Quotes of: Short-period Keyword

Life isn’t really short. There are just too many good books to read in one lifetime.

The Confessions of a Misfit

[I]f a book is well written, I always find it too short.

Catharine and Other Writings

Life was a short window and there was no sense in doing the wrong thing over and over even if it was so difficult to stop.

Envy

Trust her; we girls are two sheets short of psycho when it comes to our special little time.

Forever Black

Unfortunately, mortal life is very fragile, and very short. Yours could be shorter than usual.

Glass Houses

Long are the lives of elves' he said. Short are the tempers of dwarfs,'Gotrek muttered, just loud enough to be heard.

Giantslayer

Because, life's too short, my friends. Let's squeeze in as many laughs as we can get.

The Book of Awesome

And perhaps the greatest blessing was that we never knew how short the time was.

Bag of Bones

In short, if you should find yourself in a fight against a vampire, you are really right and proper fucked.

Blood, Smoke and Mirrors

Not to discriminate every moment some passionate attitude in those about us, and in the very brilliancy of their gifts some tragic dividing on their ways, is, on this short day of frost and sun, to sleep before evening.

Walter Pater

Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not far short of 30 years, nor much above; this is the right time for marriage.

Hesiod

A young woman hiking alone in the mountains sounds dangerous. In the pre-cell phone era maybe it was, but I'll stop short of calling it foolish.

Claire Cameron

The people who did the collateralized mortgage obligations, sold them to pension funds, then sold them short, then bought credit default swap insurance on them, are just amazing. They are a law unto themselves.

Ben Stein

You don't have a lot of time; you have to get it right. It's amazing how they create these episodes in such a short amount of time. They lavish a lot of care and money on each episode, and they just look terrific.

Margot Kidder

Chicago was where I realized that improv is its own thing, its own art form. And through that, you kind of develop a work ethic of not selling it short.

Thomas Middleditch

Draw from the unbeatable courage and love of Christ--don't stop short; He didn't.

2 Timothy: Winning the Victory

Now, comrades, what is the nature of this life of ours? Let us face it: our lives are miserable, laborious, and short.

Animal Farm

I don't know why it is, Captain Short, but whenever you start agreeing with me, I get decidedly nervous.

Artemis Fowl

Nothing short of the end of the world would get our eco-conscious techies to toss their latest gadgets onto the street.

Angelfall

A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.

The Apology

Of all the things which make up our Short-Time lives, sleep is surely the best.

Insomnia