It always takes longer than you expect, even if you take Hofstadter's Law into account.
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There are cases when it takes 50 or 100 years for fundamental science to achieve results.
Everything takes me longer than I expect. It's the sad truth about life.
Time takes all and gives all.
The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.
It always takes awfully long time to understand unbelievably simple things.
It takes a long time to publish a book.
It takes a long time to understand nothing.
I'm a little more measured. That sense of urgency I thought accompanied things - it can take a little longer. You have to take the long view.
You've got a lot of very, very smart people standing by waiting for somebody else to do the work. Not a recipe for long-term solvency in my opinion.
Things take a long time, but when it's right things move fast.
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