and disorientation, each feeding the other. That moment when anything can happen

A long life is a life well spent.

A long life or a short life are of equal importance to God.

A long marriage is very unifying, even if it's not ideal, and those old structures must be respected.

A long novitiate of acquaintance should precede the vows of friendship.

A long-term relationship is about showing up and working hard and banking on each other. If one's down, the other might be up and can help the other one up, and sometimes you're both down and you just [band] together. Endurance is a big theme of it for me. That might not sound romantic, but I kind of think that it is.

Almost all of us long for peace and freedom; but very few of us have much enthusiasm for the thoughts, feelings, and actions that make for peace and freedom.

A long disease seems to be a halting place between life and death, that death itself may be a comfort to those who die and to those who are left behind.

A long headline that really says something is more effective than a brief heading that says nothing.

A long past vividly remembered is like a heavy garment that clings to your limbs when you would run.

A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of quiet introspection

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.

A long healthy life is no accident. It begins with good genes, but it also depends on good habits.

A long long time ago I took an oath to tell all secrets that came my way. Don't tell me a secret, I won't keep it. I'm against secrets, I'm against hierarchies, lineages, all assumption of special knowledge on the part of anyone in the presence of anyone else is abhorrent to me. I mean, I am a true anarchist first and foremost.

A long poem is a test of invention which I take to be the Polar star of poetry, as fancy is the sails, and imagination the rudder.

A long sea implies an uniform and steady motion of long and extensive waves; on the contrary, a short sea is when they run irregularly, broken, and interrupted; so as frequently to burst over a vessel's side or quarter.

A long-term romance is like a rose bush. In any given season, a blossom might fall off. But if the plant is well nourished, then the season will come around again, and new blossoms appear.

A long time ago god chose you, today remember to choose Him.

A long time ago, I became aware that many of us have a tendency to lump nature into simplistic categories, such as what we consider beautiful or ugly, important or unimportant. As human a thing as that is to do, I think it often leads us to misunderstand the respective roles of life forms and their interconnectedness.

A long time ago I discovered that when employees are passionate about their work, customers are passionate about the company. Kevin Sheridan knows that secret too. His insights on finding the right people and getting them engaged can change your culture forever.

A long time ago I learned not to put the blame for backwardness in Brazil on the US. We have to blame ourselves. Our backwardness is caused by an elite which for a century didn't think about the majority and subordinated itself to foreign interests.

A long time ago, I made a promise to myself: "Okay, you know what? I'm going to play music, and hopefully I'll make enough money that I can go back to school. Once I make enough money to put myself through school, that's what I'm going to do.

A long time ago, I made me a rule. I let people do what they want to do.

A long time ago individuals looked at life and saw that most people aren't happy. They saw this was obviously an inefficient system. So they combed the universe and found immeasurable happiness inside of us, our spirits.

A long time ago, I remember having cooperated with Shirley Bassey and I will never forget this moment which I shared with her while playing for and with her.

A long time ago when I was very little, I dreamed about being on stage. Some people told me I would never be able to do it, so I only paid attention to those who told me that I could.

A long war almost always places nations in this sad alternative: that their defeat delivers them to destruction and their triumph to despotism.

A long white ribbon shot out of the crack in the wall. The ribbon just kept coming, weaving itself into some kind of shape next to Anubis, and my first thought was, My god, he’s got a magic roll of toilet paper.

A lot of bands that are great disappear a little bit faster than they used to. They don't get as much support for the long haul. You have to be pretty tough to hang in there.

A lot of documentaries have been made very quickly, but I think they're like frogs in an ecosystem: They're harbingers. Film is always two or three years behind, because it takes so long to write a script, get financing, and get it made. It just takes a while. But I think it's coming. It has to.

A long time ago, Descartes sad, “I think, therefore I am.” But if you are not thinking, what?

A long time ago, I learned not to go up to the boss and ask what's happening to my character. I haven't done that for 20 years, since I was on 'Days of Our Lives.

A long time ago, I read in a book that a woman's homeland is wherever she fell in love.

A long time ago, when I was married, in the beginning it was bliss. I eloped after one month, and I married for security. I thought, 'I finally met a man who loves God and comes from a great family. I'm working, I love God, and I'm out here in California by myself, and I've met this great man.' So, I said yes. And we eloped.

A long time ago I decided that my universe will be the soul and heart of man.

A long time ago I learned not to explain things to people. It misleads them into thinking they're entitled to know everything I do. -Sara

A long tongue is a signe of a short hand. [A long tongue is a sign of a short hand.]

A lot of American actors I work with are in character all day long. You can't talk to them. It's Method and the whole thing.

A lot of girls that work really hard and have had long careers, and stay grounded. I love Carolyn Murphy, she is gorgeous. All the VS Angels! They work super hard and have the sweetest personalities.

A long time ago, when I was a young dancer in New York City, I fell in love with Jimmy Dean and he fell in love with me.

A long visit to a friend is often a great bore. Never make people twice glad.

A long while ago an eager group of reformers wrote to me asking if I could suggest anything that would improve the morals of the American people. I replied that the trouble with the American people in general was not lack of morals but lack of brains.

A lot of American shows don't last for as long as 12 episodes. They get cut after one. But certainly one of the great things about The Office in particular was that there was a beginning, a middle and an end.

A lot of [bureaucratic] rules were created a long time ago when there were different challenges, and they are now causing negative side effects.

A lot of dudes can't function too long in mainstream life because they've been indoctrinated into that penal system where that shapes their life.

A long time ago, I stopped trying to look at projects as genre exercises.

a lot of human behavior was really acting out our responses to dangers long past.

A lot of long relievers are ashamed to tell their parents what they do. The only nice thing about it is that you get to wear a uniform like everbody else.