Short Quotes

5248 Short quotes by 3398 unique authors

You are surprised that the world is losing its grip? That the world is grown old? Don't hold onto the old man, the world; don't… — Saint Augustine
We all felt the majesty of the body. In a very short period of time we had seen something that was bigger than each of… — William DeVries
Regaining favor with your worst enemy is a satisfactory but short lived relief. — Unknown Author
The brain is a tissue. It is a complicated, intricately woven tissue, like nothing else we know of in the universe, but it is composed… — David H. Hubel
Prior to Valentinus, those who follow Valentinus had no existence. Nor did those from Marcion exist before Marcion. Nor, in short, did any of those… — Irenaeus of Lyons
I hoped that my weary pilgrimage in the world would be short; and that it would not be long before I should be brought to… — David Brainerd
The road to learning by precept is long, but by example short and effective. — Seneca the Elder
The road by precepts is tedious, by example, short and efficacious. — Seneca the Younger
To be true to one's self is the ultimate test in life. To have courage and the sensitivity to follow your hidden dreams and stand… — Flo Hyman
We are all going to fall short. We are going to have some bitter losses, very painful defeats and failures. We have to use those… — Karch Kiraly
When summer opens, I see how fast it matures, and fear it will be short; but after the heats of July and August, I am… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A macho attitude is totally to my advantage. Guys try to hit it 400 feet out of the park, but in softball you have to… — Jennie Finch
A lover, when he is admitted to cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe the motions of his mistress. He must laugh when she… — Henry Fielding
If I am happy in spite of my deprivations, if my happiness is so deep that it is a faith, so thoughtful that it becomes… — Helen Keller
You do things so fast, you end up having so many different lifestyles all in one short time. — Lana Del Rey
Nothing is known in our profession by guess; and I do not believe, that from the first dawn of medical science to the present moment,… — Astley Cooper
Humans more easily remember or learn items when they are studied a few times over a long period of time (spaced presentation), rather than studied… — Hermann Ebbinghaus
The laws by which the Divine Ruler of the universe has decreed an indissoluble connection between public happiness and private virtue, whatever apparent exceptions may… — Unknown Author
An undertaking of great magnitude and importance, the successful accomplishment of which, in so comparatively short a period, notwithstanding the unheard of unestimable difficulties and… — John By
The sand should be neither coarse nor fine but of a middling quality or about the size of the common pop(p)y seed. If the sand… — Canvass White
To stop short in any research that bids fair to widen the gates of knowledge, to recoil from fear of difficulty or adverse criticism, is… — William Crookes
In short, the greatest contribution to real security that science can make is through the extension of the scientific method to the social sciences and… — Edward Condon
Traditional dinosaur theory is full of short circuits. Like the antiquated wiring in an old house, the details sputter and burn out when specific parts… — Robert T. Bakker
Why it is that animals, instead of developing in a simple and straightforward way, undergo in the course of their growth a series of complicated… — Francis Maitland Balfour
Nothing is sudden in nature: whereas the slightest storms are forecasted several days in advance, the destruction of the world must have been announced several… — Unknown Author

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