Short One Quotes

26 quotes by 21 authors

I'm going to make a long speech because I've not had the time to prepare a short one. — Winston Churchill
If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run-and often in the short one-the… — Arthur C. Clarke
In an honest service there is thin commons, low wages, and hard labor; in this, plenty and satiety, pleasure and ease, liberty and power; and… — Bartholomew Roberts
I would never use a long word, even, where a short one would answer the purpose. — Oliver Wendell Holmes
With an ear open to your musical dialectic, one can be young and become old, can work and rest, be content and sad: in short,… — Karl Barth
A merry life and a short one shall be my motto. — Bartholomew Roberts
What if we choose not to do the things we are supposed to do? The principal gain is a sense of an authentic act -… — Joseph Campbell
Never use a long word where a short one will do. — George Orwell
I think that since it's prom, you should definitely wear a long dress. You can wear a short one anytime! This is the moment when… — Bella Thorne
Remember that you are an actor in a drama of such sort as the Author chooses: if short, then in a short one; if long,… — Epictetus
Sometimes when I get home after a long day, I'll turn on music - I love Latin, disco, and pop - and do my own… — Summer Glau
And were an epitaph to be my story I'd have a short one ready for my own. I would have written of me on my… — Robert Frost
Monotony collapses time; novelty unfolds it. You can exercise daily and eat healthily and live a long life, while experiencing a short one. If you… — Joshua Foer
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it. — Voltaire
It was a short one-paragraph item in the morning edition. — Haruki Murakami
Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. Never use a long word where a… — George Orwell
You must realize that the true desire to express affection can be motivated by things other than true love.... In short, one might simply say:… — Bruce C. Hafen
people who say its a long story, mean it's a stupid short one that they are too embarrassed and couldn't be bothered to tell — Cecelia Ahern
My flight time is important to me; I actually prefer a longer flight to a short one. That way I have time to read a… — Nobu Matsuhisa
I have only ever made one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it. — Voltaire

Who Wrote These Short One Quotes

21 authors contributed a total of 26 Short One Quotes as follows: