Brief Quotes

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The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of… — Vladimir Nabokov
Comedy writing is taking the brief thought and going with it. — Chris O'Dowd
In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of… — P.J. O'Rourke
There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite as difficult to record an… — William Osler
When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one… — Anna Pavlova
My definition of an executive's job is brief and to the point. It is simply this: Getting things done through other people. — James Cash Penney
On a cosmic scale, our life is insignificant, yet this brief period when we appear in the world is the time in which all meaningful… — Paul Ricoeur
Be sincere; be brief; be seated. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Favor comes because for a brief moment in the great space of human change and progress some general human purpose finds in him a satisfactory… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired. — George Santayana
That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject. — George Santayana
That seems to be the definition of 'novel' for me: a story that hasn't yet discovered a way to be brief. — George Saunders
In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods. — Arthur Schopenhauer
Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they… — Arthur Schopenhauer
We worked with the engineers in the design and construction and testing phases in those various areas, then we would get back together at the… — Alan Shepard
From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives… — Algernon Charles Swinburne
When you become part of something, in some way you count. It could be a march; it could be a rally, even a brief one.… — Studs Terkel
Few developments central to the history of art have been so misrepresented or misunderstood as the brief, brave, glorious, doomed life of the Bauhaus -… — Martin Filler
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays… — William Shakespeare
Desription should be very brief and have an incidental nature. — Anton Chekhov

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