Longest Quotes

360 Longest quotes by 292 unique authors

There are three great international team sports in Australia: cricket, rugby (two codes), and Pom-bashing. But the greatest of these is the last, and it… — Simon Barnes
I love the acquaintance of young people; because, in the first place, I do not like to think myself growing old. In the next place,… — Samuel Johnson
The purpose of conservation: The greatest good to the greatest number of people for the longest time. — Gifford Pinchot
TORONTO -- When Cameron Crowe was flying to the Toronto film festival recently, he walked down the aisle of the plane and studied his fellow… — Cameron Crowe
Without cruelty there is no festival: thus the longest and most ancient part of human history teaches and in punishment there is so much that… — Friedrich Nietzsche
If kings would only determine not to extend their dominions until they had filled them with happiness, they would find the smallest territories too large,… — Charles Caleb Colton
I've always liked wrinkles. When I was a young girl, I used to make lines on my face with my nails because I loved Jeanne… — Diane von Furstenberg
In the early 1930s, flying from England to Australia was the longest flight in the world. It was considered extremely dangerous and hazardous, pushing pilots… — Mary Garden
The bottom line is that Wanda Sykes has the longest continuously documented family tree of any African-American we have ever researched. — Henry Louis Gates
The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word, but part of you is… — Graham Greene
Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest. — Henry Van Dyke
When President Obama entered the White House, the economy was in a free-fall. The auto industry: on its back. The banks: frozen up. More than… — Rahm Emanuel
Nature uses only the longest threads to weave her patterns, so that each small piece of her fabric reveals the organization of the entire tapestry. — Richard P. Feynman
Space Mountain may be the oldest ride in the park, but it has the longest line. — Ric Flair
The longest journey is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest for the source of his… — Dag Hammarskjold
Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home. — James Joyce
People take the longest possible paths, digress to numerous dead ends, and make all kinds of mistakes. Then historians come along and write summaries of… — Dean Kamen
For the longest time, you just sound like a broken record, but you have to be consistent when teaching kids. — Heidi Klum
The answers I remember longest are the ones that answer questions that I didn't think of asking. — Jonathan Kozol
The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned. — W. Somerset Maugham
The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity. — Edna St. Vincent Millay
Four years ago, I promised to end the war in Iraq. We did. I promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually attacked us on… — Barack Obama
I pretty much left full-time, formal education when I was 11, so that was when I was taken out of the school system... The longest… — Daniel Radcliffe
The greatest legacy is that which benefits the widest number of people for the longest period without limit to value. No one but the Prophet… — Cat Stevens
It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish. — J.R.R. Tolkien

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