Short Quotes

5248 Short quotes by 3398 unique authors

The short-cut to popularity is to lend everyone your ears, instead of giving them your tongue — Frank Bettger
Life is short. Be of use. — Robin Sharma
Life is too short to worry about stupid things. Pray. Trust God. Enjoy life. Don't let the little things get you down. — Nicky Gumbel
The baby romped on my lap like a short stout salmon. — Sylvia Townsend Warner
In short, you have only your emotions to sell. This is the experience of all writers. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Genius can do much, but even genius falls short of the actuality of a single human life. — Hamilton Wright Mabie
Life is very short. You have to know what is the single most important thing in your life; stay focused on the mission; everything else… — Unknown Author
Where would the Rockefellers be today if old John D. had gone on selling short-weight kerosene ... to widows and orphans instead of wisely deciding… — S. J. Perelman
So if you think America's politicians and citizens are willing to make the changes necessary to strengthen the U.S. dollar, then don't buy silver. But… — Robert Kiyosaki
My opponent is Short and the match will be short. — Garry Kasparov
Religion, in India, means realisation and nothing short of that. — Swami Vivekananda
I was blessed with a sense of my own destiny. I have never sold myself short. I have never judged myself by other people's standards.… — Sophia Loren
You can become a big master in chess only if you see your mistakes and short-comings. Exactly the same as in life itself. — Alexander Alekhine
What I tell young couples that are getting married is: you're going to have quarrels, and on some things, you're just going to have to… — Si Robertson
Off the floor, I'm really laid back: like, nothing really fazes me too much. But on the floor, I do get emotional and a little… — Dirk Nowitzki
My life is fair game for anybody. I spent an unhappy, penniless childhood in Brooklyn. I had to slug my way up in a town… — Susan Hayward
Life is short. Eat dessert first. — Jacques Torres
Sometimes the manager must perform with the courage and agility of a circus performer, carefully crossing the highwire between short-term problems and long-term objectives. — Buck Rodgers
Every really able man, in whatever direction he works - a man of large affairs, an inventor, a statesman, an orator, a poet, a painter… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you look at a record under a microscope, the high frequencies are short jagged edges... and the low frequencies are long swinging ones are… — Herb Alpert
Somewhere around the place I've got an unfinished short story about Schrodinger's Dog; it was mostly moaning about all the attention the cat was getting. — Terry Pratchett
Long quaffing maketh a short lyfe. — John Lyly
Among those whose reputation is exhausted in a short time by its own luxuriance are the writers who take advantage of present incidents or characters… — Samuel Johnson
I want to be a hero, a small and good kind of hero, even though I know heroes have very short lives. — Boris Becker
I think it's healthy for couples to be away from each other for short periods. — Liv Tyler

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