Short Quotes

5248 Short quotes by 3398 unique authors

Prince Asaka had joined the army only about ten days before its entry into Nanking and in view of the short time he was connected… — Iwane Matsui
The boy detective thinks, The only thing all men have in common with one another is their inherent capacity to make mistakes. He reasons, But… — Joe Meno
Orientalism can be discussed and analyzed as the corporate institution for dealing with the Orient—dealing with it by making statements about it, authorizing views of… — Edward Said
I have not been short of invitations to other clubs and have been received more warmly by Everton than I have by Liverpool. — Bill Shankly
I'm short, I'm Jewish and I'm a liberal — Paul Wellstone
What you people who weren't yet born can never know is what it meant to sleep in cities under silent falls of snow when all… — Timothy Findley
I'm used to short distances and short bursts of energy; it was just fastest — Shannon Miller
The fate of the soil system depends on society's willingness to intervene in the market place, and to forego some of the short-term benefits that… — Eugene Odum
Writing a short story is like having a short intense affair, whereas writing a novel is like a long rich marriage. — Jonathan Carroll
Prefer the familiar word to the far-fetched. Prefer the concrete word to the abstract. Prefer the single word to the circumlocution. Prefer the short word… — Henry Watson Fowler
In short there is not a shred of objective evidence to support the hypothesis that life began in an organic soup here on the Earth. — Fred Hoyle
Not telling is just as interesting as telling I have found. Why speech, that short verbal journey from inside to outside can be excrutiating under… — Siri Hustvedt
The logic: Reading is a private pursuit, one that often takes place behind closed doors. A young lady might retreat with a book, might even… — Siri Hustvedt
The fabliau, then, is a short story that is a tall story. It combines a burly blurting of dirty words with a reveling in humiliations… — Christopher Ricks
In short, selfishness is the opposite of love. — Tim LaHaye
Long-term planning is often undervalued by our indefinite short-term world. — Peter Thiel
American Empire- it is an empire that lacks the drive to export its capital, its people and its culture to those backward regions which need… — Niall Ferguson
Every politician, clergyman, educator, or physician, in short, anyone dealing with human individuals, is bound to make grave mistakes if he ignores these two great… — Ernst Mayr
I have come to understand that life is too complex and much too short to let amateurs direct the story. I would rather let the… — Steve Saint
We tend to look at successful athletes and make them almost bigger than life. I have seen many young men who have achieved greatness. I… — LaVell Edwards
It's a very short trip. While alive, live. — Malcolm Forbes
What was the competition? Well, I remember this Puerto Rican who came out in a short skirt and a gun. — Sarah Vaughan
Long-term investing has gotten so popular, it's easier to admit you're a crack addict than to admit you're a short-term investor. — Peter Lynch
Alas! What is man? Whether he be deprived of that light which is from on high, of whether he discard it, a frail and trembling… — Charles Caleb Colton
There has never been an unexpectedly short debugging period in the history of computers. — Steven Levy

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