“Timing is everything. That's a cliche. Now. If I'd said that a long time ago, I'd have been original.” IfsLongHas BeensSaidLong TimeOriginalsTimingLong Time AgoClicheTiming Is Everything Author:Demetri Martin
“I have been doing this [acting] for a really long time, so I've come to expect things to take a really long time. You get to a place where you do your job and then you dust your hands off and say, "Okay, my job is done. Now, it's in the stars. We'll see what happens." There's nothing I can do to affect it.” LongHas BeensI CanDoneHandsHappensJobsStarsCan DoActingLong TimeOkayDustReally Long Author:Sam Huntington
“When I say Afro-American aesthetic, I'm not just talking about the United States, I'm talking about the Americas. People in the Latin countries read my books because they share the same international aesthetic that I'm into and have been into for a long time. And it's multicultural.” PeopleLongHas BeensBookCountryStatesUnitedTalkingUnited StatesShareLong TimeInternationalLatinAestheticMulticulturalAfros Author:Ishmael Reed
“Immigrants have been coming here for a long time. The Americans that are afraid of others coming were immigrants once themselves, so they have a lot of nerve. We have a lot of nerve as a country. The only people that should have xenophobia are Native Americans. Everyone else should shut up.” PeopleShouldLongHas BeensCountryLong TimeShould HaveImmigrationNativeImmigrantsNervesNative AmericanShut UpXenophobia Author:Godfrey
“The most striking feature of the new is the sheer mass. Photography was previously a mass phenomenon, but now, quantity is doubtless the outstanding quality. For a long time photos have been taken frequently and everywhere, but now photos are taken permanently and everywhere,... What is new is that we can watch them practically in real time.” LongHas BeensRealQualityWatchesTakenPhotographyMassLong TimeFeaturesPhenomenonQuantitySheerOutstanding Author:Joachim Schmid
“I do not agree that the dog in a manger has the final right to the manger even though he may have lain there for a very long time. I do not admit that right. I do not admit for instance, that a great wrong has been done to the Red Indians of America or the black people of Australia. I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place.” PeopleWayMayLongHas BeensDoneFactsAmericaBlackRaceTakenWiseDogHigherLong TimeRedStrongerAgreeFinalsInstanceGradesAustraliaBlack PeopleWorldly Author:Winston Churchill
“For a long time I thought-'I've got to buck up and be strong. I've got to put on a brave face-and get through this near burn-out or that discouraging time in my life,'" "God has really seriously changed my thinking on this. When you take off the mask, you relate at a base level to everyone else who has been through pain-and everyone has. Honesty promotes intimacy and promotes us together relying on God. True honesty is beautiful.” ThinkingLongHas BeensPainTogetherBeautifulFacesStrongLevelsHonestyChangedLong TimeBraveIntimacyRelateMaskBucksDiscouragingBurn OutBrave FaceRelying On God Author:Rebecca St. James
“I'm older, wiser and richer, and I still have just as many headaches. It hasn't changed me drastically; certainly, not in terms of relationships. The people I'm close to, and there aren't many of them, have been close for a long time. And we know each other well enough to know it isn't the quantity of time you spend together, it's the quality.” PeopleKnowsWellsLongHas BeensStillsEnoughTogetherTermQualityChangedLong TimeQuantityWiserHeadache Author:Billy Squier
“A military audience is kind of weird. Pretty much how you would imagine a troop of males that haven't seen a female in a long time and have been stuck in a base camp in the middle of nowhere for too long without any alcohol.” KindLongHas BeensAudienceImagineMiddleMilitaryHavensLong TimeFemaleMalesAlcoholStuckCampsMiddle Of Nowhere Author:Missy Higgins
“In the US, first of all, the electoral system has been almost totally shredded. For a long time it's been pretty much run by private concentrated spending but now it's over the top. Elections increasingly over the years have been [public relations] extravaganzas.” YearsFirstsLongHas BeensRunningLong TimeRelationElectionSpendingPublic RelationsOver The TopElectoral Systems Author:Noam Chomsky
“That is the onslaught. It has been going on a long time, I argue, but in the 20th century humans have certainly perfected it, extending domination to every single corner of the earth and our Homo sapiens population to more than 6 billion - until no place is untouched by despoliation.” HumansLongHas BeensEarthCenturyLong TimePopulationCornersArguingBillions20th CenturyDominationHomo SapiensExtending Author:Kirkpatrick Sale
“I do spend a lot more time away from the U.K., it's important to me that I still feel the beat of the people that have been close to me for a long, long time. It's also important that I have really strong and beautiful relationships which I wish to preserve. That enables me - or challenges me, ultimately - to get a Texas driving license!” PeopleFeelsLongHas BeensStillsImportantBeautifulStrongWishChallengesLong TimeBeatsDrivingPreservesMore TimeTexasLicenseTime Away Author:Robert Plant
“I am also going to go with somebody who is the opposite of Donald Trump and her name is Johari Osayi Idusuyi. I think she represented millions and millions of Americans who look at the message that Donald Trump is using his fame and the power he has accumulated to,you know, to send out into the world and it`s horrified. And I think her quiet resistance represented so many people because I`ll tell you, people of color have been trying to warn this country about Donald Trump for a really long time and I think she reminded us.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldTryingLooksLongHas BeensCountryNamesMillionsColorTrumpFameQuietMessagesLong TimeOppositesResistanceReally Long Author:Joy-Ann Reid
“We know that African American students tend to be relational learners. It's about the relationships between a teacher and student. Students respond well to teachers they know, believe in them, care about them, but also who teach in a matter that elicits a more active approach to learning, rather than just sitting and listening. The research on this is strong and has been available for a long time, but it is not widely practiced. That's a huge obstacle.” KnowsBelieveWellsLongHas BeensMatterCareStrongTeachTeacherStudentsHugeListeningApproachLong TimeResearchSittingObstaclesAvailableActiveAfrican AmericanLearnersTeacher And Student Author:Pedro Noguera
“I always say, thank god I have this job or I don't know what I'd be doing. It'd be sad. I've always felt like I have been trying to brand a world for a quite a long time. You know what though, I feel no different. I feel like I'm doing the exact same thing I did in high school. Only I have more people helping me out now. And we have to take it all the way.” PeopleKnowsWorldWayFeelsTryingLongHas BeensDifferentHelpingSchoolJobsFeltLong TimeHigh SchoolBrandsThank God Author:Zack Snyder
“I have friends and supporters in the Human Rights Fund and Planned Parenthood. Hillary Clinton has been around there for a very, very long time. Some of these groups are, in fact, part of the establishment.” HumansLongHas BeensFactsRightsGroupsLong TimeClintonHuman RightsFundParenthoodEstablishmentSupporterPlanned Parenthood Author:Bernie Sanders
“I'd read an enormous amount but had spent so much time in my own head that I didn't have extensive social skills. Suddenly I was in this world where I was surrounded by these incredibly polished and wealthy kids who had gone to prep schools, and I felt daunted by them. I don't think people were aware of how full of anxiety I was... For a long time I felt like I was living in a place where I shouldn't have been.” PeopleThinkingWorldLongHas BeensKidsSchoolSocialFeltMy OwnGoneThis WorldAmountSkillsAnxietyLong TimeEnormousWealthyPolishedPrepsSocial Skills Author:Dan Chaon
“I have been a long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees. Today, as you are aware, Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan and Iraq are being overwhelmed by those fleeing the conflict in Syria, often with nothing but the clothes on their backs. Many are severely tortured - abused women and their traumatized children whose husbands, fathers, and brothers have been killed or permanently disabled.” ChildrenLongHas BeensTodayFatherBrotherHusbandConflictClothesLong TimeIraqPalestinianSyriaRefugeeOverwhelmedTurkeysIsraeliDisabledJordanFleeingLebanonAbused WomenBeing OverwhelmedFather And BrotherPalestinian Refugees Author:Queen Noor of Jordan
“You learn something new from every player. No player is the same, so I'm definitely trying to pick up as much as I can from the guys ahead of me and from the guys who have been in the league for a long time.” TryingLongHas BeensI CanGuyPlayerLong TimePicksLeagueSomething New Author:Justin Cole
“Believing in myself has always been hard. For a long time, I constantly compared myself to others, and it took away from the energy I could have been putting into my career.” BelieveLongHas BeensHardEnergyCareersLong TimeCould Have Been Author:Erin Willett
“After a while, we start really believing these things are true. People who have had self-defeating behaviors for a long time, such as people who have been overweight since they were children or people with longtime addictions, actually believe there is no other alternative.” PeopleBelieveChildrenLongHas BeensSelfBehaviorLong TimeAddictionAlternativesOverweightTrue PeopleSelf Defeating Behavior Author:Wayne Dyer
“My country has been wracked with violence for a long time. Just to see all the violence on the news makes you sick. It's true that violence is in our nature, but I try to explore deeply where it comes from and where it goes and what it creates. Not in a moralistic or preachy way, but just to observe the real consequences of violence in a human being or in a society.” WayTryingHumansLongHas BeensRealCountryHuman BeingsViolenceNewsLong TimeConsequenceSickConsequences Of Violence Author:Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
“I've always wanted to have a radio show. It has been a dream of mine for a long time. With a radio show I can sit in a studio, or ultimately even sit in my own living room, and talk to hundreds of thousands of people.” PeopleLongHas BeensI CanShowsDreamWantedMy OwnRoomsMinesLong TimeRadioStudiosLiving Room Author:Marianne Williamson
“I am far from an "old" person in human terms, however I've spent over half my life immersed in the punk rock and hardcore community. I am not wholly defined by that as a person, but it is something that has been part of me for a long time.” HumansPersonsLongHas BeensTermCommunityHalfRocksLong TimeDefinedPunkPunk RockHardcoreOld Person Author:Jacob Bannon
“The white backlash has been at work for a long time. It's been part and parcel of the Republican Party for the last 25 years or so, and it's been highly successful up until Barack Obama was ingeniously able to come up with strategies to deal with it.” YearsLongHas BeensAbleLastsWhiteDealsPartySuccessfulRepublicanLong TimeStrategyCome UpBarackRepublican PartyBacklashParcel Author:Cornel West
“I never drove a car in my life. Given my drinking habits in those days, I would have been dead a long time ago - stumbling out of a bar at 4 a.m. and getting into a car.” LongHas BeensGivenCarHabitLong TimeDrinkingBarsLong Time AgoStumbling Author:Carl Andre
“I am of the opinion, and have been for a long time, that any kind of big technological move is almost always positive in the short term but inevitably somewhat negative in the long term. And I think there are many examples of this in every possible context.” ThinkingKindLongHas BeensBigsMovingTermOpinionExampleLong TimeNegativeLong TermTechnologicalShort Term Author:Chuck Klosterman
“There was a point where if you had told me I was going to be a national morning anchor, I would probably have been terrified. But now, I feel prepared. I've been in the business for almost 20 years now. I'm almost forty years old and I've been doing this for a long time, so I felt like, "Okay, I'm ready to do this."” IfsFeelsYearsLongHas BeensFeltMorningReadyLong TimeOkayPreparedFortyTerrifiedAnchorsForty Years Old Author:Ainsley Earhardt
“Human beings have been waging war and destroying the environment for long time. Just because it has been going on for a long time and become an unquestioned habit, does that mean it should be allowed to continue.” ShouldHumansMeanLongDoeHas BeensWarHuman BeingsEnvironmentHabitLong TimeDestroyingWaging WarDestroying The Environment Author:Sharon Gannon
“One of my greatest struggles is, and has been for a long time, seeing unkindness on this planet. Unkindness and inconsideration. I try to help that by being more conscientious and helpful towards our fellow brothers and sisters.” TryingLongHas BeensHelpingStruggleSeeingPlanetsBrotherLong TimeFellowsHelpfulBrothers And SistersUnkindness Author:Kelly LeBrock
“I have been a long-time advocate for a just Arab-Israeli peace and for Palestinian refugees.” LongHas BeensLong TimePalestinianRefugeeIsraeliPalestinian Refugees Author:Queen Noor of Jordan
“My sangha, what I seem to attract, are people who have been practicing a long time, they're teaching, they're more serious about their spiritual journey.” PeopleLongHas BeensSeemsSpiritualJourneyTeachingSeriousLong TimeSpiritual JourneySangha Author:Beryl Bender Birch
“In different places you run into myths around vaccination or around family planning. In the United States, one of the myths that existed for a long time, that has been completely debunked, was that autism was linked to a vaccine.” LongHas BeensDifferentStatesRunningUnitedUnited StatesLong TimeMythPlanningAutismLinkedDifferent PlaceVaccinesFamily PlanningVaccinations Author:Melinda Gates
“There are a lot of powerful women in Hollywood who have been movie stars for a long time who are getting into their forties and fifties. I still want to see them work.” WantLongHas BeensStillsStarsPowerfulLong TimeHollywoodFortyMovie StarPowerful Women Author:Kathy Bates
“One of the sad things about this political season is that it allows [requires] us to get behind our big "Liberal" or "Conservative" banner and forget, for a time, that the big problems in our country have been around a long time and have been batted back and forth, caused and exacerbated, by both sides, and are more spiritual or ethical than [merely] political.” LongHas BeensCountryProblemBigsSpiritualPoliticalSidesForgetBehindsLong TimeSeasonsConservativeOur CountryEthicalBoth SidesBack And ForthBannerBig ProblemsSad Things Author:George Saunders
“Music had been going on a long time before that. You have to remember that before rock n' roll there were a bunch of jazz musicians all doing heroin. That sh*t has been around a long time.” LongHas BeensRememberRocksMusicianLong TimeJazzBunchRock N RollJazz MusicHeroinJazz Musician Author:Lemmy Kilmister
“If you have an overwhelming majority of one sex over the other, and clearly in our case at the moment - and it has been like this for a long time - it is male over female, you tend to have group thinking. You tend to have common references, combined with competition, combined in this case with testosterone. I'm not suggesting it's a toxic mix, but I'm saying it needs to be tempered and altered and modified and made better by diversity.” IfsThinkingNeedsLongHas BeensMadeMomentsSexCommonCasesGroupsDiversityLong TimeFemaleMajorityCompetitionMalesOverwhelmingToxicAlteredSuggestingTestosterone Author:Christine Lagarde
“I had an audition process that went on for a long time, and I got to spend a lot of time with the guys who are directing the film. Getting to be around them and being around the world a little bit has been the main experience so far. I did my audition on the Millennium Falcon for one of my screen tests, which was pretty cool.” WorldLittlesLongHas BeensFilmGuyBitsProcessLittle BitLong TimeTestsScreensAround The WorldAuditionsMillenniumFalcon Author:Alden Ehrenreich
“I've seen [Donald Trump] appear in a film or a TV show cameo or the tabloids, and he's a grotesquely distasteful human being and always has been, always made me want to take a shower. But other people fell in love with him as a reality star. So does that mean that the entertainment industry is doing something wrong? I think reality TV answered that question a long time ago: Yes, it's doing something terribly wrong. But there's some great reality TV, and I'm not bagging on it completely.” PeopleThinkingWantHumansMeanLongDoeHas BeensMadeShowsRealityFilmStarsHuman BeingsTvsIndustryTrumpLong TimeEntertainmentShowersTv ShowsLong Time AgoTabloidsReality TvEntertainment IndustryDistastefulCameos Author:Joss Whedon
“Even in these tough economic times, Barack [Obama] has left the VA budget as is so that they're prepared to deal with this influx of men and women who are coming home and dealing with a whole array of issues, not just around mental health but just caregiving and the stresses of reconnecting with families who have been away from each other for a very long time.” MenLongHas BeensWholeHomeLeftDealsIssuesEconomicLong TimeMen And WomenToughStressMental HealthPreparedBarackBudgetsComing HomeCaregivingReconnectingAway From Each OtherTough Economic Times Author:Michelle Obama
