Many good poets are really essayists who write very short essays.

To protect our freedoms, it seems we’re going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time.

I was in the school plays, I did a lot of music. I carried on through university for short films and loads of plays.

A Pike, in the California dialect, is a native of Missouri, Arkansas, Northern Texas, or Southern Illinois. The first emigrants that came over the plains were from Pike County, Missouri; but as the phrase, ‘a...

In short, no pattern is an isolated entity. Each pattern can exist in the world only to the extent that is supported by other patterns: the larger patterns in which it is embedded, the patterns...

Barack Obama’s military triumphs will come neither in long wars nor even short ones, but in a series of raids.

What I would do is a 10-minute short of some kind on video, and if it’s good enough, you get it passed around town and just get some attention, so then they’ll read what you...

What’s comfortable to me is familiarity. Comfort has nothing to do with the size of the garment. I do find something quite comfortable and charming in a too-narrow shoulder, a sleeve that’s too short or...

In short, both experience and economic theory imply that the US could now t to a more competitive dollar without experiencing either increased inflation or decreased economic growth.

The long days are no happier than the short ones.

Some people hear voices.. Some see invisible people.. Others have no imagination whatsoever.

I always had short hair, and I hated my short hair. I was always mistaken for a boy, but my mom wouldn’t let me change my hair because she was always chasing me around with...

In short, the time has come for us as American and Iranian citizens to apply our mutual energy, intellect, and goodwill toward strengthening relations between our two countries, as their destinies are intertwined.

We don’t see that the Taliban ultimately can succeed, and it’s a combination both of what the international community can do to support Afghanistan, not just in the short term, but over the long term.

Maturity is only a short break in adolescence.

It is nothing short of baffling to me how a city like Melbourne, where I struggle to find accessible facilities on a very regular basis, could be considered the most livable city in the world....

Fashion Week is surprisingly very short. At least the actual runway shows are.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

I grew up in East Germany, and we were short on technology. So my father was really proud to be the owner of a turntable.

Suicide is okay. I see my cousin as a courageous man for commit to it’s seductive call. It’s a short rough ride to guaranteed silence which we are so desperate for. The courage to go...

Canada has given us John Candy and Martin Short and Bill Shatner and Lord knows how many other wonderful performers.

I get sort of short with people and start grumbling and clearing my throat – in honor of my father – when I’m impatient. It’s very charming.

Commemoration of Katherine of Alexandria, Martyr, 4th century If ye keep watch over your hearts, and listen for the Voice of God and learn of Him, in one short hour ye can learn more from...

There is no tragedy in missing a putt, no matter how short. All have erred in this respect.

The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.

Living appears good, long, and tiresome, but it is way too short than a single stroke of lightning.

Evangelicals too often fall short in their actual teachings about Judaism.

I am not attracted to those politicians who are short on vision and only want to make money. I like those who have vision.

Life is too sweet and too short to express our affection with just our thumbs. Touch is meant for more than a keyboard.

My favorite book is ‘A Short History of Nearly Everything’ by Bill Bryson.

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...

I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted paychecks.

Shooting is very challenging because 10 metre air rifle you have different rules, short gun you have different rules.

Being short works for me.

I’m short and curvy, but I think people want to work with me for reasons other than what I look like.

In short, all things that please the natural man in this world, are, to a true Christian, only so many crosses and temptations, allurements of sin and snares of death, that continually exercise his virtue.

The Bangles are proof that short skirts and electric guitars go hand-in-hand. They are one of the great all-girl groups, backing up their looks with a serious pop-rock pedigree.

To answer the question, though: I didn’t always want to direct. I just liked the idea of it. If a friend was making a short and needed someone who knew screen direction, I would jump...

I don’t like losing but I’ve mellowed. I maybe have a short fuse but it goes away quicker now.

It was the short men that caused all the trouble in the world.

What the Web has never figured out is how to pay for reporting, which, with the collapse of print newspapers, is in desperately short supply, and without which even the most prolific commenters will someday...

My short stature may have something to do with my tendency to shout when enraged. How else is anyone going to hear me way down here?

For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel.

I’ve made seventeen or eighteen films now, only two of which have been original screenplays, all the others have been based on short stories or novels, and I find the long short story ideal for...

Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.

We agree with Simpson and Bowles and others who have looked at this. What’s necessary is to stabilize the debt and then work from there. You can’t balance the budget in the short term because...

A short story is something that you can hold in your mind. You can really analyze how the entire thing works, like a machine.

Life’s too short not to have fun with what you wear.

You only need two waves in a heat, so I try and keep my surfs short and sweet and not too draining. Keep them intense and try and get the two best waves I can.

The only technology that can ‘see’ beneath the ground is radar imagery. But satellite imagery also allows scientists to map short- and long-term changes to the Earth’s surface. Buried archaeological remains affect the overlying vegetation,...