--- title: "10 Long Thought Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Long Thought quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Long Thought sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a9/charlie-munger-458_buffett_i-ve-been-associated-with-warren-buffett_3204523.jpg" --- > [I've been associated with Warren ( Buffett) so long, I thought I'd be just a footnote.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-munger/i-ve-been-associated-with-warren-buffett-so-long-i-thought-i-d-be/) [Charlie Munger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charlie-munger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a9/charlie-munger-458_buffett_i-ve-been-associated-with-warren-buffett_3204523.jpg) > [Stories should be natural as apples, brief as lust, long as a thought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-michaels/stories-should-be-natural-as-apples-brief-as-lust-long-as-a-thought/) [Leonard Michaels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-michaels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2f/leonard-michaels-29949_apples_stories-should-be-natural-as-apples-brie_162368.png) > [Cheryl Ladd Special - One-hour long, one thought show of jigglevision.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-diamond/cheryl-ladd-special-one-hour-long-one-thought-show-of-jigglevision/) [Edwin Diamond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-diamond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e61/edwin-diamond-47456_art_cheryl-ladd-special-one-hour-long-one-th_818321.jpg) > [A person may dwell so long upon a thought that it may take him a prisoner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/a-person-may-dwell-so-long-upon-a-thought-that-it-may-take-him-a/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/097/anonymous-1_long_a-person-may-dwell-so-long-upon-a-though_1007101.jpg) > [“You're just not always in a place for as long as you thought you'd be.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lori-lansens/you-re-just-not-always-in-a-place-for-as-long-as-you-thought-you-d-be/) [Lori Lansens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lori-lansens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b48/lori-lansens-15092_place_you-re-just-not-always-in-a-place-for-as_2734472.png) > [“How long do you want me?" he asked. How long can I have you? I thought.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-hodkin/how-long-do-you-want-me-he-asked-how-long-can-i-have-you-i-thought/) [Michelle Hodkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-hodkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfc/michelle-hodkin-917_asked_how-long-do-you-want-me-he-asked-how-lon_1941192.png) > [A man man may dwell so long upon a thought that it may take him prisoner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-savile/a-man-man-may-dwell-so-long-upon-a-thought-that-it-may-take-him/) [George Savile](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-savile/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/084/george-savile-23418_dwell_a-man-man-may-dwell-so-long-upon-a-thoug_2745983.jpg) > [One of the reasons that I accepted, once asked to do Star Trek, was to give a single child a chance to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avery-brooks/one-of-the-reasons-that-i-accepted-once-asked-to-do-star-trek-was-to/) [Avery Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avery-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2b/avery-brooks-38710_accepted_one-of-the-reasons-that-i-accepted-once_1078706.png) > [ “Aedificare diu cogitare oportet. Conserere cogitare non oportet, sed facere oportet. \[Building requires long thought: planting requires not thought but action.\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-porcius-cato/aedificare-diu-cogitare-oportet-conserere-cogitare-non-oportet-sed/) [Marcus Porcius Cato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-porcius-cato/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b82/marcus-porcius-cato-80948_quote_aedificare-diu-cogitare-oportet-conserer_1815461.jpg) > [I never thought that it would take me so long to do something. I thought everything was temporary and sometimes the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-toltz/i-never-thought-that-it-would-take-me-so-long-to-do-something-i/) [Steve Toltz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-toltz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc7/steve-toltz-3783_book_i-never-thought-that-it-would-take-me-so_2157278.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/long-thought/#itemlist", "name": "Long Thought Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've been associated with Warren ( Buffett) so long, I thought I'd be just a footnote.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Charlie Munger" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charlie-munger/i-ve-been-associated-with-warren-buffett-so-long-i-thought-i-d-be/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a9/charlie-munger-458_buffett_i-ve-been-associated-with-warren-buffett_3204523.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a9/charlie-munger-458_buffett_i-ve-been-associated-with-warren-buffett_3204523.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a9/charlie-munger-458_buffett_i-ve-been-associated-with-warren-buffett_3204523.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I've been associated with Warren ( Buffett) so long, I thought I'd be just a footnote.” — Charlie Munger", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Stories should be natural as apples, brief as lust, long as a thought.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Leonard Michaels" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-michaels/stories-should-be-natural-as-apples-brief-as-lust-long-as-a-thought/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2f/leonard-michaels-29949_apples_stories-should-be-natural-as-apples-brie_162368.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2f/leonard-michaels-29949_apples_stories-should-be-natural-as-apples-brie_162368.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2f/leonard-michaels-29949_apples_stories-should-be-natural-as-apples-brie_162368.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Stories should be natural as apples, brief as lust, long as a thought.” — Leonard Michaels", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Cheryl Ladd Special - 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