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722 Length quotes by 591 unique authors

A lot of modern comedies are difficult to watch too, because they're so ironic and so detached and so quote-unquote clever. They kind of keep… — Ty Burrell
There is a generation of skimmers. It's not that they don't want to read in-depth content, but they want to evaluate what the content is… — Nick D'Aloisio
My own grandmother went to great lengths to make sure I knew simple things like how and when to open the door for a lady.… — Ronnie Dunn
I studied philosophy, religious studies, and English. My training was writing four full-length novels and hiring an editor to tear them apart. I had enough… — Ted Dekker
It never ceases to amaze me the lengths that some people will go to to try and speak to me or meet me. — David Ginola
While I'm impressed with the length of those legs, she's not an intellectual giant. — Thomas Dolby
To find the length of an object, we have to perform certain physical operations. The concept of length is therefore fixed when the operations by… — Percy Williams Bridgman
In systemic searches for embryonic lethal mutants of Drosophila melanogaster we have identified 15 loci which when mutated alter the segmental patterns of the larva.… — Christiane Nusslein-Volhard
The nature of matter, or body considered in general, consists not in its being something which is hard or heavy or coloured, or which affects… — Rene Descartes
But I still serve pretty big and that's one of my biggest weapons, so if my shoulder holds up and I can count on it,… — Guy Forget
I would wear a full-length cape if I could get away with it - I do love a good swirl in a fog. — Martin Freeman
Obviously, the greater the length of a war the higher is likely to be the number of casualties in it on either side. — Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
My hair is naturally curly, and in the 80's, even though I experimented with different lengths, I generally wore it curly. Since then, I've learned… — Susanna Hoffs
Time passed by. I had furnished steam hammers to the principal foundries in England. I had sent them abroad, even to Russia. At length it… — James Nasmyth
You're not a historian, but most historians will tell you that they make very discrete judgment as to what facts to omit in order to… — Oliver Stone
Sometimes we are tempted to be that kind of Christian who keeps the Lord’s wounds at arm’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

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