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Longest Quotes

On what endures the longest — love, time, and memory.

These longest quotes weigh lasting ambition against unreturned love, and even frame death itself as the longest voyage anyone takes. For related themes, see our Best quotes.

I've been doing music for the longest time.

Quotes by Iman Shumpert

Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest.

Quotes by Henry Van Dyke

The Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions.

Quotes by Henry James Sumner Maine

For the longest time, neuroscientists were forced to be passive observers of brain activity.

Quotes by Gero Miesenbock

The greatest events of history are those which affect the greatest number for the longest periods.

Quotes by Ezra Taft Benson

America forms the longest and straightest bone in the earth's skeleton.

Quotes by Ellsworth Huntington

The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.

Quotes by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Tommy Smothers is my longest mentor, and Dave Eggers is my youngest.

Quotes by Don Novello

For the longest time, Cena would be, and still is, filibustered by half the WWE universe.

Quotes by Dolph Ziggler

I'm desperate to work again. I've often had those periods, but two years was the longest.

Quotes by Charlotte Gainsbourg

It's funny... musical theater is what paid my rent and kept me going for the longest time.

Quotes by Bryan Batt

I had about the biggest, longest wish list anyone could have, and 99 percent of what I wanted to get on the screen we got on the screen within our schedule and within our budget and within our resources.

Quotes by Brad Bird

For the longest time in Denmark I didn't want to say what I was politically. I thought it was irrelevant.

Quotes by Bjorn Lomborg

I have the biggest and the longest mouth in the world. Everybody's scared of my mouth.

Quotes by Bikram Choudhury

The longest sword, the strongest lungs, the most voices, are false measures of truth.

Quotes by Benjamin Whichcote

I devour books. But for the longest time, I refused to pay attention to genre or labels.

Quotes by Alison Tyler

I want to be one of the longest reigning champions, and for our women as a whole, even if I'm not in the match, I want us to have a Main Event at WrestleMania.

Quotes by Alexa Bliss

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 'longest' refer to across these quotes?
It covers time spent pursuing a goal, unreturned love that lingers, and even death described poetically as the longest voyage of all.
Is there a quote about childhood ambition?
Yes, one recalls a lasting childhood dream of playing piano professionally, something wished for across many years.
Does this topic touch on music listening habits?
One quote reflects on how songs kept the longest on a computer end up being played most often through shuffle.
Is unreturned love a theme here?
Yes, one quote suggests that love which lasts longest is often the love that goes unreturned, adding an emotional weight to the topic.
How does this topic connect to broader life reflections?
For related themes on lasting achievement, see our Greatest quotes alongside this collection.

One line reflects on music played so often over the years it becomes part of daily routine. Explore our Greatest and History quotes for more.