“Tequila?" I asked him, skeptically. "Are you sure on that one? I thought the base for a love potion was supposed to be champagne." "Champagne, tequila, what's the difference, so long as it'll lower her inhibitions?" Bob said. "Uh. I'm thinking it's going to get us a, um, sleazier result.” ThinkingLongSaidDifferencesResultsSupposed To BeBobChampagneInhibitionsTequila Book:Storm Front: Book one of The Dresden Files Source: Storm Front: Book one of The Dresden Files
“Natural, hell! What was it Chaucer Said once about the long toil that goes like blood to the poems making? Leave it to nature and the verse sprawls, Limp as bindweed, if it break at all Life's iron crust Man, you must sweat And rhyme your guts taut, if you'd build Your verse a ladder.” IfsMenLongSaidNaturalBreakHellBloodGutsIronSweatVersesRhymeToilLaddersChaucer Book:Collected Poems: 1945-1990 R.S.Thomas: Collected Poems : R S Thomas Source: Collected Poems: 1945-1990 R.S.Thomas: Collected Poems : R S Thomas
“I still believe that, in the long run, the aggregate of the decisions of individual businessmen, exercising individual judgment in a free economy, even if often mistaken, is likely to do less harm than the centralized decisions of a Government; and certainly the harm is likely to be counteracted faster. As I said earlier in this debate, our economic medicine may be painful but it is fast and powerful because it can act freely.” IfsBelieveMayLongSaidStillsGovernmentRunningIndividualDecisionPowerfulEconomyEconomicExerciseJudgmentMedicinePainfulHarmDebateFasterLong RunsMistakenBusinessmanI Still BelieveFree Economy Author:John James Cowperthwaite
“A few months ago I was visiting my mother, and she said that as a child I had always wanted to learn everything, and that it took me a long time to realize that you couldn't learn everything. I got really angry, and I shouted "I'm not done yet!"” ChildrenLongSaidDoneWantedMotherRealizingMonthsLong TimeAngryVisiting Author:Mark Jason Dominus
“Russia's Vladimir Putin appeared in public for the first time after a mysterious 10-day absence. Putin said it took him that long to recover from the finale of 'The Bachelor.'” FirstsLongSaidFirst TimeAbsenceRussiaMysteriousPutinBachelorsFinale Author:Conan O'Brien
“In fact, on one occasion, a rather pedantic experimental psychologist was telling him about a long, complicated experiment he had done, incorporating all the proper controls and using considerable technical virtuosity. When he saw Crick's exasperated expression he said, "but Dr. Crick, we have got it right - we know it's right," Crick's response was, "The point is not whether it's right. The point is: does it even matter whether its right or wrong?"” KnowsLongDoeSaidMatterDoneFactsPainSawsExpressionResponseComplicatedExperimentsOccasionsTherapyInjuryDrsPsychologistIncorporatingPedanticVirtuosity Author:Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
“Medieval England was a great military power with a sophisticated machinery of government, but her naval administration, at best improvised and for long periods missing altogether, pointed to a grave weakness: the lack of any reliable means of putting a force of warships at the disposal of the crown. Only Richard I and Henry V of all the kings of England can be said to have understood the problem and attempted to remedy it. It is no coincidence that they wer by far the most successful in war.” MeanLongSaidWarProblemGovernmentForceSuccessfulMilitaryMissingKingsPeriodsUnderstoodWeaknessEnglandGravesAdministrationRemedyCrownsSophisticatedCoincidenceMachineryMedievalNavalMilitary PowerGreat MilitaryHenry VWarships Author:Nicholas Rodger
“They always say 'Is there going to be a sequel to Bad Santa?' and you know, I mean, a long time ago they would talk about, you know, we're going to do a sequel to that but it was never serious. And they said 'Would you do it?' and I said out of all the movies I've done, that was a lot of fun, and maybe I would do a sequel if it ever came up and it made sense, but I said I don't think that's ever going to happen.” IfsThinkingKnowsMeanLongMadeSaidDoneHappensFunSeriousLong TimeThey SaidSantaLong Time AgoSequelsBad Santa Author:Billy Bob Thornton
“In a Jewish theological seminar there was an hours-long discussion about proofs of the existence of God. After some hours, one rabbi got up and said, "God is so great, he does not even need to exist."” NeedsLongDoeSaidHoursExistenceAtheismPositive AtheismProofDiscussionTheologicalExistence Of GodRabbiSeminars Author:Victor Frederick Weisskopf
“I do not think that anybody should get paid for lousy performance. I've said that for a long time. If you work hard and you do good, you get paid well.” IfsThinkingShouldWellsLongSaidHardHard WorkLong TimePerformancesPaid Author:Michael Bloomberg
“Not too long ago, my opponent made a prediction. He said I would probably win Pennsylvania, he would win North Carolina, and Indiana would be the tiebreaker. Well, tonight we've come from behind, we've broken the tie, and, thanks to you, it's full speed on to the White House.” WellsLongMadeSaidWould BeHouseWinningWhiteBehindsBrokenSpeedThanksTiesOpponentsTonightWhite HouseLong AgoPredictionsCarolinaIndianaPennsylvaniaNorth Carolina Author:Hillary Clinton