Short Quotes

I am also working on a couple of short stories for anthologies. This is new to me and I'm enjoying it.

In Hollywood if you're good looking, tall, have okay teeth and nice skin, the odds of being successful are great. If you're short and fat, it's a different story. But as long as you look like a leading man type, half your job is done already.

You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.

Always the eternal optimist, President Reagan instilled confidence and optimism at a time both were in short supply in our country.

In short, our response as a party should be to work to solve the crises that produce crisis pregnancies, and work to make life worth living for mother and child, rather than victimize the child as a way of dealing with the crisis.

I want to release another CD this year, finish writing a screenplay, and make another short film.

Through his mastery of storytelling techniques, he has managed to separate his character, in the public mind, from his actions as president. He has, in short, mesmerized us with that steady gaze.

When I was younger I probably didn't understand something basic about tact, but I think it kept faint-hearted people at arm's distance and that's not such a bad thing, because life is short and I know the kind of people I want to work with.

I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true.

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.

Short of genius a rich man cannot even imagine poverty.

It's thrilling. There's birth and death and frustration and victory in raising horses. It's like a little microcosm of life is built into the short lives of these creatures.

Doubt is to certainty as neurosis is to psychosis. The neurotic is in doubt and has fears about persons and things; the psychotic has convictions and makes claims about them. In short, the neurotic has problems, the psychotic has solutions.

In short, the proposition that God was in any way involved in our creation is effectively outlawed, and implicitly negated.

What's so wonderful about being 6'3". What is this mythical edge tall men have over average and short men?

I've read short stories that are as dense as a 19th century novel and novels that really are short stories filled with a lot of helium.

I'm short, I'm Jewish and I'm a liberal.

I only tour in short bursts, I'm only ever away from my family and three daughters for a month or two.

If you knew that your life was merely a phase or short, short segment of your entire existence, how would you live? Knowing nothing 'real' was at risk, what would you do? You'd live a gigantic, bold, fun, dazzling life. You know you would. That's what the ghosts want us to do - all the exciting things they no longer can.

Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs.

Art is eternal, but life is short.

The President has a short time to let people know that he is serious about getting spending under control.

I was a girly-girl until I moved to New York. Then I got really into the androgynous look of the early-'90s club scene. I had really short hair and started blurring the line a bit. But for me, grade school was about Benetton, Esprit, and Guess jeans.

How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time.

A military road led from this point to Fort Leavenworth, and for many miles the farms and cabins of the Delawares were scattered at short intervals on either hand.

You know, everybody has setbacks in their life, and everybody falls short of whatever goals they might set for themselves. That's part of living and coming to terms with who you are as a person.

Of all the planets apart from Earth in our solar system, Mars is the most hospitable. Yeah. Right. Better keep my visit short. And yet, despite the discomfort, the danger, I love it here. I love coming back for these imaginary vacations. The sights are amazing.

The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.

In short, software is eating the world.

One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.