Long Quotes
Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment uncertain, and judgment difficult.
HippocratesHippocrates If there was an observer on Mars, they would probably be amazed that we have survived this long.
Noam ChomskyNoam Chomsky It’s just unbelievable what he got away with and how long it took for him to be exposed. A guy like that should be hanged.
Alan AbelAlan Abel Having been an actor and a writer for so long – 20 years or so – I felt that it would be daft to go to one’s grave without having directed. It’s a natural extension of writing and acting, and so I knew it would happen one day.
Stephen FryStephen Fry I like to bless people and do things without the world knowing about it, because I’m not in it for the glory.
Adrian PetersonAdrian Peterson Staying married may have long-term benefits. You can elicit much more sympathy from friends over a bad marriage than you ever can from a good divorce.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke You do get really exhausted doing films. You work such long hours, and after a while, things can get out of perspective, just like if anyone’s tired, things get on top of them.
Alan CummingAlan Cumming But herein lies the rub: Christianity has been on a long-term trend of decline in every Western cultural context that we can identify.
Alan HirschAlan Hirsch Pac-man? Or is it donkey kong? In truth, it looked a little more violent and military. A slow grin spread over his face. Baseball. Think maybe you could stand behind me and give me a few pointers?
Becca FitzpatrickBecca Fitzpatrick The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs.
W. Edwards DemingW. Edwards Deming Every man is a king so long as he has someone to look down on.
Sinclair LewisSinclair Lewis So long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer and courage, so long are you young. When your heart is covered with the snows of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then, and then only, are you grown old. And then, indeed as the ballad says, you just fade away
Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur The Heart is a Lonely Hunter had such an illumination, beginning my long search for the truth of the story and flashing light into the long two years ahead.
Carson McCullersCarson McCullers I complain to one of my fellow servers that I don’t understand how she can go so long without food. “Well, I don’t understand how you can go so long without a cigarette,” she responds in a tone of reproach. Because work is what you do for others; smoking is what you do for yourself.
Barbara EhrenreichBarbara Ehrenreich Within, stood a tall old man, clean shaven save for a long white moustache, and clad in black from head to foot, without a single speck of colour about him anywhere.
Bram StokerBram Stoker I’m asking you as an American to see all of the freedoms that you enjoy and see how they are rooted in things that the country you belong to condoned or actively participated in the past.
Ta-Nehisi CoatesTa-Nehisi Coates