--- title: "11 Short List Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Short List quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Short List sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cd/alan-bradley-1571_dark-humor_ordinarily-anyone-who-made-such-a-remark_501997.png" --- > [“Ordinarily, anyone who made such a remark to my face would go to the top of my short list for strychnine.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bradley/ordinarily-anyone-who-made-such-a-remark-to-my-face-would-go-to-the/) [Alan Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bradley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cd/alan-bradley-1571_dark-humor_ordinarily-anyone-who-made-such-a-remark_501997.png) > [Dogs love company. They place it first on their short list of needs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-ackerley/dogs-love-company-they-place-it-first-on-their-short-list-of-needs/) [J. R. Ackerley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-ackerley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/821/j-r-ackerley-62502_animal_dogs-love-company-they-place-it-first-on_687865.png) > [If Pitt is on the short list, there's no reason that West Virginia shouldn't be on the Big 12 short list.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oliver-luck/if-pitt-is-on-the-short-list-there-s-no-reason-that-west-virginia/) [Oliver Luck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oliver-luck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29f/oliver-luck-8691_big_if-pitt-is-on-the-short-list-there-s-no_1373849.jpg) > [“For my own job, my short list included Hillary, Colin Powell, Panetta, and New York mayor Michael Bloomberg.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-gates/for-my-own-job-my-short-list-included-hillary-colin-powell-panetta/) [Robert M. Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-gates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/640/robert-m-gates-2972_colin-powell_for-my-own-job-my-short-list-included-hi_1259627.png) > [There's not a lot of guys in this league who are tough for me to guard. It's a short list.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-smart/there-s-not-a-lot-of-guys-in-this-league-who-are-tough-for-me-to/) [Marcus Smart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-smart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/348/marcus-smart-6452_guard_there-s-not-a-lot-of-guys-in-this-league_1867835.jpg) > [I care about what the people I care about think about me. It's a short list, but I really care about what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-schumer/i-care-about-what-the-people-i-care-about-think-about-me-it-s-a-short/) [Amy Schumer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-schumer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/351/amy-schumer-3747_care_i-care-about-what-the-people-i-care-abou_433771.jpg) > [“If it isn't contributing to getting you where you want to be a year from today, then don't put it on this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mani-s-sivasubramanian/if-it-isn-t-contributing-to-getting-you-where-you-want-to-be-a-year/) [Mani S. Sivasubramanian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mani-s-sivasubramanian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55f/mani-s-sivasubramanian-22097_focus_if-it-isn-t-contributing-to-getting-you_751646.jpg) > [The key to having more time is doing less, and there are two paths to get there, both of which should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-ferriss/the-key-to-having-more-time-is-doing-less-and-there-are-two-paths-to/) [Tim Ferriss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-ferriss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1c/tim-ferriss-1877_keys_the-key-to-having-more-time-is-doing-les_1575902.jpg) > [I was lucky that when Lorne Michaels came looking for women comedy writers, there werent too many in New York at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-beatts/i-was-lucky-that-when-lorne-michaels-came-looking-for-women-comedy/) [Anne Beatts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-beatts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae6/anne-beatts-34131_came_i-was-lucky-that-when-lorne-michaels-cam_847673.jpg) > [“That said, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with creating a quick, informal, short list of “if I have time, I’d really like to . . .”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-allen/that-said-there-s-absolutely-nothing-wrong-with-creating-a-quick/) [David Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-allen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/827/david-allen-2835_time_that-said-there-s-absolutely-nothing-wro_2420290.jpg) > [“A different kind of list entirely is Colleges That Change Lives, a short list bearing the names of only forty very small…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-lythcott-haims/a-different-kind-of-list-entirely-is-colleges-that-change-lives-a/) [Julie Lythcott-Haims](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-lythcott-haims/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33d/julie-lythcott-haims-20488_education_a-different-kind-of-list-entirely-is-col_3082246.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/short-list/#itemlist", "name": "Short List Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Ordinarily, anyone who made such a remark to my face would go to the top of my short list for strychnine.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alan Bradley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bradley/ordinarily-anyone-who-made-such-a-remark-to-my-face-would-go-to-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cd/alan-bradley-1571_dark-humor_ordinarily-anyone-who-made-such-a-remark_501997.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cd/alan-bradley-1571_dark-humor_ordinarily-anyone-who-made-such-a-remark_501997.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cd/alan-bradley-1571_dark-humor_ordinarily-anyone-who-made-such-a-remark_501997.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Ordinarily, anyone who made such a remark to my face would go to the top of my short list for strychnine.” — Alan Bradley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Dogs love company. 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