Shorthand Quotes

52 quotes by 49 authors

When you work with somebody for a long period of time, you develop a shorthand with everything. — Beck
Mathematical economics is old enough to be respectable, but not all economists respect it. It has powerful supporters and impressive testimonials, yet many capable economists… — James R Newman
Lightning is the shorthand of a storm, and tells of chaos. — Eric Mackay
I'm always disappointed when I see the word 'Puritan' tossed around as shorthand for a bunch of generic, boring, stupid, judgmental killjoys. Because to me,… — Sarah Vowell
Being on a successful television show is a good thing. Itâ€™s steady work. Itâ€™s a chance to work with a group of people in an… — Kelly Rowan
A friend of mine tells that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Classical music is a special taste like Greek language or pre-Columbian archeology, not a common culture of reciprocal communication and psychological shorthand. — Allan Bloom
Obscenities are too often used for shock value, as a kind of shorthand for real expression of emotion. You've got to scale down your monstrosities.… — John L'Heureux
I tell my students that when you write, you should pretend youâ€™re writing the best letter you ever wrote to the smartest friend you have.… — Jeffrey Eugenides
I shall not attempt further to define the kinds of material I understand to be embraced within that shorthand description (of pornography), and perhaps I… — Potter Stewart
If photography is allowed to stand in for art in some of its functions it will soon supplant or corrupt it completely thanks to the… — Charles Baudelaire
It's exciting and it's thrilling and it's not particularly threatening, because they're not overtly sexual. A lot of the physical side of it is conveyed… — Stephen King
A chief petty officer taught me shorthand, which got me promoted to yeoman first class. — Jack Adams
I have no intention of becoming a shorthand author. — Isaac Pitman
Habits are the shorthand of behavior. — Julie Henderson
All I can say is, it's a sort of kinship, as though there is a family tree of grief. On this branch, the lost children,… — Elizabeth McCracken
But after all I find in my work an echo of what struck me. I see that nature has told me something, has spoken to… — Vincent Van Gogh
In mixed company women practise a kind of visual shorthand that they later decode in detail in other women's company. — Malcolm De Chazal
I think it is interesting that we have come back to star- and space ships. Jet will do for a transport shorthand; yet when man… — John Fowles
For those who need a name, there's a gift basket of medical terms. All I know is cutting made me feel safe. It was proof.… — Gillian Flynn

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