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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.

I couldn't care less what anyone's 'perception' of me is. I'm too long in the tooth to care.

Quotes by Felix Dennis

It's a long, slow sunset for ink-on-paper magazines, but sunsets can produce vast sums of money.

Quotes by Felix Dennis

No woman or girl is going to want to spend time looking at pretty dresses on the Internet. Vogue is going to be around for a long time to come.

Quotes by Felix Dennis

You can collect all the plastic bottle caps you want as long as you give me the money so we can get off this death trap, find somewhere else and have tremendous fun screwing that up as well.

Quotes by Felix Dennis

For a long time, it was believed that war was waged by armies which could not be identified with the nation itself. Professional soldiers took upon themselves the job of defending national interests, and it was understood that the war...

Quotes by Ferdinand Buisson

We do not postpone the participation of the lower classes of our people in the profits of economic enterprise, and in other countries, they do postpone it. In the long run, I think our policy is better, and we stand...

Quotes by Ferdinand Marcos

So long as I'm president, communism will not thrive here.

Quotes by Ferdinand Marcos

I believe that we should be able to marry whom ever we choose. As long as both people are willing... I say go for it!

Quotes by Fefe Dobson

I'm one of those people that I make a song... then I write another song and then I'm like, 'But this song is so much better than this song,' and then I kind of ditch that song. It's a long...

Quotes by Fefe Dobson

People don't teach you how to handle the workload that comes from a little bit of success, and it's something I'd never had to handle, because I'd been rejected for so long.

Quotes by Felicia Day

It was in India that I started my acting career, courtesy of my parents, long before I set foot on stage in England. They headed a company of travelling players performing Shakespeare up and down the land.

Quotes by Felicity Kendal

FOR a long time the conviction has been dimly felt in the community that, without prejudice to existing institutions, the legal day of weekly rest might be employed to advantage for purposes affecting the general good.

Quotes by Felix Adler

No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state.

Quotes by Felix Adler

For a long time, I couldn't cry on stage. I cried very rarely as a child.

Quotes by Faye Dunaway

I do not make any apologies for my manner or personality. I come from a long line of very strong, black African-American women who neither bend nor bow. I haven't had very good modeling in submission.

Quotes by Faye Wattleton

We have a very long way to go to really penetrate the power structure. Until that happens, you will not see stability among the workforce, among women - in the workforce among women.

Quotes by Faye Wattleton

We Europeans have a long tradition of cultural and economic relationship with Iran.

Quotes by Federica Mogherini

As long as a member state is a member state, there are no negotiations bilaterally on any trade agreement with third parties.

Quotes by Federica Mogherini

Americans have so far put up with inequality because they felt they could change their status. They didn't mind others being rich, as long as they had a path to move up as well. The American Dream is all about...

Quotes by Fareed Zakaria

It does not feel any different being directed by a first-timer as long as I am convinced that the director is passionate about the film he or she is making. If you get a sense of their vision for the...

Quotes by Farhan Akhtar

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.