- 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
- Feet
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm on my feet and I'm doing what I love to do, and I'm in a profession, as a musician, where we can go on for as long as we can go on.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel the older I get, the more I'm learning to handle life. Being on this quest for a long time, it's all about finding yourself.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
For as long as I've been acting, I have been very lucky to be paired with really great actresses playing my mom.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always read what I write out loud, and I did that long before any radio thing. My editor finds that unusual.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was the Formica King of Long Island, and my mother was the daughter of a Bengal Lancer in India.
- Magic
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was considered a comedy magician. And - how do I put this without sounding egotistical? - it didn't take me long to realize that comedy magicians usually couldn't do comedy or magic.
- Hard
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was a long, hard, tough day. We managed to just sneak through, it was an unbelievable Test match.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
As human beings we have a tendency when we like something to tie it up and make sure it's there for a long time. I've been working on being able to let things go. I don't think I ever want to buy property again.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
This is a game that's going to play as long as you're playing it. It's never going to end. It'll go until I retire, and when the next person has the job, they'll be on it too.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My faith is very private to me. It plays an important part in my life, but I do not try and throw my beliefs at others. I have tremendous respect for all faiths and beliefs, but have a deep concern that religion and faith are currently a long way apart from each other.
- Nov 07, 2020
I was born in 1949 - which seems like a long time ago... Actually, it is a long time ago, when I think about it.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
We fought during 'The Wall,' which was an album Waters wrote, based on his family story, we clashed long before that, during the period of the Dark Side and 'Wish You Were Here.' Actually, we never got along.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020