Shorter Quotes
258 Shorter quotes by 222 unique authors
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Life is short and the older you get, the more you feel it. Indeed, the shorter it is.
— Viggo Mortensen
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Life is short and the older you get, the more you feel it. Indeed, the shorter it is. People lose their capacity to walk, run,…
— Viggo Mortensen
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Common sense solutions to lowering your gasoline bills can go far. Carpooling, taking fewer or shorter road trips, and ensuring that your tires are fully…
— Bob Ney
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My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take the roles I want to play. I'd hate to think…
— Jack Nicholson
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I have some shorter stories coming out in other books early next year. I might be pitching a re-vamp of Ghost Rider in the spring.…
— Patton Oswalt
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I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter.
— Blaise Pascal
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The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter.
— Blaise Pascal
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If he's having a good day and running the right race, nobody can beat Frank Shorter at 10,000 meters... nobody except me.
— Steve Prefontaine
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As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer.
— Robert Quillen
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When I get off the plane in England I always feel about two inches shorter.
— Alan Rickman
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The shorter the chain between raw food and fork, the fresher it is and the more transparent the system is.
— Joel Salatin
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I made sure no butt cheek hung out. You know, the original Daisy, Catherine Bach's shorts were shorter than mine.
— Jessica Simpson
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My career was obviously cut shorter than I wanted it to be.
— Eliot Spitzer
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It is strange that the years teach us patience; that the shorter our time, the greater our capacity for waiting.
— Elizabeth Taylor
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In general, shorter is better. If you can encapsulate your idea into a single captivating sentence, you're halfway home.
— Len Wein
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It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the bylaws are shorter, and he is personally acquainted…
— Elwyn Brooks White
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In individual industries where female labour pays an important role, any movement advocating better wages, shorter working hours, etc., would not be doomed from the…
— Clara Zetkin
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… people didn't seem to be able to remember what it was like with the elves around. Life was certainly more interesting then, but usually…
— Terry Pratchett
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Let'sss just kill him," said the shorter Ra'zac. "He has caused us much grief." The taller one ran his finger down his sword. "A good…
— Christopher Paolini
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If you're 50 years old or younger, give every book about 50 pages before you decide to commit yourself to reading it, or give it…
— Nancy Pearl
Who Wrote These Shorter Quotes
222 authors contributed a total of 258 Shorter Quotes, led by these top contributors: