Famous Quotes & Sayings

H. P. Lovecraft

It is only the inferior thinker who hastens to explain the singular and the complex by the primitive shortcut of supernaturalism.

Jack London

The function of man is to live, not to exist.

Jeanne Calment

There are so many good authors; there's no shortage of them.

Tom Sullivan

I am not here for the short run. I am a follow-through guy,

John Tortorella

I don't want to be short ... but it's not a big concern.

I am making sure everyone sticks to a very short script.

James Dean

Forgive quickly, kiss slowly, love truly, laugh uncontrollably.

Isaac Mizrahi

I'm all about exuberance. We only have one short life to live, and we shouldn't waste it being tasteful.

Emily Dickinson

in this short life that only lasts ah hour how much-how little-is within our power.

Martina Hingis

The older you get, the more you learn.

Eric Liu

What does purpose mean? It means the deepest desire for our short lives to mean something. . . . To speak a language of purpose is to return to first principles and to be able to answer, in plain English, the plain questions of Why? Why should we chip in to help someone else? Why should we defer gratification? Why should we care about the long term? Why should we trust anyone who seems to be limiting our ability to do what we want?

Eric Davis

Life is too short to worry about anything

Eric Davis

Life is too short to worry about anything. You had better enjoy it because the next day promises nothing.

Frank Robinson

The first time was much more severe, and he wasn't able to walk. I think this one will be kind of short term,

Rafael Nadal

I just wanted to see how the shorts felt again.

John Galliano

You only get a short life, so take chances.

Eknath Easwaran

I like to remind my friends frequently how short life is. This is the important message of death: not a day to waste, not a day to quarrel, not a day to brood upon yourself. This is not losing the joy of life; this is gaining the joy of life.

Larry McMurtry

If you wait, all that happens is that you get older.

Joseph Wood Krutch

Anxiety and distress, interrupted occasionally by pleasure, is the normal course of man's existence.

Joseph Campbell

What if we choose not to do the things we are supposed to do? The principal gain is a sense of an authentic act - and an authentic life. It may be a short one, but it is an authentic one, and that's a lot better than those short lives full of boredom. The principal loss is security. Another is respect from the community. But you gain the respect of another community, the one that is worth having the respect of.

Karel Capek

A short life is better for mankind, for a long life would deprive man of his optimism.

Justin Rosenstein

Life is short, youth is finite, and opportunities endless

Joshua Foer

How much are we willing to lose from our already short lives by losing ourselves in our Blackberries, our iPhones, by not paying attention to the human being across from us who is talking with us, by being so lazy that we're not willing to process deeply?

Ludivine Sagnier

Being a mum makes you more aware of how short life is and how important it is to enjoy every minute because you have less time for yourself. A day doesn't have 24 hours any more - it only lasts 10, or eight. So you learn to get rid of all the parasites. I'm not talking about people, but things that could be toxic for happiness.

Louis D. Brandeis

There are no shortcuts in evolution.

Mackenzie Astin

Life can only be understood backwards.

Haruki Murakami

Sometimes taking time is actually a shortcut.

Mike Huckabee

Fear is a very explosive emotion, but it has a short life span. It's the sprint. The marathon is hope.

Omar Torrijos

He who gives love, receives love.

Larry Wall

If you're going to define a shortcut, then make it the base [sic] darn shortcut you can.

Madonna Ciccone

To be brave is to love unconditionally without expecting anything in return.

John Green

Youth is counted sweetest by those who are no longer young.

Ovid

Love is a thing that is full of cares and fears.