Brief Quotes

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Any man who would change the World in a significant way must have showmanship, a genial willingness to shed other people's blood, and a plausible… — Kurt Vonnegut
When I was young, Stephen Hawking wasn't the world's most famous physicist. The fame didn't arrive until the publication of "A Brief History of Time,"… — Stephen Hawking
And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief. — Benjamin Franklin
I strive to be brief, and I become obscure. — Baltasar Gracian
Rather than viewing a brief relapse back to inactivity as a failure, treat it as a challenge and try to get back on track as… — Jimmy Connors
No country in the history of the world has ever contributed more to humankind and accomplished more for its people in so brief a period… — Alan Dershowitz
For me it's a remarkable thing that there is a prize celebrating and honouring and making for a brief moment short fiction the centre of… — Junot Diaz
His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine. — Thomas A. Edison
Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails. — Euripides
But only a brief moment is granted to the brave one breath or two, whose wage is the long nights of the grave. — Muhammad Iqbal
I'm sorry, it's true. Having children really changes your view on these things. We're born, we live for a brief instant, and we die. It's… — Steve Jobs
We don't get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief,… — Steve Jobs
Life is often compared to a marathon, but I think it is more like being a sprinter; long stretches of hard work punctuated by brief… — Michael Johnson
Live performance really terrifies me. I haven't done it, really, in years. I think that's why I retired from my brief career in stand-up. — Mindy Kaling
My show is a sensory assault... in a very brief manner - the show is only 25 minutes long. — Kesha
Watching a peaceful death of a human being reminds us of a falling star; one of a million lights in a vast sky that flares… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love. — Walter Savage Landor
Love is the flower of life, and blossoms unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it is found, and enjoyed for the brief… — D. H. Lawrence
There is something wrong about the man who wants help. There is somewhere a deep defect, a want, in brief, a need, a crying need,… — Herman Melville
What fascinates me about addiction and obsessive behavior is that people would choose an altered state of consciousness that's toxic and ostensibly destroys most aspects… — Unknown Author

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