Shorter Quotes
258 quotes by 229 authors
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It is right that he too should have his little chronicle, his memories, his reason, and be able to recognize the good in the bad,…
— Samuel Beckett
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Life is much shorter than I imagined it to be.
— Abraham Cahan
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If the childhood obesity epidemic remains unchecked, it will condemn many of our kids to shorter lives, as well as the emotional and financial burdens…
— Richard Carmona
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When my hair was shorter, I used to get it done every couple of days... but I got tired of that.
— Hillary Clinton
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The actual writing time is a lot shorter than the thinking time. I don't do too many notes. I keep it mostly in my head.…
— Harlan Coben
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The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought to awaken every man to…
— Samuel Johnson
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Yesterday, everybody smoked his last cigar, took his last drink and swore his last oath. Today, we are a pious and exemplary community. Thirty days…
— Mark Twain
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Are people the best judges of their own happiness, or outsiders? In defining happiness, should we think of entire lives or of shorter periods such…
— Sissela Bok
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I called my cat William because no shorter name fits the dignity of his character. Poor old man, he has fits now, so I call…
— Josh Billings
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Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter.
— Izaak Walton
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All that was required of them (i.e. the brain-washed masses) was a primitive patriotism which could be appealed to whenever it was necessary to make…
— George Orwell
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A drink is shorter than a tale
— Omar Khayyam
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And so I conclude that blood lives and is nourished of itself and in no way depends on any other part of the body as…
— William Harvey
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We have discovered with our new information systems that we can make all the appropriate checks and ensure public safety is not dented in any…
— Robert Carson
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You worthy critics, or whatever you may call yourselves, are ashamed or afraid of the momentary and passing madness which is found in all real…
— Friedrich Schiller
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If God had intended us not to masturbate, He would have made our arms shorter.
— George Carlin
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Neglect not your time, nor use it haphazardly; on the contrary you should bring yourself to account. Structure your litanies and other practices during each…
— Al-Ghazali
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In every free and deliberating society, there must, from the nature of man, be opposite parties, and violent dissensions and discords; and one of these,…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The time to work is shorter all the time and if you waste it you ... have committed a sin for which there is no…
— Ernest Hemingway
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I don't know if I'm particularly funny, I mean one of my legs is shorter than the other one, it makes everything look very awkward,…
— Robert Pattinson
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229 authors contributed a total of 258 Shorter Quotes, led by these top contributors: