- Nov 07, 2020
Long Quotes
On patience, process and playing the long game.
Several quotes here describe how long real work actually takes: commissioning a television show, learning from mistakes only years later, or thinking generationally about where humanity stands. For a related theme, see our Long Time quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Fall
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
The two-piece ball I switched to spun too much. One shot would go the distance I thought it should, then the next one would fall short, and then the next one would go long.
- Matter
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I lived in Hollywood long enough to learn to play tennis and become a star, but I never felt it was my home. I was never looking for a home, as a matter of fact.
- Love
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm looking forward to a long, fruitful career now behind the mic, staying around the sport I love so much and the sport that changed my life for the better.
- Make
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
As long as the crowd make noise, I will be in my element, whether it is booing or cheering. The main thing is I get a reaction of some kind.
- Mama
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I really didn't have an interest in being in the kitchen until after I was married, when I was 18. It didn't take me long to realize that Mama was not going to show up at my house every day and cook.
- Love
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Stone-ground grits are wonderful, but because they take so long to cook, I usually go with quick cooking grits - which I also love. But I never make the instant kind - some things a Southerner just won't do!
- Good-Bye
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
It's definitely hard to say good-bye to a character that you've played for a long time.
- Living
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I like living with a character for a really long time and what can open up with that.
- Me
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Running gives me a lot of pleasure. It's something I'll always do, as long as I can.
- Good
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
People are lying when they say that their record being broken is good for the development of the event. I would like mine to remain as long as possible, please.
- Debate
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I mean, we're going to probably debate the Iraq war for at least as long as I'm alive.
- Time
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
Many people are looking to Washington for answers, but I'm here to tell you, if we wait for the politicians to solve the problems of our day, we will be waiting a long time.
- Life
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I made the choice long ago to write about real life. And life is both serious and funny.
- Lost
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I think 'Lost' didn't invent the flashback, obviously. It's been a cinematic tool. It's been around almost as long as cinema has.
- Explicitly
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
The Court has long held that the Constitution protects certain fundamental rights that are not explicitly enumerated in the Constitution's text, while at the same time emphasizing that courts must proceed with great caution in recognizing such rights.
- Me
- |
- Nov 07, 2020
I take my hat off to people like the Stones, but it's not for me. I couldn't do that. Jagger is brilliant and long may he rock. I couldn't make my career out of old songs; it would do my head in.
- Doing
- |
- Nov 07, 2020