Quotes of: Short-time Keyword

A banker is a man who will lend you the short sleeve shirt off his back and demand a long sleeve one in return.

It Occurred to Me

Benvolio: What sadness lengthens Romeo's hours? Romeo: Not having that, which, having, makes them short.

Romeo and Juliet

Every problem has one immediate cause, many remote causes, long term and short term effects

Repositioning Yourself for Greater Success

That life is far too short to waste on grudges. Love does not come along often. When it does, you can’t throw it away because it isn’t perfect.

Siren Beloved

For a while, Criticism travels side by side with the Work, then Criticism vanishes and it's the Readers who keep pace. The journey may be long or short.

The Savage Detectives

For the human memory is short, and even when we write it in stone we quickly forget and the stones crumble and even those stones then forget.

Strangers in the Land

Lending my voice to a dedicated readership is a match made in heaven.

Murder Aboard the Titanic: A Mystery At Sea Short

It’s a case of mistaken identity. It’s one big mistake. You weren’t even in the country when it happened.” Maja in the short story 'Metro' by Steen Langstrup

Metro

Life is too damn short to not tell someone how you feel. Don't let someone because you're afraid or you'll lose them forever.

The Nation

The winter will be short, the summer long, The autumn amber-hued, sunny and hot, Tasting of cider and of scuppernong.

Nets to Catch the Wind

Are not our lives too short for that full utterance which through all our stammerings is of course our only and abiding intention?

Lord Jim

But collective thinking is usually short-lived. We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and a great gift for self-destruction.

Mockingjay

The entire partying lifestyle was superficial in my experience, and most of my friendships were as deep as a shot glass and as short-lived as a pack of cigarettes.

Spilled Perfume: A Memoir

She said this in the same way you might say Fields of Punishment or Hades's gym shorts.

The Titan's Curse

For my books, I do everything short of writing my own reviews. Those I do tall.

This Book Title is Invisible

The panorama-city is a 'theoretical' (that is, visual) simulacrum, in short a picture, whose condition of possibility is an oblivion and a misunderstanding of practices.

The Practice of Everyday Life

My vacation wasn’t long enough—and neither was my penis. Two weeks is just too short to satisfy one woman all night long.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

Her message was short: “Any kids?” So I wrote, “Sure. But it might take me a few tries to get you pregnant.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

Ultimately everything depends on the quality of the individual, but our fatally short-sighted age thinks only in terms of large numbers and mass organizations...

The Undiscovered Self

I don't believe in a lot of baggage. It's such a nuisance. Life's too short to fuss with it. And it isn't really necessary

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like "What about lunch?

Winnie-the-Pooh