Short Quotes

5248 Short quotes by 3398 unique authors

Life is short and I have some things I'd still like to do. — Mark Martin
The ideal reader of my novels is a lapsed Catholic and failed musician, short-sighted, colour-blind, auditorily biased, who has read the books that I have… — Anthony Burgess
I surrendered my youth to the people I feared when I could have been out there loving someone. Don't make that mistake yourself. Life's too… — Armistead Maupin
Better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing than a long life spent in a miserable way... — Alan Watts
Rather let us imagine the anima mundi as that particular soul-spark, that seminal image, which offers itself through each thing in its visible form. Then… — James Hillman
For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel. — Lynn Abbey
Short-story writing requires an exquisite sense of balance. Novelists, frankly, can get away with more. A novel can have a dull spot or two, because… — Lynn Abbey
I've read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with a lot of… — Lynn Abbey
You shouldn't own common stocks if a 50 per cent decrease in their value in a short period of time would cause you acute distress. — Warren Buffett
Just how do I design if not with prototyping? An excellent question. The short answer is 'on paper.' — Alan Cooper
The trap into which all writers have, will, or should fall into, of writing The Great American Watchamacallit, is such an uncluttered and inviting one… — Harlan Ellison
You can't write a novel all at once, any more than you can swallow a whale in one gulp. You do have to break it… — Orson Scott Card
In nearly all cases where machines have been downed, it was during a fight which had been very short, and the successful burst of fire… — Billy Bishop
All those commodities are going to have to rise in value as we are in short supply and we are printing too much money. — Peter Schiff
Life's too short to spend all the time in the gym. I just like to have a few beers and enjoy myself too. — Ian Woosnam
I think life is too short not to be doing something which you really believe in. Whether you're photographing for yourself, for your job, whether… — Steve McCurry
Only powerfully conceived images have the ability to penetrate the memory, to stay there, in short to become unforgettable. — Brassai
The cross is the lightning rod of grace that short-circuits God's wrath to Christ so that only the light of His love remains for believers. — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The most damaging aspect of contemporary living is short-term thinking. — Rick Warren
A fad or heresy is the exaltation of something which even if true, is secondary or temporary in its nature against those things which are… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Great men are but life-sized. Most of them, indeed, are rather short. — Max Beerbohm
Productivity growth, however it occurs, has a disruptive side to it. In the short term, most things that contribute to productivity growth are very painful. — Janet Yellen
The life of a journalist is poor, nasty, brutish, and short. So is his style — Stella Gibbons
Tall girls are hot. Short girls are cute — Harry Styles
A short skirt and lots of makeup won't impress me. — Harry Styles

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