(93 quotes found)
“It is the job that is never started that takes longest to finish.”
J.R.R. Tolkien
“The longest journey of any person is the journey inward”
Dag Hammarskjold
“Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.”
Christian Nevell Bovee
“The longest journey is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest for the source of his being.”
“The inarticulate speak longest”
Japanese Proverb
“The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.”
Samuel Butler
“[We] were so surprised?the answer is probably about two days, the longest around two months. That's impossible if they don't have anyone there to kill, because the death penalty [inmates] in China [are] not that many. It's impossible for the patient to get that in just two days.”
Kevin Yang
“The companies that survive longest are the one's that work out what they uniquely can give to the world not just growth or money but their excellence, their respect for others, or their ability to make people happy. Some call those things a soul.”
Charles Handy
“The greatest legacy is that which benefits the widest number of people for the longest period without limit to value. No one but the Prophet Muhammad was given that role as the seal of God's message.”
Yusuf Islam
“It's full of depressing details about the children's lives, ... and, I'm sorry to say, it's the longest in the series. So in terms of total misery, it's quite a lot to deal with well, both in terms of the number of pages and the amount of misery per page.”
Daniel Handler
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