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Quotes About Brief

By the light of a candle, he composed a letter, saying everything as briefly as possible:
~ Philip Pullman
like a little thorn that catches for a moment on a traveler's sleeve, only to pull out when the traveler walks on.
~ Philip Pullman
Laughter rarely lasts longer than a few seconds, it's true. But how enjoyable those few seconds are.
~ David Levithan
This is the nice note, I can't help thinking. But just like a sound, as soon as the note hits the air, it begins to fade.
~ David Levithan
We become, for a few short seconds, our own time zone.
~ David Levithan
I always imagine people give succinct answers. I have no prepared thoughts on what I do.
~ Julia Davis
Whatever your advice, make it brief.
~ Horace
The revolution lasted six minutes and covered one hundred an twelve meters.
~ Cordwainer Smith
We're all just passing time and occupy our chair very briefly.
~ John Hurt
He's just a flash in the pants.
~ Lois Greiman
I have an education degree from the University of Minnesota, and I was a teacher for about a minute.
~ Loni Anderson
shocked second, glanced
~ Unknown
Just an ordinary day. "And then—gone.
~ Joan Didion
Whatever you advise, be as brief as possible.
~ Dutch proverb
Whatever your advice, make it brief.
~ Horace
Whatever advice you give, be short.
~ Horace
The Irishman sustains himself during brief periods of joy by the knowledge that tragedy is just around the corner.
~ W.B. Yeats
The ultimate pitch for an era of short attention spans begins with a single word - and doesn't go any further.
~ Daniel H. Pink
Some things are more precious because they don't last long.
~ Oscar Wilde
They all deserve to die. Even you, Mrs. Lovett Even I. Because the lives of the wicked should be made brief For the rest of us death would be relief.
~ Stephen Sondheim
Unfortunately, mortal life is very fragile, and very short. Yours could be shorter than usual.
~ Rachel Caine
Against this cosmic background the lifespan of a particular plant or animal appears, not as drama complete in itself, but only as a brief interlude in a panorama of endless change.
~ Rachel Carson
I suspected that what happens in hotel rooms rarely lasts outside of them. I suspected that when something was a beginning and an ending at the same time, that meant it could only exist in the present.
~ Rachel Cohn
Captain Leonard introduced me briefly to Mr. Overholt, the
~ Diana Gabaldon