Stop Short Quotes

18 quotes by 17 authors

It is arguable whether the human race have been gainers by the march of science beyond the steam engine. Electricity opens a field of infinite… — Winston Churchill
ENTERTAINMENT, n. Any kind of amusement whose inroads stop short of death by injection. — Ambrose Bierce
Tobacco smoke is the one element in which, by our European manners, men can sit silent together without embarrassment, and where no man is bound… — Thomas Carlyle
To stop short in any research that bids fair to widen the gates of knowledge, to recoil from fear of difficulty or adverse criticism, is… — William Crookes
The evil that has resulted from the error of the schools, in teaching natural philosophy as an accomplishment only, has been that of generating in… — Thomas Paine
These figures emphasize how soft people's commitment to God is. Americans are willing to expend some energy in religious activities such as attending church and… — George Barna
The pursuit of truth, properly considered, shouldn't stop short of insanity. — Errol Morris
The dialectic cannot stop short before the conceptsof health and sickness, nor indeed before their siblings reason and unreason. — Theodor Adorno
Friendship is the perfection of love, and superior to love; it is love purified, exalted, proved by experience and a consent of minds. Love, Madam,… — Samuel Richardson
Better stop short than fill to the brim. Oversharpen the blade, and the edge will soon blunt. Amass a store of gold and jade, and… — Laozi
The image of the presence, whatever it was, waiting there for him to go -this image had not yet been so concrete for his nerves… — Henry James
Wise travelers always stop short before they come to danger. — Laozi
I stop short of being a workaholic. — Jim Davis
A lot of people stop short. They don't actually die but they say, 'Right I'm old, and I'm going to retire,' and then they dwindle… — Mary Wesley
Expect nothing. Live frugally On surprise. become a stranger To need of pity Or, if compassion be freely Given out Take only enough Stop short… — Alice Walker
It then becomes necessary to stop short and make a choice: Either/Or. Either one drifts with their absurd system of ideas, believing that this is… — Paul Goodman
Stop short of your appetite; eat less than you are able. — Ovid
Don't stop short of knowing who you are, valuing who you are, and encouraging yourself to be and do everything God intends for you. — Joyce Meyer

Who Wrote These Stop Short Quotes

17 authors contributed a total of 18 Stop Short Quotes as follows: