Short Quotes

5248 quotes by 3398 authors

For the theatre one needs long arms... an artiste with short arms can never make a fine gesture. — Sarah Bernhardt
If you haven't got it. Fake it! Too short? Wear big high heels, but do practice walking! — Victoria Beckham
Most of the arguments to which I am party fall somewhat short of being impressive, owing to the fact that neither I nor my opponent… — Robert Benchley
I too hope in this short reign to be a man of peace. — Pope Benedict XVI
At the solemn moment of death, every man, even when death is sudden, sees the whole of his past life marshalled before him, in its… — Annie Besant
My first serious attempts at writing were made in 1868, and I took up two very different lines of composition; I wrote some short stories… — Annie Besant
Life's too short to hang out with people who aren't resourceful. — Jeff Bezos
Life is short, but it's long enough to ruin any man who wants to be ruined. — Josh Billings
Its visits, like those of angels, short, and far between. — Robert Blair
I'm flatchested, I'm short, I'm brunette, I have droopy eyes, and so people have a hard time casting me as a 'beauty.' — Selma Blair
There's not enough time to be disrespecting... Life is too short. — Mary J. Blige
We should remember it wasn't so long ago that confidence in New York was in short supply. — Michael Bloomberg
Personally, I'm an advocate for short engagements. Long sometimes means there is a reason for it. Two years engaged and no wedding... I'd be upset. — Emily Blunt
A Constitution should be short and obscure. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length. — Christian Nestell Bovee
That's the shock: All cliches are true. The years really do speed by. Life really is as short as they tell you it is. And… — David Bowie
Most of my short stories are fantasy. — Ray Bradbury
I used to take my short stories to girls' homes and read them to them. Can you imagine the reaction reading a short story to… — Ray Bradbury
Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs. — Charlotte Bronte
My sentences tend to be very short and rather spare. I'm more your paragraph kind of gal. — Geraldine Brooks

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