Short Quotes - page 99

Here there is no hope, and consequently no duty, no work, nothing to be gained by praying, nothing to be lost by doing what you like. Hell, in short, is a place where you have nothing to do but amuse yourself. (George Bernard Shaw)
Of Life only is there no end; and though of its million starry mansions many are empty and many still unbuilt, and though its vast domain is as yet unbearably desert, my seed shall one day fill it and master its matter to its uttermost confines. And for what may be beyond, the eyesight of Lilith is too short. It is enough that there is a beyond. View quote
George Bernard Shaw
Let a short Act of Parliament be passed, placing all street musicians outside the protection of the law, so that any citizen may assail them with stones, sticks, knives, pistols or bombs without incurring any penalties. View quote
George Bernard Shaw
The great secret is not having bad manners or good manners or having any other particular sort of manners, but having the same manner for all human souls in short, behaving as if you were in Heaven, where there are no third class carriages and one soul is as good as another. View quote
George Bernard Shaw
Sure, I like my short hair. It also quadrupled my rate. I did get sick of seeing it on everybody, though - every stewardess, every salesclerk, and in every restaurant. View quote
Linda Evangelista
In 20 short years, by all the surveys, we became the world's most respected news source. The New York Times had been there for 100 years. We did it in 20. View quote
Ted Turner
As I've said before, time is short, and life is precious. View quote
Nancy Reagan
I did direct two short movies. I learned many things, and one of the things I learned was that I am not a director. It has to be visceral, and it's not for me. I feel much more comfortable acting. View quote
Vincent Cassel
Doing, a filthy pleasure is, and short And done, we straight repent us of the sport Let us not rush blindly on unto it, Like lustful beasts, that only know to do it For lust will languish, and that heat decay, But thus, thus, keeping endless Holy. View quote
Ben Jonson
The rhythms of typing favour short, concise sentences, sentences with oral form. View quote
Marshall McLuhan
As soon as something stops being fun, I think it's time to move on. Life is too short to be unhappy. Waking up stressed and miserable is not a good way to live. (Richard Branson)
There is, in short no end to the story of life. There are merely pauses. The end is the arbitrary intervention of the teller, but there can be no finality about the choice. Today's end is, after all tomorrow's beginning. View quote
Shashi Tharoor
All policies should be packaged with full awareness of the limitation of human nature (amorality, emotionality and egoism) in both the short- and the long-term. View quote
Nayef Al-Rodhan
A good rule of thumb is every couple of hours take fifteen minutes off. Naps are also very helpful, short naps. View quote
Daniel Levitin
Orientalism can be discussed and analyzed as the corporate institution for dealing with the Orient-dealing with it by making statements about it, authorizing views of it, describing it, by teaching it, settling it, ruling over it: in short, Orientalism as a Western style for dominating, restructuring, and having authority over the Orient. View quote
Edward Said
Life is very, very short, and you can choose to live it how you want. You can choose to dumb yourself down and not express yourself just so you can fit in, just so people won't dislike you. View quote
Gerard Way
We are all chained to fortune: the chain of one is made of gold, and wide, while that of another is short and rusty. View quote
Seneca
This body is not a home, but an inn And that only for a short time. View quote
Seneca
Pain, scorned by yonder gout-ridden wretch, endured by yonder dyspeptic in the midst of his dainties, borne bravely by the girl in travail. Slight thou art, if I can bear thee, short thou art if I cannot bear thee. View quote
Seneca
The path of precept is long, that of example short and effectual. View quote
Seneca
The road be precepts is tedious, by example short and efficacious. (Seneca)
There is not, in my opinion, anything more mysterious in nature than the instinct of animals, which thus rise above reason, and yet fall infinitely short of it. View quote
Joseph Addison
It is very wonderful to see persons of the best sense passing hours together in shuffling and dividing a pack of cards with no conversation but what is made up of a few game-phrases, and no other ideas but those of black or red spots arranged together in different figures. Would not a man laugh to hear any one of his species complaining that life is short. View quote
Joseph Addison
I'd already started directing short films when we were doing 'Lord of the Rings,' then videogame projects. View quote
Andy Serkis
There are only 24 hours in a day, and my top priority is working on my films, but I love short film experiments. View quote
David Lynch