Brief Quotes

672 quotes by 546 authors

Try pausing right before and right after undertaking a new action, even something simple like putting a key in a lock to open a door.… — David Steindl-Rast
Infinity is a way to describe the incomprehensible to the human mind. In a way it notates a mystery. That kind of mystery exists in… — Simon McBurney
Sorrow is brief but joy is endless — Friedrich Schiller
Go, write it in a martial hand; be curst and brief; it is no matter how witty, so it be eloquent and fun of invention:… — William Shakespeare
It may be a brief interruption - just a few seconds - but what if someone sitting near you is trying to make a decent… — Brad Pitt
Love is an incurable malady like those pathetic states in which rheumatism affords the sufferer a brief respite only to be replaced by epileptiform headaches. — Marcel Proust
After conducting a concert in a small town, I once received the following note from a farmer who had attended the performance: "Dear Sir, I… — Arturo Toscanini
It was brief, swift, and then it was done. It was a professional job. I needed to be kissed, and I was kissed. — Uma Thurman
These are the saddest of possible words, Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance. Trio of Bear Cubs fleeter than birds, Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance. Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon bubble, Making a Giant hit… — Franklin P. Adams
Metaphor is our mental root of imagination and language. Arnold Kozak offers fertile metaphors for growing your knowledge of the Buddhadharma. If you contemplate these… — Polly Young-Eisendrath
To risk reputation and affection for the truth's sake is so demanding that to do it constantly you will need a degree of moral principle… — Alistair Begg
The Christian faith is meant to be lived moment by moment. It isn't some broad, general outline--it's a long walk with a real Person. Details… — Joni Eareckson Tada
Flowers are not symbols of power. Flowers are too brief, too frail, to elicit much hope of eternity. In truth, flowers are far removed from… — Sharman Apt Russell
This is my long-run forecast in brief: The material conditions of life will continue to get better for most people, in most countries, most of… — Julian Simon
Phrenology taught us that the mind thinks by means of the brain, is liable to become fatigued by too long attention, as the locomotive muscles… — George Combe
Never wallow in your troubles; despair must be kept private and brief. — Werner Herzog
The brief flashbacks are sun-kissed, summery and optimistic. It's the only place in the movie you will see red, yellow, orange, or any vibrant colors. — Steven Soderbergh
Be grateful everyday for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides. — Carl Sagan
I shall be so brief that I have already finished — Salvador Dali
Life is brief, even at its longest. Whatever you are going to do with your life, get at it. All good will be attacked. All… — Jim Rohn

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