Brief Quotes

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In his state of complete powerlessness the individual perceives the time he has left to live as a brief reprieve. — Theodor Adorno
Well, in brief, I was discovered by a lady called Beth Boldt. She had also been a model. She used to take pictures of the… — Naomi Campbell
As a father, physician and nurse, I have a special place in my heart for children, and I know the brief window of opportunity we… — Richard Carmona
The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap… — Henri Cartier-Bresson
All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The short bloom of our brief and narrow life flies fast away. While we are calling for flowers and wine and women, old age is… — Juvenal
It is very remarkable that while the words Eternal, Eternity, Forever, are constantly in our mouths, and applied without hesitation, we yet experience considerable difficulty… — George Julius Poulett Scrope
You're like this little blip of light that lasts for a very brief time and you can shine as brightly as you choose. — Sean Faircloth
All our moments are last moments. We abide in the forever leaving of our own coming? We can put our hands together, palm to palm,… — Jens Jensen
We can never know God as it is our privilege to know Him by brief repetitions that are requests for personal favors, and nothing more. — Edward McKendree Bounds
A backlash against women's rights is nothing new. Indeed it's a recurring phenomenon: it returns every time women begin to make some headway towards equality,… — Susan Faludi
Bad Gardens copy, good gardens create, great gardens transcend. What all great gardens have in common are their ability to pull the sensitive viewer out… — Ken Wilber
Man, proud man, drest in a little brief authority, most ignorant of what he's most assur d, glassy essence, like an angry ape, plays such… — William Shakespeare
One day [when I relapsed] I walked into a store and saw a little bottle of Jack Daniel's. And then that voice - I call… — Robin Williams
In a brief space the generations of beings are changed, and, like runners, pass on the torches of life. — Lucretius
Kindness n: A brief preface to ten volumes of exaction. — Ambrose Bierce
Anger is a brief lunacy. — Horace
He who wishes to teach us a truth should not tell it to us, but simply suggest it with a brief gesture, a gesture which… — Jose Ortega y Gasset
Nature holds no brief for the human experiment; it must stand or fall by its results. — George Bernard Shaw
PROPERTY, n. Any material thing, having no particular value, that may be held by A against the cupidity of B. Whatever gratifies the passion for… — Ambrose Bierce

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