Long Time Quotes - Page 17

• I got along without you before I met you and I'll get along without you a long time after you're gone.

  Willie Nelson

  Long, Gone, Before I Met You

  FaceBook post by Willie Nelson from Oct 14, 2016

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• I learned a long time ago in Hollywood that the only person I should vote for is myself.

  Jack Nicholson

  Long, Hollywood, Vote

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• I stopped loving my father a long time ago. What remained was the slavery to a pattern.

  Anais Nin

  Boyfriend, Father, Long

  1944 Under a Glass Bell,'Birth'.

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• I didn't smoke. I didn't smoke then, and I don't smoke now. We worked every day - that keeps you in pretty good shape. We could go for a long time in one take. You had to be in good shape with Gene Kelly.

  Donald O'Connor

  Long, Shapes, Genes

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• What I think is fair to say is that, coming out of the Republican camp, there have been efforts to suggest that perhaps I'm not who I say I am when it comes to my faith - something which I find deeply offensive, and that has been going on for a pretty long time.

  Barack Obama

  Thinking, Long, Effort

  "Muslim Americans Weigh In On 2008 Campaign". Interview with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. October 28, 2008.

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• I once had a boyfriend who couldn't write unless he was wearing a necktie and a dress shirt, which I thought was really weird, because this was a long time ago, and no one I knew ever wore dress shirts, let alone neckties; it was like he was a grown-up reenacter or something.

  Susan Orlean

  Writing, Long, Dresses

  "Quirk" by Susan Orlean, www.newyorker.com. October 22, 2010.

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• Of course this is Vegas and it is the melting pot for all over the world, but people from all over the world know Donny and Marie. It is amazing. I have been in the business a long time to realize careers can be fleeting. Five years is a long career nowadays for some people, and here we are still going strong after 40 years.

  Donny Osmond

  Strong, Years, Careers

  "Exclusive interview: Donny Osmond reveals back-stage secrets and spats with Marie as new Flamingo show celebrates gala opening tomorrow". Interview with Robin Leach, lasvegassun.com. September 24, 2008.

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• Every musician wants to do something which will hold up for a long time, and I guess we did it with 'Stairway to Heaven.'

  Jimmy Page

  Long, Heaven, Musician

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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 the right of others long hence and far distant in geography to sit in the high seats.

  Frances Perkins

  Doors, Long, Might

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• I have my head screwed on right. I haven't been this way in a long time.

  Liz Phair

  Long, Way, Havens

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• It took me a long time to get selected as an astronaut. In fact, I applied for 20 years before I was selected.

  John L. Phillips

  Years, Long, Facts

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• It takes a long time to become young.

  Pablo Picasso

  Birthday, Wise, Time

  Jean Louis Ferrier, Pablo Picasso (1996). “Picasso”, Vilo International

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• So for a long time I closed my eyes to the possibility of America having a white voice.

  Robert Plant

  Eye, Voice, White

  "A little bit country, a little bit rock'n'roll". Interview with Sylvie Simmons, www.theguardian.com. May 15, 2008.

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• The thing is, 'Discworld' had been going on for a very long time, and I've written children's books as well. Usually when people have a really big series they franchise it, which I thought is a bit of a no-no, so I thought what I'd do is I'd franchise it to myself.

  Terry Pratchett

  Children, Book, Long

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• I always believe in doing new things and using new materials that I have never used or that I didn't like for a long time.

  Miuccia Prada

  Inspirational, Believe, Long

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• For a very long time now I've been saying to young women, 'You can have it all, but not all at the same time.' How important it is to take very good care of yourself, of your mental and physical and spiritual wellbeing; it's hard to do. It's easier to be a workaholic than to have a truly balanced life.

  Quentin Bryce

  Spiritual, Long, Important

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• I think being on a film set for such a long time made me a technical actor without realizing it.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Thinking, Long, Actors

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• Every social organisation which is rooted in life still lasts a long time, even after the conditions from which it drew its strength have changed in a manner unfavourable to it.

  Karl Radek

  Long, Lasts, Social

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• I think my fans will follow me into our combined old age. Real musicians and real fans stay together for a long, long time.

  Bonnie Raitt

  Music, Real, Thinking

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• There's nothing like living a long time to create a depth and soulfulness in your music.

  Bonnie Raitt

  Long, Depth, Soulfulness

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• For a long time, it was like I was part of some special forces unit: I'd land, meet everyone, five minutes later I'd have to do some amazing work, then - boom! - I'm out again. You know, playing supporting parts takes courage.

  John C. Reilly

  Land, Long, Special

  "John C. Reilly: Confessions of a scene-stealer" by Ryan Gilbey, www.theguardian.com. September 14, 2010.

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• Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time.

  Jules Renard

  Men, Ducks, Long

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• For a long time, society put obstacles in the way of women who wanted to enter the sciences.

  Sally Ride

  Long, Way, Obstacles

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• Back when I taught middle school and wrote adult mysteries, my students often asked me why I wasn't writing for kids. I never had a good answer for them. It took me a long time to realize they were right.

  Rick Riordan

  Writing, School, Kids

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• Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it. They were under the heel of the French... and they got together and swore a pact to the devil.

  Pat Robertson

  Long, People, Devil

  "Pat Robertson: Haiti ‘Cursed’ By ‘Pact To The Devil’" by Danny Shea, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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