Dinner Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

I was Christmas shopping and ran into a guy on the street. I noticed his watch and said that it runs slow. He said,…

— David Letterman

“How long does it last?" Said the other customer, a man wearing a tan shirt with little straps that buttoned on top of the…

— Michael Dorris

I, who cannot stay in my chamber for a single day without acquiring some rust,... confess that I am astonished at the power of…

— Henry David Thoreau

A man must have grown old and lived long in order to see how short life is.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

A long story is just a short story that no one wants to tell.

— Ritu Ghatourey

I went down the street to the 24-hour grocery. When I got there, the guy was locking the front door. I said, 'Hey, the…

— Steven Wright

“Sometimes the grass is greener on the other side of the fence because that's where your neighbor's leaky septic tank is buried.”

— Dakboy

“People say life is short, but it's not. It's long, so damn long – ye can't help but make a mess of it. ‘Tis…

— Caimh McDonnell

I'm a millionaire, but I cut the grass. And each time I cut it, it's my grass. And that is satisfying.

— Chuck Berry

“All short stories long.”

— Ali Smith

The measure of a man's life is the well spending of it, and not the length.

— Plutarch

And who's to say that just because something lasts only a short time, it has little value?

— Alice Steinbach