Brief Quotes

672 quotes by 541 authors

It is not a nature cure, a system of faith healing, or a physical culture, or a medical treatment, or a semi-occult philosophy. As to… — John Dewey
The aim of the poet is to inform or delight, or to combine together, in what he says, both pleasure and applicability to life. In… — Horace
Better a life like a falling star, brief bright across the dark, than the long, long waiting of the immortals, loveless and cheerlessly wise. — Poul Anderson
An army, great in space, may offer opposition in a brief span of time. One man, brief in space, must spread his opposition across a… — Roger Zelazny
In labouring to be brief, I become obscure. — Horace
In brief, we have the new paradigm where simulation and programs have replaced theory and observation, where government largely determines the nature of scientific activity,… — Richard Lindzen
If most men and women were forced to rely upon physical charm to attract lovers, their sexual lives would be not only meager but in… — Gore Vidal
As a people, we value family, education and success. Hunger is an enemy to all three. Scientific studies have demonstrated that even brief periods of… — Ted Danson
There are some forty thousand children in California, according to the red brief, that live with same-sex parents, and they want their parents to have… — Anthony Kennedy
Life is a flash of lightning in the dark of night. It is a brief time of tremendous potential. — B. Alan Wallace
Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn! Look to this Day! For it is Life, the very Life of Life. In its brief course lie… — Kalidasa
What if the idea of Mr. Right is completely false? What if there is no Mr. Wrong? What if every relationship-no matter how brief-contains a… — Marie Forleo
Right after the Civil War there was considerable talk about reviving Lincoln's brief experiment with the Constitutional monetary system. Had not the European money-trust intervened,… — W. Cleon Skousen
The North American system only wants to consider the positive aspects of reality. Men and women are subjected from childhood to an inexorable process of… — Octavio Paz
Whatever you want to teach, be brief. — Horace
Kissinger projects a strong impression of a man at home in the world and on top of his brief. But there are a number of… — Christopher Hitchens
When we renounce our dreams, we find peace and enjoy a brief period of tranquillity, but the dead dreams begin to rot inside us and… — Paulo Coelho
The will to work must dominate, for art is long and time is brief. — Charles Baudelaire
I had a brief theater background and loved the backstage world there's more backstage work in television, so I saw a job advertised and applied,… — Lee Child
I'll have to keep looking for more of them, more brief moments of freedom in a world that refuses to allow it. — Veronica Roth

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