We had a huge audience, we sold truckloads of albums. If we do something that's cool, people will listen to it. If we don't, we would be selling people short.
Countries are not like financial markets. Social change cannot be executed as swiftly as credit-default swaps. You cannot sell short on social commitments and practical responsibilities.
A short exposure to the convention convinced me that the Internet may save the Democracy in that it is a way for the people, for the citizens, to have some direct influence on the government.
It is proper that the federal government help alleviate short-term disruptions and price spikes such as those brought about by Hurricane Katrina.
Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
If it's really so wonderful that both partners have to work to make a living to pay for their house, for health insurance, someone is obviously going to get the short end of the stick.
I don't want to sell myself short. You hurt your spouse, not so much by the infidelity, but by the negative feelings about yourself that you bring home.
Short stories, for me, it's like you step inside this brand new car and you drive it and you drive it into a tree and you walk away from it.
I eat healthy and don't go by a diet chart. The breakfast is usually heavy, complemented with short frequent meals. My dinner is high on proteins and low on carbohydrates.
There are fewer established rules in the way you tell a story for commercials than in features. It's a great little short story you get to play with.
Great passions, my dear, don't exist: they're liars fantasies. What do exist are little loves that may last for a short or a longer while.
One good thing about leaving daily journalism was that I was no longer obliged to read all the book prize short lists.
Brushing up on your short game at the practice area is fine and good, but taking it with you to the golf course - when your score is really on the line - is another story.
Life is simply too short to think about everything you put in your mouth, and it's not good for children to see you picking over bits of salad.
I honestly don't read that much. Obviously I read chess books - in terms of favorites, Kasparov's 'My Great Predecessors' is pretty good.
Being a good psychoanalyst, in short, has the same disadvantage as being a good parent: The children desert one as they grow up.
Most of the famous love affairs of literature or film were quite short. What was 'Romeo & Juliet'? How long were they together? A few days.
I particularly like Twitter, because it's short and can be very funny and informative. It's a little bit like having your own radio program.
I write as a matter of need - seven books and God knows how many short stories before anyone published me.
Be magnificent. Life's short. Get out there. You can do it. Everyone can do it. Everyone.
Life is hard. It is not too short, it is too long. But you have to learn how to live; you have to have a sense of humour.
