Long Story Quotes - Page 2

• Long story short, ghosts just coming out of the closet sucked at communication. Probably as bad as a beginner ghost whisperer sucked at getting them to communicate.

  C.C. Hunter

  Communication, Long, Beginners

  5 Copy quote

• [Tyson] looked him over with that massive baby-brown eye. “You are not dead. I like it when you are not dead.” Ella fluttered to the ground and began preening her feathers. “Ella found a dog,” she announced. “A large dog. And a Cyclops.” Was she blushing? Before Percy could decide, his black mastiff pounced on him, knocking Percy to the ground and barking so loudly that even Arion backed up. “Hey, Mrs. O'Leary,” Percy said. “Yeah, I love you, too, girl. Good dog.” Hazel squeaked. “You have a hellhound named Mrs. O'Leary?” “Long story.

  Rick Riordan

  Girl, Dog, Baby

  11 Copy quote

• Hazel blinked. “Two gods had a horse for a kid?” “Long story.

  Rick Riordan

  Horse, Kids, Two

  4 Copy quote

• people who say its a long story, mean it's a stupid short one that they are too embarrassed and couldn't be bothered to tell

  Cecelia Ahern

  Stupid, Mean, Long

  Cecelia Ahern (2015). “Rosie Dunne”, p.293, Hachette UK

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• There was no short answer to this; like so much else, it was a long story. But what really makes any story real is knowing someone will hear it. And understand.

  Sarah Dessen

  Real, Knowing, Long

  Sarah Dessen (2008). “Just Listen”, p.363, Penguin

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• It's a long story. Want a refill?" "No, let's start the steak. Where's the button?" "Right here." "Well, push it." "Me? You offered to cook." "Ben Caxton, I will lie here and starve before I will get up to push a button six inches from your finger" "As you wish." He pressed the button. "But don't forget who cooked dinner.

  Robert A. Heinlein

  Lying, Long, Wish

  Robert A. Heinlein (1987). “Stranger in a Strange Land”, p.29, Penguin

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I've never had a problem with someone saying "yeah you're pretty, but you can't rap." In fact, I've heard things about other artists, opposed to me. To make a long story short, I've never had a problem with that. My skills speak for themselves.

  Jacki-O

  Rap, Artist, Skills

  4 Copy quote

• I'm a southern girl from Arkansas and I am just tryin to do my thing in the business. To make a long story short I'm just trying to be successful at what I do and work hard.

  Kiley Dean

  Girl, Hard Work, Successful

  4 Copy quote

• When I find that I am more conscious, it's because I'm in tune with a higher reality. When I'm less conscious, it's because I've cut off that entunement to some extent. Maybe through drinking, through anger, through whatever. And I realized then that God has to be an infinite consciousness, and that I had to be an expression of that consciousness. And that the goal of life then must be to become more and more in tune with that consciousness. And I decided to give my life to God. And around that time, to make a long story short, I found Autobiography of a Yogi.

  Goswami Kriyananda

  Drinking, Cutting, Reality

  Source: www.lotusguide.com

  16 Copy quote

  Show source

• It's always a long goddamn story. Every time you ask anyone anything really important, it's a long story.

  Peter Milligan

  Long, Important, Stories

  4 Copy quote

• To make a long story short, there's nothing like having a boss walk in.

  Doris Lilly

  Long, Boss, Stories

  6 Copy quote

• It seems that's where Bill Clinton came in last night because he told this long story about how they met [with Hillary Clinton], how he courted her, how he bought a house to convince her, I think after the third proposal, to actually marry him. And he talked about her activism and her commitment and everything. And it was as if he could tell the narrative in a way that she couldn't.

  Terry Gross

  Commitment, Thinking, Night

  "Covering Hillary Clinton, A Candidate 'Forged In The Crucible' Of Conflict". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. July 27, 2016.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Seth [Rogen] had written a script with this guy, Evan [Goldberg], who none of us knew, and he was prepared to move to L.A. to try to get a script made. It had no title. I actually gave them the suggestion of naming it Superbad, which they did. I just thought it was a weird, interesting name for it. Evan came to L.A. to live with Seth, to be his roommate. It was kind of like, "Who's the new guy?" Within days, we all loved Evan. Long story short, both of them were groomsmen at my wedding.

  David Krumholtz

  Moving, Names, Long

  Source: www.avclub.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I just started writing and writing for people. And then, like I guess after (a) year of getting some placements, I kinda got a shot to be an artist. Long story short I think, yeah.

  PJ Harvey

  Writing, Artist, Thinking

  "Singer/Songwriter PJ Shares Her Soundtrack For The Come Up". Interview with Todd Davis, www.parlemag.com. September 9, 2016.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• When my oldest brother started acting. From there, I wanted to act myself. That's the long story short.

  Mara Wilson

  Brother, Long, Acting

  Source: www.avclub.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• When you want to say something very important, tell it with a short sentence! There is no time for long stories!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Long, Important, Stories

  4 Copy quote

• The best way to make a long story short is to stop listening.

  Evan Esar

  Long, Listening, Stories

  9 Copy quote

• Today, Angelina Jolie met with Pope Francis at the Vatican. Long story short: She adopted him.

  Conan O'Brien

  Long, Stories, Today

  4 Copy quote

• What's so great about television. You're able to tell a long story, where you couldn't really do that in a film because you have to tell a story in an hour and a half or two hours.

  Aaron Paul

  Two, Long, Stories

  4 Copy quote

• The reason for such an “unreasonable” attitude with me is that I am not at all sure what will happen to me after death. I have good reasons to assume that things are not finished with death. Life seems to be an interlude in a long story.

  Carl Jung

  Attitude, Long, Stories

  5 Copy quote

• I told personal stories the way [Bill] Cosby would spin a yarn for ten minutes. I think in hindsight it works better as a long story than as a condensed monologue.

  Ed Helms

  Thinking, Yarn, Long

  "Ed Helms: The ESQ+A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. March 14, 2012.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I just like The Little Mermaid cartoon. Say what you want. I have a fish tank, it's a long story. I have a fascination with the ocean, and you put a hot chick in there, it just adds more to it! I liked The Little Mermaid. It's a cool movie. It's one of those I watch over and over again.

  Gabriel Iglesias

  Ocean, Long, Mermaid

  5 Copy quote

• It goes back a long way. I wanted to make Tristan + Isolde as my second movie. My first movie was The Duellists. And I was standing in a very romantic part of France looking around me thinking, "My God, this would be perfect for Tristan," and to cut a long story short it never happened because I did Alien instead.

  Ridley Scott

  Cutting, Thinking, Long

  Source: www.movieweb.com

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• I lose patience with long stories. I get people who go, "Crumb, do some long stories, do a graphic novel." Novel-schmovel.

  Robert Crumb

  Long, People, Stories

  Interview with Steve Bell, www.theguardian.com. March 18, 2005.

  9 Copy quote

  Show source

• When I wrote a long story about the retreat of sea ice, I made clear it could go the other way for a while, and that doesn't mean we don't know that a warmer world will have less sea ice. It just means there's a lot of variability and people can pay too much attention to the big swings in one direction or the other.

  Andrew Revkin

  Mean, One Direction, Swings

  4 Copy quote