Brief Quotes

672 quotes by 541 authors

I don't think people would climb mountains or jump off bridges with parachutes or kayak Class V rapids if those things didn't offer the brief… — Sebastian Junger
Times of my life, brief periods without music, have completely felt dangerously over the edge. — Squarepusher
A lawyer's brief will be brief, before a freethinker thinks freely. — Augustus William Hare
You may get a large amount of truth into a brief space. — Maturin Murray Ballou
I said that I loved the wise proverb, Brief, simple and deep; For it I'd exchange the great poem That sends us to sleep. — Bryan Procter
Life is so brief and time is a thief when you're undecided. — Rod Stewart
To drive free, to love free, to court destruction with taunts, to feed the remainder of life with one hour of fullness and freedom -… — Walt Whitman
My external sensations are no less private to my self than are my thoughts or my feelings. In either case my experience falls within my… — F. H. Bradley
You cannot make a man worth a given amount by making it illegal for anyone to offer him anything less. You merely deprive him of… — Henry Hazlitt
There was a brief moment after 9/11 when Colin Powell said we should not rush to satisfy the desire for revenge. It was a great… — Judith Butler
For the corporation executives, the military metaphysic often coincides with their interest in a stable and planned flow of profit; it enables them to have… — C. Wright Mills
Angels can recognize the nature of our unique essence on the basis of nothing more than a brief conversation with us. From hearing the tone… — Emanuel Swedenborg
In our age of increasing distractions it's more important than ever to find ways to maintain perspective and remember that life is brief and tender. — Candy Chang
Linnea.... A plant of Lapland, lowly, insignificant, disregarded, flowering but for a brief space - from Linnaeus who resembles it. — Carl Linnaeus
Merciful heaven, Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Splits the unwedgeable and gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle; but man, proud man, Dressed… — William Shakespeare
It is possible that our race may be an accident, in a meaningless universe, living its brief life uncared for, on this dark, cooling star:… — Clarence Day
Happiness is a rare plant that seldom takes root on earth-few ever enjoyed it, except for a brief period; the search after it is rarely… — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
Death is not the end of who we are. It is only a brief pause in the endless cycle of our lives. Each of us… — Frederick Lenz
I don't have a brief for every single reaction of Israel, but I think it is important that the political negotiations occur free of the… — Henry A. Kissinger
When the Son on the Cross promises paradise in his company to the good thief, when he promises the future feast in Heaven to the… — Adrienne von Speyr

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