Briefly Quotes

198 Briefly quotes by 170 unique authors

To understand one's world, one must sometimes turn away from it! To serve better, one must briefly hold it at a distance. Where can the… — Albert Camus
I want to start two institutions, one in Madras and one in Calcutta, to carry out my plan; and that plan briefly is to bring… — Swami Vivekananda
For tolls too briefly the sounds of mercy... In fear we ponder the use of thunder for peace — Shawn Phillips
It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say; when one has nothing to say, however, and… — Horace
I was briefly bitter. — Margot Kidder
You almost believe that you will never come to the end of a roll of tape; and when you do, there is a feeling, nearly,… — Nicholson Baker
The first recognition of beauty was one of the most significant events in the evolution of human conciousness... seeing beauty in a flower could awaken… — Eckhart Tolle
I am no lover of pompous title, but only desire that my name may be recorded in a line or two, which shall briefly express… — Elizabeth I
I'll see you later, he says, and as he does, he runs his finger briefly over my wrist. It passes over me like air, and… — David Levithan
A person who has not been completely alienated, who has remained sensitive and able to feel, who has not lost the sense of dignity, who… — Erich Fromm
In symbols one observes an advantage in discovery which is greatest when they express the exact nature of a thing briefly and, as it were,… — Gottfried Leibniz
The magical dust of Christmas glittered on the cheeks of humanity ever so briefly, reminding us of what is worth having and what we were… — Max Lucado
Briefly, in the act of composition, as an instrument there intervenes and is most potent, fire, flaming, fervid, hot; but in the very substance of… — Georg Ernst Stahl
A man who has once perceived, however temporarily and however briefly, what makes greatness of soul, can no longer be happy if he allows himself… — Bertrand Russell
A work of art is something produced by a person, but is not that person â€” it is of her, but is not her. Itâ€™s… — George Saunders
I briefly considered doing Edgar Allan Poe and just swearing a lot. — Andy Richter
Literary qualifications have no more to do with it than oratory has with salesmanship. One must be able to express himself briefly, clearly, and convincingly,… — Claude C. Hopkins
I have thought briefly about getting caught in rock slides or falling from a rock face. If that happened, I would probably perish on the… — Richard Proenneke
Against the censurers of brevity. - Something said briefly can be the fruit of much long thought: but the reader who is a novice in… — Friedrich Nietzsche
At school I briefly wanted to be a palaeontologist, but I was no good at chemistry and physics. — Mark Gatiss

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