Short Quotes
5248 quotes by 3640 authors
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I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit it, you're able…
— Alexis Arguello
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For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a…
— Aristotle
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I knew from the age of 16 that I wanted to be a writer because I just didn't think I could do anything else. So…
— Paul Auster
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The Span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters.
— Mary Astell
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I particularly like Twitter, because it's short and can be very funny and informative. It's a little bit like having your own radio program.
— Margaret Atwood
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Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an ugly heart.
— Kevyn Aucoin
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Hemingway is terribly limited. His technique is good for short stories, for people who meet once in a bar very late at night, but do…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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On the 17th of May, the Delos put out to sea. I was immediately affected with sea-sickness, which, however, lasted but a short time. I…
— John James Audubon
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Informed by our sad experience of history, we require nothing short of a foundation for lasting democracy.
— Ibrahim Babangida
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The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.
— Lord Acton
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The long days are no happier than the short ones.
— Philip James Bailey
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But I enjoyed getting sick, I didn't mind it at all. So in that short amount of time, I did actually go from 121 right…
— Christian Bale
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Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.
— Lucille Ball
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I don't like long tours. I find it much easier to go out for a short spurt every month.
— Bryan Adams
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During my time, there might have been one pitcher or two that were top pitchers on a team. Teams that won maybe had three, but…
— Ernie Banks
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You never realize how short a month is until you pay alimony.
— John Barrymore
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In short, is not liberty the freedom of every person to make full use of his faculties, so long as he does not harm other…
— Frederic Bastiat
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When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another thing.…
— Mario Batali
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Obama and the Democrats' preposterous argument is that we are just one more big tax increase away from solving our economic problems. The inescapable conclusion,…
— Bob Beauprez
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Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.
— Joseph Addison
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