It need hardly be said that shortness is a merit in words.

“You should, I need hardly say, live in such a way that there is nothing which you could not as easily tell your enemy…

— Seneca

“Life is too short to waste being a productive member of society.”

— Sol Luckman

The vistas of possibility are only limited by the shortness of life.

— Winston Churchill

The shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.

— Pliny the Elder

Wherever there is light, there is shadow; wherever there is length, there is shortness; wherever there is white, there is black. Just like these,…

— Gautama Buddha

Concerning the gods, I have no means of knowing either that they exist or that they do not exist, nor what sort of form…

— Protagoras

Life is long if you know how to use it.

— Anonymous

It's a book [Bink & Gollie] about shortness and tallness, so I think it's appropriate to discuss the virtues of shortness.

— Kate DiCamillo

As to the gods, I have no means of knowing either that they exist or do not exist.

— Protagoras

When we realize the shortness of life, we begin to see the importance of making every moment count.

— Dillon Burroughs

When we reflect on the shortness and uncertainty of life, how despicable seem all our pursuits of happiness.

— David Hume

We all sorely complain of the shortness of time, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our lives are…

— Seneca the Younger

Consider the shortness of time, the length of eternity, and reflect how everything here below comes to an end and passes by. Of what…

— Gerard Majella

I'm not freakishly short. I had, on my show, used shortness as a joke subject; it didn't really bother me.

— Dick Cavett