Lenny Bruce (1925–1966) comedian and social critic
as quoted by Paul Krassner in Lenny Bruce: Swear to tell the truth 1998 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0175844/
“Tell me the tales that to me were so dear,
Long, long ago, long, long ago.”
Long, long ago, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
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English poet, songwriter, dramatist, and writer 1797–1839Related quotes
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) American general and politician, 34th president of the United States (in office from 1953 to 1961)
From a speech to the National Defense Executive Reserve Conference in Washington, D.C. (November 14, 1957) ; in Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1957, National Archives and Records Service, Government Printing Office, p. 818 :
1950s
Context: I tell this story to illustrate the truth of the statement I heard long ago in the Army: Plans are worthless, but planning is everything. There is a very great distinction because when you are planning for an emergency you must start with this one thing: the very definition of "emergency" is that it is unexpected, therefore it is not going to happen the way you are planning.
“There is a long time in me between knowing and telling.”
Grace Paley (1922–2007) American writer and activist
Source: Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
“And the story of love is a long sad tale ending in graves.”
Jack Kerouac (1922–1969) American writer
Alexander Pope (1688–1744) eighteenth century English poet
Letter, written in collaboration with Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, to Jonathan Swift, December 14, 1725.