“I was a vegetarian for a really long time, from 7 to 23, so I feel like some things aren't that weird but they seem weird to me, like blood sausage or snails. Those are things I've eaten now that, years ago, it would have been totally improbable that I would have eaten.” FeelsYearsLongHas BeensSeemsBloodLong TimeYears AgoVegetarianImprobableSausageReally LongSnail Author:Zoe Kazan
“People have been unhappy for a long time about the two-party system.” PeopleLongHas BeensTwoPartyLong TimeUnhappyTwo Party System Author:Julianne Malveaux
“Judo has been part of Japanese culture for a long time. It makes sense to me that this sport, which is both athletic and philosophical, was created in Japan. It is based on respect for the partner and for our elders as our teachers, which is very important and makes a strong, positive contribution to human relationships, and not only in sports. I am happy that life brought me to this wonderful sport as a child. It is like my first love.” FirstsHumansChildrenLongHas BeensImportantCultureStrongSportsTeacherWonderfulLong TimePhilosophicalPartnersMake SenseContributionJapanFirst LoveEldersAthleticHuman RelationsHuman RelationshipsJudoJapanese Culture Author:Vladimir Putin
“We're well aware, and we have been for a long time, that there is a real threat from adversaries, state actors, non-state actors, to hack us, influence us, destroy stuff through cyber means. Because cyber threat has been understood for a while, it's longstanding, it's a concern.” WellsMeanLongHas BeensRealStatesActorsStuffInfluenceLong TimeUnderstoodConcernThreatAdversariesHacksCyber Author:Susan Rice
“I didn't have nothing handed to me. It's a hard, long road getting to where I'm at. And I think the fans that have been down with me for a long time, they see that. They've been seeing me clawing my way to try to get to the top.” ThinkingWayTryingLongHas BeensHardSeeingFansLong TimeMy WayLong Road Author:Chamillionaire
“As I have been arguing for a long time now, there is a real need not simply for a political economy of wealth but also for a political economy of speed.” NeedsLongHas BeensRealPoliticalWealthEconomyLong TimeSpeedArguingPolitical Economy Author:Paul Virilio
“As an artist, I feel more strongly than ever that my job on earth is to tell the stories of the invisibles, and women have been invisible on film for a long time.” FeelsLongHas BeensStoriesEarthJobsFilmArtistLong TimeInvisible Author:Reese Witherspoon
“Americans have been good at improvising for a long time, but in the last few decades, we have gotten very sloppy about the rote memorization of facts. That's a discipline issue. You need the rote skill in order to have something to improvise off of, otherwise you are simply playing air guitar.” NeedsLongHas BeensFactsLastsOrderIssuesAirDisciplineSkillsLong TimeGuitarDecadesSloppyImprovisingMemorizationAir Guitar Author:John Medina
“I guess it must be a time-of-life thing, looking back and trying to make some sense of who I am and where I've been. It's a weird thing, having to give an account of yourself, to try to make sense of yourself for yourself. I'm not that old, but I have been writing fiction professionally for a long time now. I started so young and went so hard for so long. And I guess it was about feeling I had the space to look over my shoulder.” GivingWritingTryingLooksLongHas BeensHardFeelingsYoungSpaceFictionLong TimeAccountsShouldersWho I AmMake SenseLooking BackWeird ThingsWriting Fiction Author:Tim Winton
“I feel like I have more experience with publishing humor than pretty much any editor I'm going to be dealing with so sometimes I'll get a little bit nuts if I write something I know is good a certain way, and some editor because of some restriction he has and wants to change it that I know is going to make it less funny that'll piss me off and then I'm inclined to go, "Well, hey I've been doing this a long time, maybe you should..." That doesn't happen that often, but I'm more likely to say that now than I would have been a long time ago. Because dammit, I'm infallible!” IfsKnowsWayWantFeelsShouldWritingWellsLittlesLongHas BeensSometimesHappensCertainBitsLittle BitLong TimeHeyEditorsNutsPublishingLong Time AgoRestrictionInfallible Author:Dave Barry