Length Quotes

722 Length quotes by 591 unique authors

Sometimes we are tempted to be that kind of Christian who keeps the Lordâ€™s wounds at armâ€™s length. Yet Jesus wants us to touch human… — Pope Francis
Measurements of the specific ionization of both the positive and negative particles, by counting the number of droplets per unit length along the tracks, showed… — Carl David Anderson
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, said Browning, and so it has - extended by the length of an artist's brush. — Robert Breault
Coffee, though a useful medicine, if drunk constantly will at length induce a decay of health , and hectic fever. — Jesse Torrey
If it is possible to have a linear unit that depends on no other quantity, it would seem natural to prefer it. Moreover, a mensural… — Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
The idea that you could stitch together every detail episode to episode and preserve continuity for the length of a season and tell a story… — Michael Loceff
I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth. My… — William Shakespeare
A miser is sometimes a grand personification of fear. He has a fine horror of poverty; and he is not content to keep want from… — Charles Lamb
She comes majestic with her swelling sails, The gallant Ship: along her watery way, Homeward she drives before the favouring gales; Now flirting at their… — Robert Southey
A wound will perhaps become tolerable with length of time; but wounds which are raw shudder at the touch of the hands. — Unknown Author
The light for drawing from nature should come from the North in order that it may not vary. And if you have it from the… — Leonardo da Vinci
At length corruption, like a general flood (So long by watchful ministers withstood), Shall deluge all; and avarice, creeping on, Spread like a low-born mist,… — Alexander Pope
By every remove I only drag a greater length of chain. — Oliver Goldsmith
Ben Hogan was not really a big hitter. He was long enough. But Ben Hogan today? Ben Hogan today could not compete at Augusta because… — Jack Nicklaus
It is the close observation of little things which is the secret of success in business, in art, in science, and in every pursuit in… — Samuel Smiles
Grief reconfigures time, its length, its texture, its function: one day means no more than the next, so why have they been picked out and… — Julian Barnes
It's been my ambition for about 30 years to do a full- length animation film. — Paul McCartney
Inherited aptitudes and traits of temperament count for quite as much as length of habituation in deciding what range of habits will come to dominate… — Thorstein Veblen
Straight lines vary only in length, and therefore are least ornamental. — William Hogarth
Eurasia's main axis is east/west, whereas the main axis of the Americas is north/south. Eurasia's east/west axis meant that species domesticated in one part of… — Jared Diamond

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