Photography seems to fix, but this is an illusion created by our short lives. A photograph is merely a note held for… — Douglas McCulloh Copy Share Image
“The essence of the tribal lineage was the descent of property through the male line. But producing a male heir under medieval… — Nicholas Wade Copy Share Image
Better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing than a long life spent in a miserable… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
"Do you know," Ivan Bunin recalls Anton Chekhov saying to him in 1899, near the end of his too-short life, "for how… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
Life is a tragic game, filled with misery. Yet we never persist to change, but we never change ourselves. The thing sad,… — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
A man must have grown old and lived long in order to see how short life is. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
“You speak of sacrifice, but it is not my sacrifice I offer. It is yours I ask of you," he went on.… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I try to grow like a tree, and hope that I can reach my full potential by the end of this short… — Christofer Drew Copy Share Image
Life is short. Life is uncertain. But we know that we have today. And we have each other. I believe that for… — Eric Greitens Copy Share Image
“Our civilization is doomed to a short life: its component parts are too heterogeneous. I personally am content to see everything in… — Paul Bowles Copy Share Image
Oh, he did his best to make their short lives miserable, because that was his job, but nothing he could think up… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Gripping the microphone, my eyes half closed under the lights, I think of my 413 days without alcohol. And I think of… — Jill Stark Copy Share Image
If there is one thing I've learned in my short life, it's this: Never repress anything. — Otto Gross Copy Share Image
Well, since 'double-0's' have a short life expectancy, your mistake will be short-lived. — James Bond Copy Share Image
What does purpose mean? It means the deepest desire for our short lives to mean something. . . . To speak a… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
Life is short. You can't afford to put off what God has put in your heart. You don't have time to live… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
“Hamilton’s relatively short life robbed him not only of any chance for further accomplishment but of the opportunity to mold his historical… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity. — Alexander the Great Copy Share Image
Oh, these vast, calm, measureless mountain days, inciting at once to work and rest! Days in whose light everything seems equally divine,… — John Muir Copy Share Image
Life is short. Life goes fast. And what I really want to do in my life is to bring something new, something… — Ross Bleckner Copy Share Image
“Living a short life as a proud person is more worthwhile than living a whole century as a chameleon.” — Eraldo Banovac Copy Share Image
