Short Quotes

5248 Short quotes by 3398 unique authors

My mind leaps to my theory about presidents - that there are two kinds, ones who have a lot of sex and the others who… — A.M. Homes
Life is a short walk. There is so little time and so much living to achieve. — John Oliver Killens
Asking the government to help you for short periods of time is different than asking the government to take care of you for the rest… — Donna Shalala
Human life is truly a short affair. It is better to live doing the things that you like. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
San Francisco itself is art, above all literary art. Every block is a short story, every hill a novel. Every home a poem, every dweller… — William Saroyan
We are not quite novels. We are not quite short stories. In the end, we are collected works — Gabrielle Zevin
I'll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short term. Earnest is long term. — Randy Pausch
This is sad. I just think it’s a little ridiculous we are still only looking at the surface of one another. Red hair? Blue hair?… — Hayley Williams
My fault now is making my plays too short. — Beth Henley
It is like the man who became short-sighted and refused to wear glasses, saying there was nothing wrong with him, but that the trouble was… — Maurice Nicoll
I've never wanted anybody to like me because I had long hair or short hair, or that they liked the way I dressed or they… — David Allan Coe
Psychology has a long past, but only a short history. — Hermann Ebbinghaus
If there is one thing I've learned in my short life, it's this: Never repress anything. — Otto Gross
One thing I have always been is too short. It's adorable when you're in junior high. After that, it's a pain in the ass for… — Elizabeth Berg
Maybe right and wrong did not move, but understanding of them did. The wrenching pain of walking the same path, even for a short space,… — Anne Perry
My short game's not that good. It just becomes a matter of getting that weight moving. — Ozzie Smith
By the tons it is coming into this country - the deadly, dreadful poison that racks and tears not only the body, but the very… — Harry J. Anslinger
If you have indeed been so highly distinguished, should you not ‘live no longer to yourselves, but altogether unto Him who died for you and… — Charles Simeon
Everyone has been taught that technique is an application of science.... This traditional view is radically false. It takes into account only a single category… — Jacques Ellul
Moments of crisis, like the shooting in Newtown, tend to produce brief spikes of popular interest in gun control. My research on media attention suggests… — Ethan Zuckerman
That's why I cut my hair so short. It was getting a little gray. — Joe Girardi
Be realistic and truthful - and tell Hong Kong businessmen honestly that they should go for long-term investments since it is unlikely money can be… — Zhu Rongji
Responsibility to yourself means that you don't fall for shallow and easy solutions-it means that you refuse to sell your talents and aspirations short. — Adrienne Rich
You can game the social media in the short run, but not for long. — Seth Godin
Don't sell yourself short. No one will value you. Set a fair price for you, your book, your services, whatever it is that you have… — John Kremer

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