Prolonged Quotes

137 quotes by 119 authors

To fail is a natural consequence of trying, To succeed takes time and prolonged effort in the face of unfriendly odds. To think it will… — David Viscott
If I have to spend prolonged periods of time in a trailer, I go mad. Stuck in a metal box doing nothing, I lie there… — Romola Garai
All my life one of my greatest desires has been to travel-to see and touch unknown countries, to swim in unknown seas, to circle the… — Nikos Kazantzakis
Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, can be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation. — Dorothy Parker
There are certain people in whom you can detect the seeds of madness - seeds that have remained dormant only because the people in question… — ZoÃ« Heller
Patience is...clearly not fatalistic, shoulder-shrugging resignation. It is the acceptance of a divine rhythm to life; it is obedience prolonged. Patience stoutly resists pulling up… — Neal A. Maxwell
This is not a book in the ordinary sense of the word. No, this is a prolonged insult, a gob of spit in the face… — Henry Miller
The children would remember for the rest of their lives the august solemnity with which their father, devastated by his prolonged vigil and by the… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
All interpretation or observation of reality is necessarily fiction. In this case, the problem is that man is a moral animal abandoned in an amoral… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Once war is forced upon us, there is no alternative than to apply every available means to bring it to a swift end. Warâ€™s very… — Douglas MacArthur
It is impossible to survive in a prolonged state of reality. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
We are injured and angry, scared and sad. Some families, like some couples, become toxic to each other after prolonged exposure. — Jonathan Tropper
A prolonged silence ensues. The reason for the silence is our growing interest one for the other. No one is aware of it, no one… — Marguerite Duras
It is impossible to survive in a prolonged state of reality, at least for human beings. We spend a good part of our lives dreaming,… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon
The Potter books in general are a prolonged argument for tolerance, a prolonged plea for an end to bigotry. And I think it's one of… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Then Ben wailed again, hopeless and prolonged. It was nothing. Just sound. It might have been all time and injustice and sorrow become vocal for… — William Faulkner
When silence is prolonged over a certain period of time, it takes on new meaning. — Yukio Mishima
The education bestowed on Flora Poste by her parents had been expensive, athletic and prolonged; and when they died within a few weeks of one… — Stella Gibbons
I grew up in the prolonged survival of the great age of the horse, with harness and saddle and sleigh bells and horse pictures, not… — Paul Engle
While Hurricane Katrina demonstrated the dangers of failing to evacuate hospitals from the path of a storm, Hurricane Gustav demonstrated that moving thousands of sick… — Sheri Fink

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