Quotes by Long My background is deep and set in deep time, and in a narrow space, oral traditions going back a long, long time, which I inherited by osmosis. Alan Garner osmosis space long There are no easy choices. Easy choices are long gone. Alan Greenspan choices gone long The very nature of finance is that it cannot be profitable unless it is significantly leveraged... and as long as there is debt, there can be failure and contagion. Alan Greenspan debt finance long I have long argued that paying down the national debt is beneficial for the economy: it keeps interest rates lower than they otherwise would be and frees savings to finance increases in the capital stock, thereby boosting productivity and real incomes. Alan Greenspan debt real long No matter how skillful the trading scheme, over the long haul, abnormal returns are sustained only through abnormal exposure to risk. Alan Greenspan abnormal risk long But herein lies the rub: Christianity has been on a long-term trend of decline in every Western cultural context that we can identify. Alan Hirsch trends long lying As long as I'm still able to have a hit on the radio and sell a few albums and some tickets, I don't see that it would be worth retiring. Alan Jackson albums retirement long The Government's first priority on coming to office was to secure long-term economic stability and put an end to the damaging cycle of boom and bust. Alan Johnson government office long There is no "slippery slope" toward loss of liberty, only a long staircase where each step down must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders. Alan K. Simpson freedom loss long If you torture statistics long enough, they'll eventually confess the truth Alan K. Simpson statistics inspirational long It's all about long-term, sustaining relationships. Alan Kay long-term term long The flag that was the symbol of slavery on the high seas for a long time was not the Confederate battle flag, it was sadly the Stars and Stripes. Alan Keyes stars sea long I'm the most insecure guy in Hollywood. If you had it good all your life, you figure it can't ever get bad, but when you had it bad, you wonder how long a thing like this will last Alan Ladd insecure guy long I don't care how small the parts are, as long as they're good Alan Ladd i-dont-care care long I think it is always a long shot getting a book made into a film. Making that book into a film is going to be quite a challenge. Alan Lightman long book thinking I have for a long time loved fabulist, imaginative fiction, such as the writing of Italo Calvino, Jose Saramago, Michael Bulgakov, and Salman Rushdie. I also like the magic realist writers, such as Borges and Marquez, and feel that interesting truths can be learned about our world by exploring highly distorted worlds. Alan Lightman our-world writing long Some make light of decisions, arguing that all possible decisions will occur. In such a world, how could one be responsible for his actions? Others hold that each decision must be considered and committed to, that without commitment there is chaos. Such people are content to live in contradictory worlds, so long as they know the reason for each. Alan Lightman light long commitment People are content to live in contradictory worlds, so long as they know the reason for each. Alan Lightman long people world As long as God does not intervene in the contemporary universe in such a way as to violate physical laws, science has no way of knowing whether God exists or not. The belief or disbelief in such a Being is therefore a matter of faith. Alan Lightman knowing law long I have always loved magic realism as a form of writing. I have also been fascinated for a long time with the intersection of science and religion. Alan Lightman magic-realism writing long «1011121314151617181920»