Length Quotes

722 Length quotes by 591 unique authors

It's only merit was in being the first publication which carried the claim of our rights their whole length, and asserted that there was no… — Thomas Jefferson
You don't have to signal a social conscience by looking like a frump. Lace knickers won't hasten the holocaust, you can ban the bomb in… — Elizabeth Bibesco
I want to run the beach's length, because it never ends. — Deborah Ager
Life is not measured by its length, but by its depth. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Beneficence is a duty. He who frequently practices it, and sees his benevolent intentions realized, at length comes really to love him to whom he… — Immanuel Kant
Our knowledge of stars and interstellar matter must be based primarily on the electromagnetic radiation which reaches us. Nature has thoughtfully provided us with a… — Lyman Spitzer
On May 15, 1957 Linus Pauling made an extraordinary speech to the students of Washington University. ... It was at this time that the idea… — Edward Condon
Without morals a republic cannot subsist any length of time; they therefore who are decrying the Christian religion, whose morality is so sublime and pure… — Unknown Author
A scientist strives to understand the work of Nature. But with our insufficient talents as scientists, we do not hit upon the truth all at… — Torbern Bergman
True science is at length disencumbered of the empirical determinations which had accumulated in the course of many centuries. — Franz Cumont
This incomparable Author having at length been prevailed upon to appear in public, has in this Treatise given a most notable instance of the extent… — Edmond Halley
When I work, I work very fast, but preparing to work can take any length of time. — Cy Twombly
People sometimes sneer at those who run every day, claiming they'll go to any length to live longer. But don't think that's the reason most… — Haruki Murakami
Blink and you miss a sprint. The 10,000 meters is lap after lap of waiting. Theatrically, the mile is just the right length: beginning, middle,… — Sebastian Coe
Every man should let out all the length of all the reigns; should find or make a frank and healthy expression of what force and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The days of the Mosaic creation are not to be strictly construed as implying the same length of time which is at present occupied by… — William Buckland
It is a good discipline to be forced to work for work's sake, even to the length of not being allowed to enjoy the fruits… — Swami Vivekananda
The law of the heart is thus the same as the law of muscular tissue generally, that the energy of contraction, however measured, is a… — Ernest Starling
Child abuse casts a shadow the length of a lifetime. — Unknown Author
I believe that pity is a law like justice, and that kindness is a duty like uprightness. That which is weak has a right to… — Victor Hugo
Learn punctuation; it is your little drum set, one of the few tools oyu have to signal the reader where the beats and emphases go.… — Annie Dillard
The novel is a prose narrative of some length that has something wrong with it. — Randall Jarrell
There is a special mystique about the marathon, for example, because of its length-but that's just the bit you do at the end of an… — Chrissie Wellington
Life has its pains and evils-its bitter disappointments; but like a good novel and in healthful length of days, there is infinite joy in seeing… — W. E. B. Du Bois
In a foreign country it is far from easy to study a scene at length when you know that at any minute someone may appear… — Robert Adams

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