Short Quotes

5248 Short quotes by 3398 unique authors

The history of government management of money has, except for a few short happy periods, been one of incessant fraud and deception. — Friedrich August von Hayek
Life is too short for reading inferior books. — James Bryce
In short, it is the greatest absurdity to suppose it in the power of one, or any number of men, at the entering into society,… — Samuel Adams
Nature [has] implanted in our breasts a love of others, a sense of duty to them, a moral instinct, in short, which prompts us irresistibly… — Thomas Jefferson
Integrity and firmness is all I can promise; these, be the voyage long or short, never shall forsake me though I be deserted by all… — George Washington
The evil that has resulted from the error of the schools, in teaching natural philosophy as an accomplishment only, has been that of generating in… — Thomas Paine
Life is too short not to live it up a little! — Charles M. Schulz
It is apparent that nothing short of contraceptives can put an end to the horrors of abortion and infanticide. — Margaret Sanger
It is the relentless onward march of the texters, the SMS (Short Message Service) vandals who are doing to our language what Genghis Khan did… — John Humphrys
Short stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus. — Joan Didion
Now that science has helped us to overcome the awe of the unknown in nature, we are the slaves of social pressures of our own… — Max Horkheimer
I do not feel that I am the product of chance, a speck of dust in the universe, but someone who was expected, prepared, prefigured.… — Jean-Paul Sartre
It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much. ... The life we receive is not short but we… — Seneca the Younger
From now until the end of the year I would like to eke out one victory, that's my short term aim. I am sure I… — Marat Safin
If sometimes our great artists have been the most critical of our society, it is because their sensitivity and their concern for justice, which must… — John F. Kennedy
A short piece of work means as much to me as a long piece of work. — Harold Pinter
Why shouldn't we, so generally addicted to the gigantic, at last have some small works of art, some short poems, short pieces of music [...],… — Elizabeth Bishop
I’m a poet. And then I put the poetry in the drama. I put it in short stories, and I put it in the plays.… — Tennessee Williams
You may ask what kind of a republic I dream of. Let me reply: I dream of a republic independent, free, and democratic, of a… — Vaclav Havel
A grave, wherever found, preaches a short and pithy sermon to the soul. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
I'm not here for a long time. I'm here for a short time — George Strait
It's been suggested that most women fail to write significantly because the female mind is viscerotonic, and occupied almost exclusively with the moment-to-moment reality of… — Alfred Bester
Giving up the center must not here be regarded as illogical. Was happiness no happiness because it endured for just a short time? One cannot… — Aron Nimzowitsch
In short, we can see Karpov as an exploiter of other people’s ideas. His ability to use these ideas is not at issue, but he… — Mikhail Botvinnik
The fatal error of much science fiction has been to subscribe to an optimism based on the idea that revolution, or a new gimmick, or… — Brian Aldiss

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