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Length Quotes

The length of life takes the leading place among inquiries about events following birth.

Ptolemy, Frank Egleston Robbins (1940). “Tetrabiblos”, Loeb Classical Library

A line is length without breadth.

'Elementa' bk. 1, definition 2

It is always the same with mountains. Once you have lived with them for any length of time, you belong to them. There is no escape.

Ruskin Bond (2003). “Rain in the Mountains: Notes from the Himalayas”, p.92, Penguin Books India

When I work, I work very fast, but preparing to work can take any length of time.

"'I work in waves'". Interview With Nicholas Serota, www.theguardian.com. June 3, 2008.

My concern today is not with the length of a person's hair but with his conduct.

Nixon, Richard M. (1971). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1969”, p.427, Best Books on

So, influenced by these advisors and this hope, I have at length allowed my friends to publish the work, as they had long besought me to do.

William Caxton, Jean Calvin, Nicolaus Copernicus, John Knox, Edmund Spenser (1938). “Prefaces and prologues to famous books”

The length and breath of our influence on others are directly related to the depth of our concern for them.

John C. Maxwell, Jim Dornan (2013). “How to Influence People: Make a Difference in Your World”, p.25, Thomas Nelson Inc

True prayer is measured by weight, not by length

Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Robert Hall (1993). “The Power of Prayer in a Believer's Life”, p.34, YWAM Publishing

Opportunity is not a lengthy visitor.

Stephen Sondheim, Hudson Talbott, James Lapine (2002). “Into the Woods”, p.16, Simon and Schuster