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5248 Short quotes by 3398 unique authors

Fortunately or otherwise we live at a time when the average individual has to know several times as much in order to keep informed as… — Norman Cousins
In ancient times, bodily strength and dexterity, being of greater use and importance in war, was also much more esteemed and valued, than at present.… — David Hume
Thousands of years ago, weren't we capable of building enormous structures like the pyramids? Weren't we capable of worshiping gods, weaving, making fire, finding lovers… — Paulo Coelho
A friend of mine was asked to a costume ball a short time ago. He slapped some egg on his face and went as a… — Ronald Reagan
In a rough way the short story writer is to the novelist as a cabinetmaker is to a house carpenter. — Annie Proulx
I would also suggest that any aspiring writer begin with short stories. These days, I meet far too many young writers who try to start… — George R. R. Martin
A short story is confined to one mood, to which everything in the story pertains. Characters, setting, time, events, are all subject to the mood.… — Eudora Welty
The great thing about a short story is that it doesn't have to trawl through someone's whole life; it can come in glancingly from the… — Emma Donoghue
Short stories are fiction's R & D department, and failed or less-than-conclusive experiments are not just to be expected but to be hoped for. — Walter Kirn
When seriously explored, the short story seems to me the most difficult and disciplining form of prose writing extant. Whatever control and technique I may… — Truman Capote
In short stories there's more permission to be elliptical. You can have image-logic, or it's almost like a poem in that you can come to… — Karen Russell
Short stories do not say this happened and this happened and this happened. They are a microcosm and a magnification rather than a linear progression. — Isobelle Carmody
Everything has to be pulling weight in a short story for it to be really of the first order. — Tobias Wolff
Life is so short. Grudges are a waste of time. Laugh when you can, apologise when you should, and trust God with what you cannot… — Nicky Gumbel
Life is like a blanket too short. You pull it up and your toes rebel, you yank it down and shivers meander about your shoulder;… — Unknown Author
The hair of his face, on the contrary, carroty and flaming, resembled a growth of copper wire clipped short to the line of the lip;… — Joseph Conrad
Air Power is, above all, a psychological weapon - and only short-sighted soldiers, too battle-minded, underrate the importance of psychological factors in war. — B. H. Liddell Hart
I like Toronto a lot, it's a good city. The only thing that really annoys me about Toronto is that you're turning Maple Leaf Gardens… — Rick Wakeman
People who are willing to give up freedom for the sake of short term security, deserve neither freedom nor security. — Benjamin Franklin
People need immediate places to refresh, reinvent themselves. Our surroundings built and natural alike, have an immediate and a continuing effect on the way we… — Tony Hiss
We want these assets to be productive. We buy them. We own them. To say we care only about the short term is wrong. What… — Carl Icahn
Being captive to quarterly earnings isn't consistent with long-term value creation. This pressure and the short term focus of equity markets make it difficult for… — Charles Koch
Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not far short of 30 years, nor much above this is… — Hesiod
Whatever your secret, live your own truth; life is too short. — Oprah Winfrey
It seems to me that it was well said by Madama Serenissima, and insisted on by your reverence, that the Holy Scripture cannot err, and… — Galileo Galilei

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