Current affairs Quote by John Maynard Keynes

In the long run we are all dead.

— John Maynard Keynes

Short-termism is no good: plans must be carried through to the end.

— Frank Rijkaard

That's what we all do: endlessly take the long way around.

— Haruki Murakami

A lifetime isn't nearly long enough to figure out what it's all about.

— Doug Larson

But life is long. And it is the long run that balances the short flare of interest and passion.

— Sylvia Plath

Forever is a long time.

— Noah Kahan

The life we've been leading couldn't last forever. It's a wonder it lasted as long as it did.

— Jack Vance

The longest lives are short; our work lasts longer.

— Rose Wilder Lane

In the medium or long term we'll all be dead. Let's deal with the problems at hand.

— Amado Boudou

It's only forever... Not long at all.

— John Green

I did a week-long assessment in 2005 at (then Defense Secretary Donald) Rumsfeld's request. Following our return, I told him that Afghanistan was going…

— David Petraeus

In the long run, a short cut seldom is.

— Malcolm Forbes