Short Quotes

5248 Short quotes by 3398 unique authors

Spy' is such a short ugly word. I prefer 'espionage.' Those extra three syllables really say something. — Howard Tayler
To create anything — whether a short story or a magazine profile or a film or a sitcom — is to believe, if only momentarily,… — Tom Bissell
As designers we have a great responsibility. I believe designers should eliminate the unnecessary. That means eliminating everything that is modish because this kind of… — Dieter Rams
I dont think an alien will be a blob. If aliens are out there they should have evolved just like us. They should have eyes… — Simon Conway Morris
I write all the time. I do artwork that's part of a diary, and I write short stories to go with them pretty much every… — Mark Mothersbaugh
The very essence of capitalism is under threat as business is now seen as a personal wealth accumulator. We have to bring this world back… — Paul Polman
Being effective at social media, whether for business or personal use, means capturing people who have short attention spans. They're only a click away from… — Alexis Ohanian
Thus, words being symbols of ideas, we can collect ideas by collecting words. The fellow who said he tried reading the dictionary but couldn't get… — James Webb Young
If you look beyond the short term violence and instability, you do see significant activities on the part of the Iraqi people that indicate they… — Bob Kerrey
In some ways, it's easier to settle for someone else's version of success than to risk falling short at one's own. — Peter Buffett
The pursuit of health is a symptom of unhealth. When this pursuit is no longer a personal yearning but part of state ideology, healthism for… — Petr Skrabanek
Life is short, youth is finite, and opportunities endless. Have you found the intersection of your passion and the potential for world-shaping positive impact? — Justin Rosenstein
The thing that I learned early on is you really need to set goals in your life, both short-term and long-term, just like you do… — Denise Morrison
What to do when the market goes down? Read the opinions of the investment gurus who are quoted in the WSJ. And, as you read,… — Jonathan Clements
Becoming is the action that births our womanhood, rather than passive act of being born (an act none of us has a choice in). This… — Janet Mock
I wanted to prove that I could do something, so I made a short film. That was in fact my main concern, to be able… — Luc Besson
With the Ford Foundation grant all of a sudden instead of being an artist that had made a couple of short films, I became a… — Bruce Conner
Cutting carbs, fats, or calories (dieting) is like trying to hold your breath. The longer you do it, the more your body resists it until you… — Matt Stone
Even the distribution of rations leaves much to be desired; the fatigue party, well-intentioned and sympathetic though it be, often finds itself short of provisions. — Patrick MacGill
In short, realism reveals. Where we thought nothing worthy of notice, it shows everything to be rife with significance. — George Parsons Lathrop
Heaven is an idea constructed by man to help him cope with the fact that life on earth is both brutally short and, paradoxically, far… — Andrew Davidson
My life was too short to acheive the conquest of the whole world.... — Genghis Khan
I don’t do coupons or Reeboks. Life is too short to half-step. — Eddie Huang
In terms of the short-term objective [halving world hunger by 2015], the position I have always taken is that we don't need genetically modified organisms. — Jacques Diouf
These short stories establish Sontag's originality . . . her unique vision, her success with experiments in the form . . . Sontag makes a… — Doris Grumbach

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