Short Quotes

5248 Short quotes by 3398 unique authors

We play short songs and short sets for people who don't have a lot of spare time. — Tommy Ramone
David Burnett was the son of Martha Foley, who edited the Best American Short Stories series. She hired me to work with David and her… — Terry Southern
At the beginning of World War II the U.S. had a mere 600 or so first-class fighting aircraft. We rapidly overcame this short supply by… — Jacque Fresco
We're running into a lot of new problems today because of what we emphasize in this culture. The word 'success' to the average person means… — Jacque Fresco
As long as superstition and ignorance prevail, humanity will fall short of eradicating war, poverty, and hunger. — Jacque Fresco
The journey of life is both too short and too precious to be sidetracked by guilt trips. — Bill Crawford
Anything that's done to address unemployment in terms of massive stimulus spending is going to exacerbate deficits. And anything that's done to address deficits in… — Indra Nooyi
I think we will see better vaccines within the next 15 years, but I'm not a scientist and am focused on the short-term - what… — Paul Farmer
Deciding to commit yourself to long term results rather than short term fixes is as important as any decision you'll make in your lifetime. — Tony Robbins
Saving the biosphere depends first and foremost on human beings reaching mutual understanding and unforced agreement as to common ends. And that intersubjective accord occurs… — Ken Wilber
What's my philosophy? In a word, integral. And what on earth — or in heaven — do I mean by integral? The dictionary meaning is… — Ken Wilber
No one may threaten or commit violence ('aggress') against another man's person or property. Violence may be employed only against the man who commits such… — Murray Rothbard
If a man has the right to self-ownership, to the control of his life, then in the real world he must also have the right… — Murray Rothbard
Idea for a short story. The shore of a lake, a young girl who's spent her whole life beside it, a girl like you She… — Anton Chekhov
I was literally singing to myself on my way home, after the killing. The tension, the desire to kill a woman had built up in… — David Berkowitz
I am writing about people who are alive in the city of New York during mid-20th-century America. And these people are like a character in… — Gay Talese
The short story, I should point out, is perforce a labor of love in today's literary world; there's precious little economic incentive to write one... — Lawrence Block
The pursuit of truth, properly considered, shouldn't stop short of insanity. — Errol Morris
I don’t want long hair, I don’t want short hair, I don’t want hair at all, and I don’t want to be a girl or… — Sherman Alexie
What if the very reason we have breath is because we have been saved for a global mission? And what if anything less than passionate… — David Platt
In the absence of any short term in common use to represent all desirable things, or things that satisfy human wants, we may use the… — Alfred Marshall
I think the danger right now is that without effective inspections, without effective monitoring, Iraq can in a very short period of time measured in… — Scott Ritter
I decided to write short stories because they got rejected quicker. — Caroline B. Cooney
Whilst large organisations need foresight, they are also notorious in their bias for short term thinking, sometimes rejecting or even suppressing foresight. — Unknown Author
The notion that Playboy turns women into sex objects is ridiculous. Women are sex objects. If women weren't sex objects, there wouldn't be another generation.… — Hugh Hefner

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