Long Before Quotes

370 quotes by 319 authors

The purposes of the Almighty are perfect, and must prevail, though we erring mortals may fail to accurately perceive them in advance. We hoped for… — Abraham Lincoln
If there is such a thing as marriage, it takes place long before the ceremony; in a car on the way to the airport; or… — Simon Van Booy
If you spend five minutes complaining, you have just wasted five minutes. If you continue complaining, it won't be long before they haul you out… — Jim Rohn
I cannot afford to believe that freedom from intolerance is the right of only one particular group. And I cannot afford to choose between the… — Audre Lorde
The Bill of Rights existed long before President Obama was elected, and as long as Iâ€™m a U.S. Senator, I will fight to protect the… — Rand Paul
Of all my films, people wrote to me most about this one... ...I had wanted to make The Idiot long before Rashomon. Since I was… — Akira Kurosawa
I appreciated art, long before I could produce it. — Wayne Gerard Trotman
Long before feminism made fashion a guilty pleasure, my first experience of the sisterhood among strangers took place in a communal dressing room. — Judith Thurman
Once you have grace," I said to him, "you are free. Without it, you cannot help doing the things you know you should not do,… — Thomas Merton
Many, and some of the most pressing, of our terrestrial problems can be solved only by going into space. Long before it was a vanishing… — Arthur C. Clarke
Before the current decade ends, fee-paying passengers will be experiencing suborbital flights aboard privately funded vehicles. . . . It won't be too long before… — Arthur C. Clarke
Charley is a mind-reading dog. There have been many trips in his lifetime, and often he has to be left at home. He knows we… — John Steinbeck
I never considered my dreams wasted energy; they were invariably linked to some form of action. When I dreamed about having a lemonade stand, for… — Ray Kroc
They had...finished their lives before their death - which is not always the end of life and often comes long before the end. — Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly
Poetry is only secondarily about words. Primarily, it is about truth. I dealt with the Ding an Sich, the substance behind the shadow, weaving powerful… — Dan Simmons
Young man, I am afraid you are wasting your time. If there were any more planets they would have been found long before this. — Clyde Tombaugh
The cliche was always that 'everybody's a critic,' but it becomes truer every day. Long before reviews appear in the traditional outlets, you can now… — Ben Brantley
You are not an accident. Your birth was no mistake or mishap, and your life is no fluke of nature. Your parents may not have… — Rick Warren
As far back as I remember, long before I could write, I had played at making stories. But not until I was seven or more,… — Ellen Glasgow
The future must enter you long before it happens. — Rainer Maria Rilke

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