Length Quotes

722 quotes by 591 authors

The code of poor laws has at length grown up into a tree, which, like the fabulous Upas, overshadows and poisons the land; unwholesome expedients… — Charles Caleb Colton
Government itself at length must fall To nature's state, where all have right to all. — John Dryden
It often astonishes me that I did not see the importance of meditation upon Scripture earlier in my Christian life. As the outward man is… — George Muller
Gentleness, Virtue, Wisdom, and Endurance, These are the seals of that most firm assurance Which bars the pit over Destruction's strength; And if, with infirm… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
I have often been surprised that Mathematics, the quintessence of Truth, should have found admirers so few and so languid. Frequent consideration and minute scrutiny… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Sometimes the European and North American public like some things to be exotic and kept at arm's length. They don't want sometimes to know that… — David Byrne
My favorite wild animal is a narwhal - the unicorn of the sea. It's a whale with a tooth that sticks out of its head… — Kesha
White House operatives went to great lengths to show Obama shifting focus from wars abroad to domestic issues at home. — Ron Fournier
My parents were working in a hospital in Memphis. But I didn't live there for any length of time that I remember. The first thing… — Morgan Freeman
According to USA today, the average length of an attention span of a man in America is 23 minutes. — Robert Fripp
Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length. — Robert Frost
You know that I write slowly. This is chiefly because I am never satisfied until I have said as much as possible in a few… — Carl Friedrich Gauss
Like some kind of particularly tenacious vampire the short story refuses to die, and seems at this point in time to be a wonderful length… — Neil Gaiman
To get ready to climb Everest, I did a lot of hill running with a daypack on and a lot of underwater swimming. I would… — Bear Grylls
I think bare legs in winter are idiotic. Unless your naked pins are toned, tanned and veinless, it's best to cover up. There is nothing… — Joan Collins
So, influenced by these advisors and this hope, I have at length allowed my friends to publish the work, as they had long besought me… — Nicolaus Copernicus
You will, I am sure, agree with me that... if page 534 only finds us in the second chapter, the length of the first one… — Arthur Conan Doyle
It is not length of life, but depth of life. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The idea of 'Voice of Witness' is to let survivors and witnesses of human-rights abuses tell their story at length. It started with a course… — Dave Eggers
What the government has to do, if it wants to govern for any length of time, is it must appeal primarily to the third parties… — Stephen Harper

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