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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.

If you hang around long enough to show these people what you can do, you have a chance in this acting business.

Quotes by Frank Cady

I think a story should take as long to tell as it is appropriate to that particular story.

Quotes by Frank Darabont

We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.

Quotes by Francois Rabelais

I prefer to be busy all day long, and when you work for someone else, you're not busy enough.

Quotes by Francois Truffaut

When you've been Bayern for so long and it's your second home, moving away from here is not easy.

Quotes by Franck Ribery

I want to initiate a change in society in the long term.

Quotes by Francois Hollande

Between France and Senegal there's a history. There's a language that we both speak. There's a culture that we share and to which both of our peoples have contributed. But beyond our history, beyond our language, beyond the links that...

Quotes by Francois Hollande

America, when it became known to Europeans, was, as it had long been, a scene of wide-spread revolution.

Quotes by Francis Parkman

Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.

Quotes by Francis Quarles

I believe that pluralistic secularism, in the long run, is a more deadly poison than straightforward persecution.

Quotes by Francis Schaeffer

It has long been known that the chemical atomic weight of hydrogen was greater than one-quarter of that of helium, but so long as fractional weights were general there was no particular need to explain this fact, nor could any...

Quotes by Francis William Aston

There is nothing respecting which a man may be so long unconscious as of the extent and strength of his prejudices.

Quotes by Francis Jeffrey

I work really long days and I work seven day weeks.

Quotes by Francine Prose

Long before the idea of a writer's conference was a glimmer in anyone's eye, writers learned by reading the work of their predecessors. They studied meter with Ovid, plot construction with Homer, comedy with Aristophanes; they honed their prose style...

Quotes by Francine Prose

A key to everything is surrender - to really come before the Lord and say, 'I will literally stay here as long as you want me to stay' or 'God, I will really go anywhere on the earth.'

Quotes by Francis Chan

A technological advance of a major sort almost always is overestimated in the short run for its consequences - and underestimated in the long run.

Quotes by Francis Collins

The best diet is the one that can be sustained over the long term, combined with other healthful lifestyle behaviors.

Quotes by Francis Collins

Many people struggle with losing weight and then regaining it. But there is no convincing evidence that the effort to lose weight actually promotes more weight gain in the long run.

Quotes by Francis Collins

The door might not be opened to a woman again for a long, long time, and I had a kind of duty to other women to walk in and sit down on the chair that was offered, and so establish...

Quotes by Frances Perkins

Most of man's problems upon this planet, in the long history of the race, have been met and solved either partially or as a whole by experiment based on common sense and carried out with courage.

Quotes by Frances Perkins

Frequently Asked Questions

What kind of statements does this "Long" page collect?
The page gathers quotes using "long" in different senses - long stretches of time, a long production process, and being part of a "long line of royalty." For more upbeat lines in a similar vein, see Good quotes.
Is there a quote here with a dramatic, big-picture claim?
Yes: "I think, and I've thought this for a long time, that we live, roughly speaking, in the last generation of human beings" is a striking, big-picture statement about humanity. For more quotes centered on extended time, see Long Time.
Does this page touch on family lineage?
Yes: "I think of myself as a young prince from a long line of royalty" reflects on identity tied to ancestry and family history.
Is there anything here about the entertainment industry?
One quote describes how making a TV show is "such a long process," moving from commissioned scripts through a network before it airs. If you enjoy reflections tied to life's bigger picture, Life quotes is a related page.
Is there poetic content here too, or only quotes?
This page is quotes-focused, but if you'd like more poetic Hindi-style verses built around the same word, the Shayari section is worth a look.

You can also browse our Good quotes for shorter, upbeat lines, or the Hindi-language Shayari collection for a poetic take.