It will take a long time, and certainly the West will remain the dominant civilization well into the next century, but the decline is occurring.
If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.
America decided we were going to stand by and let Americans die at the hands of terrorists a long time ago.
In certain European cuisines, vegetables are cooked a long time. I take the term 'al dente' and use it for vegetables.
If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.
Caroline Bingley: We are a long way from Grover's Square, are we not, Mr. Darcy?
[to Jake Hoyt] Paul: You're a long way from Starbucks, homey.
Mathilde: [peeling an apple] If I don't break the peel, Manech is alive.
You cut their money back, for one thing... I go back a long way with the NEA.
Lebanon will be engulfed again in a huge power game that will last quite a long time. This is the tragic destiny of Lebanon.
We in Tunisia have no problem with respecting other people's religion, and we have a long tradition of that.
My baseball career was a long, long initiation into a single secret: At the heart of all things is love.
For a long time I have compared cinema to music, I think cinema has a lot to do with the rhythm of music.
As you may know my use of Celtic music is extremely simple and short. However there is something about it that will remain in your mind for a long, long time.
My mom is always telling me it takes a long time to get to the top, but a short time to get to the bottom.
My parents have a wonderful marriage, for many years. But I can't commit myself for such a long time.
It was not a healthy marriage for long time. It was never about another man, it was about what my and Dennis's relationship could not sustain.
I'm not saying I'm a writer, but I've been in movies for a long time, and I think I could write a script for a movie.
I spent a long time working in the movies to figure out that kind of acting and also how to write and produce for the screen.
Paul Rivers: We have lived on a fraud a long time.
You know, if I tell the press that I like long blonde hair, the next day there will be girls with long hair wigs outside waiting for me.