Longest Quotes

360 Longest quotes by 292 unique authors

There's a story... a legend, about a bird that sings just once in its life. From the moment it leaves its nest, it searches for… — Colleen McCullough
Floor exercise, the longest you run is two or three steps. In the vault, it's not a whole lot more than that. — Shannon Miller
In gymnastics, the longest routine you do is a minute and a half, and that's pretty tough to get through — Shannon Miller
There are two types of players: those who know and those who don’t. The smartest ones usually play the longest and [are] usually the most… — Marcus Allen
Deftones is always my main focus. I’ve been doing it the longest and it’s definitely a priority. I think of these as projects. It’s not… — Chino Moreno
Your story is the greatest legacy that you will leave to your friends.It's the longest-lasting legacy you will leave to your heirs. — Steve Saint
The kindness I have longest remembered has been of this sort, the sort unsaid; so far behind the speaker's lips that almost it already lay… — Henry David Thoreau
One press account said I was an overnight success. I thought that was the longest night I've ever spent. — Sandra Cisneros
Speaking biologically, fruit in a slightly shriveled state is holding its respiration and energy consumption down to the lowest possible level. It is like a… — Masanobu Fukuoka
I think my biggest break though came probably on Patriot Games because it was the biggest, longest second unit up to that point. It was… — David R. Ellis
Explore your limits and get to know yourself. You'll never feel more real than after the hardest workout, the longest run, the toughest week, or… — Luke Watson
The mind is like a sheet of white paper in this, that the impressions it receives the oftenest, and retains the longest, are black ones. — Julius Charles Hare
Students who read the most also read the best, achieve the most, and stay in school the longest. Conversely, those who dont read much cannot… — Jim Trelease
The gift moves towards the empty place. As it turns in its circle it turns towards him who has been empty-handed the longest, and if… — Lewis Hyde
The chief aim of education is to show you, after you make a livelihood, how to enjoy living; and you can live longest and best… — Gilbert Highet
Jokes are better than war. Even the most aggressive jokes are better than the least aggressive wars. Even the longest jokes are better than the… — George Mikes
Consequential strangers help us stretch beyond the relatively rigid boxes that the people who have known us the longest - our family and close friends… — Melinda Blau
Boyhood is the longest time in life for a boy. The last term of the school-year is made of decades, not of weeks, and living… — Booth Tarkington
Economist Frederick Thayer has studied the history of our balanced-budget crusades and has come up with some depressing statistics. We have had six major depressions… — Molly Ivins
Whoever will cultivate their own mind will find full employment. Every virtue does not only require great care in the planting, but as much daily… — Mary Wortley Montagu
The longest lives are short; our work lasts longer. — Rose Wilder Lane
Of this I am certain, that no one has ever died who was not destined to die some time. Now the end of life puts… — Saint Augustine
Bad cooks - and the utter lack of reason in the kitchen - have delayed human development longest and impaired it most. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Who longest waits most surely wins. — Helen Hunt Jackson
It is continued temperance which sustains the body for the longest period of time, and which most surely preserves it free from sickness. — Wilhelm von Humboldt

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