Quotes of: Short-story Keyword

Love is like trying to put out a fire with a pair of scissors. I have a thing for redheads with short hair. 

Love quotes for the ages. And the ageless sages.

They’re so brave," she said. "They’re all dead." "Only a coward would think of that," she said scornfully.

Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card

In times of war or crisis, power is easily stolen from the many by the few on a promise of security. The more elusive the or imaginary the foe, the better for manufacturing consent.

A Short History of Progress

[Short Talk on the Sensation of Airplane Takeoff] Well you know I wonder, it could be love running toward my life with its arms up yelling

Short Talks

As Romeo and Juliet found to their cost, marriage is never just about two people falling in love, it is about families.

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

There is hope for you,’ said the Queen. ‘You believe you are my only hope, but, truthfully, I am yours.

Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances

Other people's heads are too wretched a place for true happiness to have its seat.

Parerga and Paralipomena: Short Philosophical Essays, Vol 1: Parerga

Life is too short not to start something stupid.

The Power of Starting Something Stupid: How to Crush Fear, Make Dreams Happen, and Live without Regret

[Rylie:] I was thinking about that short you directed--The Pier. I wondered if you had a video or a reel of it somewhere. [Finn:] You want to see my short. Why? [Rylie:] Color me curious.

Quiet on the Set: A Novel

We have to laugh. Because laughter, we already know, is the first evidence of freedom.

A Rosario Castellanos Reader: An Anthology of Her Poetry, Short Fiction, Essays and Drama

Life is short only if you are not living your purpose.

From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph Over Death and Conscious Encounters with "The Divine Presence"

Seeing pictures of other places around the world makes me feel more important. Reminds me, even though life is short, there's so much to do.

Write like no one is reading

I did a dance sequence in my second short film, which was my best short film, called 'Hairway to the Stars,' and I think Chris Wink, the founder of Blue Man Group, was in that. It's a black-and-white dance sequence. We were Glorious Food waiters toge...

David O. Russell

Widespread commercial distribution of ice was so new that 300 tons of the precious commodity melted at one port while customs officials tried to figure out how to classify it.

At Home: A Short History of Private Life

Nothing - really, absolutely nothing - says more about Victorian Britain and its capacity for brilliance than that the century's most daring and iconic building was entrusted to a gardener.

At Home: A Short History of Private Life

[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea whether those things would be of any use.

At Home: A Short History of Private Life

Seersucker and khaki suits are the key to looking put-together in the summer. I also wear shorts year-round. And I would never say never, but I don't wear sandals. With shorts, it's wing tips and tennis socks.

Thom Browne

Life is short and the older you get, the more you feel it. Indeed, the shorter it is. People lose their capacity to walk, run, travel, think, and experience life. I realise how important it is to use the time I have.

Viggo Mortensen

I guess for every government - for many governments, they only have short vision, they only have three-year term or a four-year term. So they have to make sure they get enough support from the voter. So they probably have to deal with more short-term...

Shi Zhengrong

I don't have a bad relationship. I'm 48 years old. I think life is too short for that. To me, life is... you open the shutters, you see the dogs outside, you look left, you look right, in, what, a second and a half? And that's a life.

Jean-Claude Van Damme

I have no time for the endless nostalgia: 'Oh gosh I used to . . . ' Life is too short; I don't have any time for sitting and saying I miss things. What's the point? Go and do something else.

Kate Adie