Quotes by Long Ago O Black and unknown bards of long ago, How came your lips to touch the sacred fire? James Weldon Johnson long-ago music fire He'd learned long ago: perfection isn't what families are all about. Jamie Ford long-ago perfection long the less one does, as I long ago observed, the less one can find time to do. Jane Welsh Carlyle long-ago doe long I made the decision long ago that to be afraid would be to diminish my life. Janet Reno long-ago decision would-be I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun. Jane Austen long-ago love romantic Here and now was always where Tempus was, not off somewhere in the realm of Greater Good or Mortal Soul or Eternal Consequence. He'd lost the ability to determine greater good, if there was one; his mortal soul he'd given up on long ago. And as for eternal consequence - he was its embodiment. Janet Morris long-ago embodiment soul Reading, I had learned, was as creative a process as writing, sometimes more so. When we read of the dying rays of the setting sun or the boom and swish of the incoming tide, we should reserve as much praise for ourselves as for the author. After all, the reader is doing all the work - the writer might have died long ago. Jasper Fforde long-ago reading writing Death, I had discovered long ago, was available in varying flavors, and none of them particularly palatable. Jasper Fforde flavor long-ago long She would have liked to know how he felt as to a meeting. Perhaps indifferent, if indifference could exist under such circumstances. He must be either indifferent or unwilling. Has he wished ever to see her again, he need not have waited till this time; he would have done what she could not but believe that in his place she should have done long ago, when events had been early giving him the indepencence which alone had been wanting. Jane Austen long-ago should-have believe Not long ago it was easy to tell who the bad guys were. They carried Kalashnikovs. Now it is much more complicated, but one thing is sure - any man who covers his face and packs a gun is a legitimate target for any decent citizen. Jeff Cooper long-ago gun men I can give you honesty, monogamy, and more passion than you can stand, but not love. That emotion died in me long ago, as I suspect you already know. Jeaniene Frost long-ago passion honesty George W. Bush's position on illegal immigration is a perfect example of a political compromise. A true conservative would have built a border fence, dug a moat and stationed troops on the border long ago. Jeff Gannon long-ago political perfect For my part, my interest in Paris had faded away completely long ago when I learned that it was in France. Jeff Lindsay long-ago france paris People who think they know usually stopped thinking long ago. Jennifer James long-ago people thinking Beauty is only skin deep. I think what's really important is finding a balance of mind, body and spirit. Someone said to me not too long ago, "Until you're twenty, you have the face you are born with, and after that you have the face you deserve", and I really loved that - the idea that you wear who you are on your face. Jennifer Lopez long-ago ideas thinking To me, the Sherlock Holmes stories are about a great friendship. Without Watson, Holmes might well have burnt out on cocaine long ago. I hope the series shows how important friendship is. Jeremy Brett long-ago important stories I have neither the learning nor the experience to know whether the doomsayers are right about the human causes of climate change. But I am willing to acknowledge that people who know a lot more than I do may be right when they claim that it is the consequence of our own behaviour. I assume that this is why the BBC's coverage of the issue abandoned the pretence of impartiality long ago. Jeremy Paxman long-ago issues people I wanted no part of politics. And I wasn't in Berlin to compete against any one athlete. The purpose of the Olympics, anyway, was to do your best. As I'd learned long ago from Charles Riley, the only victory that counts is the one over yourself. Jesse Owens long-ago athlete running I cast my bread on the waters long ago. Now it's time for you to send it back to me - toasted and buttered on both sides. Jesse Jackson long-ago sides water I find it very odd that the amendment about the right to bear arms, laws that were written so long ago, still pertain and don't get adjusted properly. Because the right to bear arms doesn't mean automatic weaponry designed specifically for human combat. Jim Jarmusch long-ago law mean «7891011121314151617»