Long Quotes

• That science has long been neglected and declining in England, is not an opinion originating with me, but is shared by many, and has been expressed by higher authority than mine.

  

  Charles Babbage
  • Long
  • Science
  • Opinion

• It took me a long time to realize that to walk around without a certain amount of belief in myself, to walk onto a job with my tail between my legs, wasn't behooving anyone else.

  

  Johnny Galecki
  • Time
  • Long
  • Job

• As long as there are people trying to play music in a sincere way, there will be some jazz.

  

  Lee Konitz
  • People
  • Music
  • Trying

• If I was a man, I don't know if I'd settle down long before I was 50.

  

  Mariella Frostrup
  • Long

• It takes a long time to appreciate one's parents.

  

  Kristin Scott Thomas
  • Time
  • Long
  • Parents

• There's no law against stupid - I learned that a long time ago.

  

  Mark Cuban
  • Time
  • Law
  • Stupid

• As long as there is a new twist in the storyline, there cannot be any space for monotony.

  

  Divyanka Tripathi
  • Long
  • Space

• I learned my values. It's better to be poor than to be beholden. Wealth is not the object of life. You should be polite as long as possible, and when you can't be polite anymore, don't run.

  

  Daniel Woodrell
  • Life
  • Long

• When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion.

  

  C.P. Snow
  • Men
  • History
  • Hero

• This necessary spending should not, however, jeopardize the president' long-term deficit-reduction goals.

  

  Ben Bernanke
  • Goals
  • President
  • Jeopardize

• I have been fighting writing songs for a long time. People keep telling me I should write, and other writers have offered to write with me, and to be honest, it's not something I've ever really had a passion for - plus I wasn't sure I had the talent to do it!

  

  Martina McBride
  • People
  • Time
  • Writing

• I had to come to terms about becoming an addict, which, for a long time, I lied to myself about the status of until I couldn't lie any more, 'cause I was either going to die or get better.

  

  Trent Reznor Nine Inch Nails
  • Time
  • Long
  • Die

• I think that his history of mendacity is so intense and so long-lasting that he wouldn't understand the truth if he fell over it.

  

  Jack Straw
  • Truth
  • History
  • Mendacity

• My dad would always tell me, 'When you meet a man, look him in his eye and shake his hand,' and that's just something I've been doing for a long time.

  

  Adrian Peterson
  • Time
  • Dad
  • Hand

• Never, in peace or war, commit your virtue or your happiness to the future. Happy work is best done by the man who takes his long-term plans somewhat lightly and works from moment to moment 'as to the Lord.' It is only our daily bread that we are encouraged to ask for. The present is the only time in which any duty can be done or any grace received.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Time
  • Work
  • Men

• The Germans have done wonderful work. Not long ago, a German battle group battalion conducted a very impressive counterinsurgency operation in a portion of Baghlan province. I think these are the first counterinsurgency operations conducted by any German element after World War II. And they did a very impressive job.

  

  David Petraeus
  • World
  • Work
  • Done

• I was a queen, and you took away my crown; a wife, and you killed my husband; a mother, and you deprived me of my children. My blood alone remains: take it, but do not make me suffer long.

  

  Marie Antoinette
  • Children
  • Mother
  • Alone

• I remember people telling me that at 5 1/2 minutes long, 'Lightning Crashes' would never be a hit song.

  

  Ed Kowalczyk
  • People
  • Remember
  • Song

• Clear waters windAround our village,With long summer daysFull of loveliness;Fluttering in and outFrom the house beamsThe swallows play;Waterfowl disport togetherAs everlasting lovers; ...What more could I wish for?

  

  Du Fu
  • House
  • Wish
  • Summer

• Death is staring too long into the burning sun and the relief of entering a cool, dark room.

  

  Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
  • Death
  • Cool
  • Dark

• You may wonder why a question of manners has got me so exercised. It's because I believe in a simple rule. If you see a person you know behave unreasonably to someone else, you can bet your last pound that before long he'll be behaving like that to you. Life Believe Simple Long Advice

  

  Daniel Finkelstein
  • Life
  • Believe
  • Simple

• The experience of learning how to get straight to the core of a problem proved to be of immense value later when I had a long succession of responsibilities in large, complex government departments.

  

  Elliot Richardson
  • Experience
  • Learning
  • Value

• The Savior encouraged brotherhood. He was not a long-distance leader. He walked and worked with those whom he led. He was not afraid of close friendships. He spent many hours with his disciples, and his relationships with them were intimate.

  

  Joseph B. Wirthlin
  • Distance
  • Friendships
  • Brotherhood

• Thou wilt go now, rabbit. But I go with thee. As long as there is one of us there is both of us.

  

  Ernest Hemingway
  • Long
  • Thee
  • Rabbits

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