Best Long Past Quotes

41 Long Past quotes by 38 unique authors

Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status. — Laurence J. Peter
One can remain alive long past the usual date of disintegration if one is unafraid of change, insatiable in intellectual curiosity, interested in big things,… — Daniel Handler
States' rights, as our forefathers conceived it, was a protection of the right of the individual citizen. Those who preach most frequently about states' rights… — Robert Kennedy
Wine talks; ask anyone. The oracle at the street corner; the uninvited guest at the wedding feast; the holy fool. It ventriloquizes. It has a… — Joanne Harris
O, but they say, the tongues of dying men enforce attention, like deep harmony: where words are scarce, they are seldom spent in vain: for… — William Shakespeare
The opposite of esprit d'escalier is the way that life's embarrassments come back to haunt us even after they're long past. I could remember every… — Cory Doctorow
The talk of pale, burning-eyed students, anarchists and utopians all, over tea and cigarettes in a locked room long past midnight, is next morning translated,… — Christopher Isherwood
Habit is necessary. It is the habit of having habits, of turning a trail into a rut, that must be incessantly fought against if one… — Edith Wharton
Of the Seven Deadly Sins, anger is possibly the most fun. To lick your wounds, to smack your lips over grievances long past, to roll… — Frederick Buechner
Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen. The stubborn retention of it, even in the face of extreme physical hardship,… — Laura Hillenbrand
The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten… — Robert Jordan
a lot of human behavior was really acting out our responses to dangers long past. — Orson Scott Card
Jewels, lies, slips of paper, dried flowers, memories of thing long past, useless quotations, idle hands, beads, buttons, and mischief. — Holly Black
Men wrongly lament the flight of time, blaming it for being too swift; they do not perceive that its passage is sufficiently long, but a… — Leonardo da Vinci
Dreams don't have to come true at age 20, 30, or 40; they often occur long past when you thought possible — Unknown Author
Dear Ted: Thanks for the invitation to question four distinguished liberal journalists. But 11:30 PM is long past my bedtime. — Patrick Buchanan

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