#longest

We tried our best for the longest time to negotiate a peaceful resolution to the matter, and at each step, we were thwarted by those that said, No, we will not turn the boy over to his father. ↗

— Janet Reno

#boy #each #father #his #longest

Rag paper, containing hemp fiber, is the highest quality and longest lasting paper ever made. It can be torn when wet, but returns to its full strength when dry. ↗

— Jack Herer

#dry #ever #fiber #full #hemp

People take the longest possible paths, digress to numerous dead ends, and make all kinds of mistakes. Then historians come along and write summaries of this messy, nonlinear process and make it appear like a simple, straight line. ↗

— Dean Kamen

#appear #come #dead #ends #historians

I take the longest to get ready of anyone. I've been going in two hours before the show every performance. ↗

— Rue McClanahan

#been #before #every #get #going

Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of your life. ↗

— Robert Southey

#half #life #live #long #longest

The answers I remember longest are the ones that answer questions that I didn't think of asking. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#answers #asking #i #i remember #longest