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5248 Short quotes by 3398 unique authors

In short, [Coltrane's] tone is beautiful because it is functional. In other words, it is always involved in saying something. You can't separate the means… — Cecil Taylor
Also marvelous in a room is the light that comes through the windows of a room and that belongs to the room. The sun does not… — Louis Kahn
To crank myself up I stood on a jack and ran myself up. I tightened myself like a bolt. I inserted myself in a vise-clamp… — Annie Dillard
Life is very short... but I would like to live four times and if I could, I would set out to do no other things… — William Merritt Chase
Life is short. Im gonna be happy with mine. — Allen Iverson
Instead, the terrorists see just what they were hoping for, our unity gone, our resolve shaken, our leaders distracted. In short, they see weakness and… — Dick Cheney
In the long run, Women's Liberation will of course free men-but in the short run it's going to COST men a lot of privilege, which… — Robin Morgan
So the programs all start to all look the same. I watched one free skating competition, and I thought I was watching a short program.… — Brian Boitano
Pain, scorned by yonder gout-ridden wretch, endured by yonder dyspeptic in the midst of his dainties, borne bravely by the girl in travail. Slight thou… — Seneca the Younger
There are some who question the scale of our ambitions, who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short,… — Barack Obama
Anger is short-lived madness. — Horace
Short term "dash for cash" economic solutions hinder progress towards a better, more sustainable, world — Phil Harding
Any regeneration project that fails to put environmental and social benefits at its very heart is unlikely to achieve anything more than a very short-lived… — Jonathon Porritt
Whatever the short term clashes between protecting the environment and eradicating poverty, medium term and long term it is clear. Unless we grow sustainably, at… — Tony Blair
Abuse manipulates and twists a child's natural sense of trust and love. Her innocent feelings are belittled or mocked and she learns to ignore her… — Laura Davies
Pain and love - the whole of life, in short - cannot be looked on as a disease just because they make us suffer. — Italo Svevo
Lightly from fair to fair he flew, And loved to plead, lament, and sue; Suit lightly won, and short-lived pain, For monarchs seldom sigh in… — Walter Scott
Say not "a small event!" Why "small"? Costs it more pain that this ye call A "great event" should come to pass From that? Untwine… — Robert Browning
They are supposed to be dispassionate dispensers of Pure Justice, icy islands of emotionless calculation. In short, umpires should be acute Republicans. — George Will
Short of baseball and my family, it was gaming. And gaming is a $20-million to $200-million multi-year effort. It's an insane, stupid and utterly irresponsible… — Curt Schilling
Life is too short to be unhappy in business. If business were not a part of the joy of living, we might almost say that… — Unknown Author
Please choose the way of peace.. In the short term there may be winners and losers in this war that we all dread. But that… — Mother Teresa
Life's too short for anxious score-keeping — Teju Cole
The feminist revolution had to be fought because women quite simply were stopped at a state of evolution far short of their human capacity. — Betty Friedan
Poor Dimitri Shostakovich: In the Soviet Union, he was condemned as being too radical; in the West, for being too conservative. He could please no… — Edward Abbey

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