(228 quotes found)
“Day doth daily draw my sorrows longer, And night doth nightly make grief's length seem stronger”
William Shakespeare
“Shorth is better than length.”
Dr. Seuss
“As anyone who has ever been around a cat for any length of time well knows, cats have enormous patience with the limitations of the human kind.”
Cleveland Amory
“It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.”
John Locke
“What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.”
Charles de Montesquieu
“Because everything we say and do is the length and shadow of our own souls, our influence is determined by the quality of our being.”
Dale E. Turner
“She flung herself full-length on the stage, drummed with her feet and, taking the corner of a small Persian rug in her teeth, worried it [while] I sat rigid and appalled on the sofa, pressed back against the chintz cushions.”
Alec Guinness
“The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.”
Jean Rostand
“What orators lack in depth they make up to you in length”
“We learned as we went . . . It is clear that the length of our inquiry was significantly extended by the need to deal with these issues.”
Paul Cavalluzzo