Short Quotes

5248 Short quotes by 3398 unique authors

I get a lot of flak for it... people saying [my body] is not normal for a girl... But I'm okay with it. I think… — Unknown Author
If I have any 'message' worth giving to a beginner it is that there are no short cuts in photography. — Edward Weston
Sultan Khan had become champion of India at Indian chess and he learned the rules of our form of chess at a later date. The… — Jose Raul Capablanca
We're always too skinny, or too fat. Too tall, or too short. We're shaming each other, and we're shaming ourselves, and it sucks. — Emma Stone
He is an interesting player - short back legs. — David Pleat
There is growing awareness of the beauty of country ... a sincere desire to keep some of it for all time. People are beginning to… — Olaus Murie
A German wine label is one of the things life's too short for, a daunting testimony to that peculiar nation's love of detail and organization. — Kingsley Amis
Life is too short for chess. — Lord Byron
For a time Jack was angry; but when he had been without the jacket for a short while he began to realize that being half-clothed… — Edgar Rice Burroughs
Life is short, the art long. — Hippocrates
I was just a big guy running down with a big, deep pocket and little short stick putting it against my chest. — Jim Brown
The Bible is actually a library of books-some long, some short- written over hundreds of years by many authors. Behind each one, however, was [the]… — Billy Graham
I'm opposed to the death penalty not because I think it's unconstitutional per se-although I think it's been applied in ways that are unconstitutional-but it… — Jay Sekulow
They sensed that what had happened around them and in their presence, and in them, was irrevocable. Never again could it be cleansed; it would… — Primo Levi
Is this money well spent? This is taxpayer money, it is going to be adding to the deficit short term and if we can't justify… — Barack Obama
Short term, the most important thing is to put people back to work ... If they're working, that means they're paying taxes, that means that… — Barack Obama
Ignore, then, whether you are tall and thin or short and stocky- whether they laughed at you at home (where they are often unkind) or… — Percy Cerutty
A pure democracy can admit no cure for the mischiefs of faction. A common passion or interest will be felt by a majority, and there… — James Madison
It is useful while mankind is imperfect that there should be different opinions, so that there should be different experiments of living, that free scope… — John Stuart Mill
Our goal is long-term growth in revenue and absolute profit.. so we invest aggressively in future innovation while tightly managing our short-term costs. — Larry Page
It should be possible to emphasize to students that the level of employment is a macroeconomic issue, depending in the short run on aggregate demand… — Paul Krugman
It's cool to be a nerd. There's a general understanding that smartphones didn't come from jocks. The digital age was foreseen by a group of… — J. J. Abrams
The unwillingness to accept anything short of victory, that underlying fury, is the fundamental building block of my bottomless motivation to succeed. It is my… — Lance Armstrong
We have many advantages in the fight against global warming, but time is not one of them. Instead of idly debating the precise extent of… — John McCain
Set stretch goals. Don't ever settle for mediocrity. The key to stretch is to reach for more than you think is possible. Don't sell yourself… — Jack Welch

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