Short Quotes

My height can be a problem. A lot of directors and photographers are sometimes not happy because I'm pretty tall and especially if I work with short actors the difference can be pretty massive.

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other.

Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.

The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.

The least thing upset him on the links. He missed short putts because of the uproar of the butterflies in the adjoining meadows.

Let me say that I think the economic history of the last 150 years clearly shows that if you want to industrialize a country in a short period, let us say 20 years, and you don't have a well-developed private sector, entrepreneurial class, then central planning is important.

I fell far short of living up to the kind of public servant I wanted to be.

I think we match up with anybody because our pitching. In a short series you run your big three out there or four out there. That generally is what wins a series - pitching and defense. If we can catch the ball and not give away any runs like we do sometimes.

Children from like 8 and even up to the college age - Spider-Man appeals to a fairly broad demographic but, like I said, a mean age probably of 12 is a good mark - they process information so quickly and it's not because of attention deficit or short attention span.

I've been boxing ever since I was 16. I love surprising people who think a short, blond girl can't fight! Just because I look a certain way doesn't mean I'm weak.

I get up in the morning and do a seven-minute yoga workout. I know the most likely time I'm going to do something is when I first get up, and I make it short because, like you, I don't really want to do that first thing in the morning.

Life is too short to miss out on the beautiful things like a double cheeseburger.

I personally believe the film turns out better when shot in one short schedule, plus it doesn't stress the actors.

We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.

Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?

The talk of winning our share is not the easy one of disengagement and flight, but the hard one of work, of short as well as long jumps, of disappointments, and of sweet success.

We don't see that the Taliban ultimately can succeed, and it's a combination both of what the international community can do to support Afghanistan, not just in the short term, but over the long term.

I had short hair for a while, but I ended up loving it.

Nothing good comes in life or athletics unless a lot of hard work has preceded the effort. Only temporary success is achieved by taking short cuts.

In our short walks we passed the kitchen where food was prepared for the nurses and doctors. There we got glimpses of melons and grapes and all kinds of fruits, beautiful white bread and nice meats, and the hungry feeling would be increased tenfold.

I actually went to film school and was making experimental films for a short time, so it wasn't such a leap.

In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.

As you may know my use of Celtic music is extremely simple and short. However there is something about it that will remain in your mind for a long, long time.

I am not without faults and I am far short of perfect.

As the CEO, I have to take care of the short term, mid term and the long term.

I get up in the morning and do a seven-minute yoga workout. I know the most likely time I'm going to do something is when I first get up, and I make it short because, like you, I don't really want to do that first thing in the morning.

Never in my short career, I've never had that experience where I wasn't sure if I was acting or if it was real.

It's gonna be short if it's news; put it at the top. Style's not an issue, just make it news.

I write about five thousand words a day, when working on a book, about three thousand a day if I'm writing a short story. I take long periods off between projects, when I read a lot, garden, and think about the next book or stories.

He that will believe only what he can fully comprehend must have a long head or a very short creed.