Quotes of: Shortness Keyword

I've been accused of riding roughshod over others' emotions, and I admit, when I feel a friend is being over-indulgent, my patience is in short supply.

Mariella Frostrup

I always wanted to be an actress. It's been very high up on my list of passions, and I did a couple of short courses, and I've studied at school.

Tahyna Tozzi

Everything has to be pulling weight in a short story for it to be really of the first order.

Tobias Wolff

I try to make my comments like a woman's skirt: long enough to be respectable and short enough to be interesting.

Life

We didn't actually overspend our budget. The allocation simply fell short of our expenditure.

Love

And we went through AIDS... which was as good a course in mortality as anyone is likely to get, short of war.

Life

Try to live with as few regrets as you can short of zero. A life with no regrets at all was never really lived.

Life

If you haven't got it. Fake it! Too short? Wear big high heels, but do practice walking!

Victoria Beckham

Life's too short. Live with more courage. Give and receive from the heart. Inspire your world.

Wesam Fawzi

My height can be a problem. A lot of directors and photographers are sometimes not happy because I'm pretty tall and especially if I work with short actors the difference can be pretty massive.

Bill Skarsgard

While natural disasters capture headlines and national attention short-term, the work of recovery and rebuilding is long-term.

Sylvia Mathews Burwell

Life’s too short to do anything but enjoy it daily.

The Comfort of Little Things: An Educator's Guide to Second Chances

The meeting began well, meaning it had the potential for being short.

The Day Before 9/11

My guitar's name was Liz. As in, short for Elizabeth, Queen of England. She was a lady. Don't judge.

Declaration

Obviously, all religions fall far short of their own ideals.

The Denial of Death

Dogs are always going to come up short if you insist on defining them as a weird kind of cat.

Echopraxia

First impressions are rarely worth preserving. Men typically fall short of our expectations.

Exogenesis

a man who was, as we say in the restaurant business, one taco short of a combo platter.

Hope Was Here

Pride and integrity are some ingredients that define respect. Don't compromise them for short lived attention.

Black Tulips

At the age of 60, you see how short the runway is in front of you and how long the runway is behind you, and that you don't have much time left.

James Balog

The painter who feels obligated to depict his subjects as uniformly beautiful or handsome and without flaws will fall short of making art.

Joyce Maynard