Quotes About Span

Had it not been for Billing's eccentricity, short attention span and lack of application, his inventions may well have had proper success

But in one short span of time winds quickly shift direction,   veering back and forth.

I think my wingspan helps me out on defense, because I can cover a little more ground and block a few more shots.

Take your practiced powers and stretch them out until they span the chasm between contradictions ... for the god wants to know himself in you.

He was working hard at increasing his life span. He did it by cultivating boredom.

Ten million years, Earthman, can you conceive of that kind of time span? A galactic civilization could grow from a single worm five times over in that time. Gone." He paused. "Well, that's bureaucracy for you

Ten million years, Earthman . . . can you conceive of that kind of time span? A galactic civilization could grow from a single worm five times over in that time. Gone.' He paused.

According to Buddhism, the human life span today has diminished to around a hundred years, and will continue to decrease. That we are living in a time of increasing evil is a common idea among ancient people.

It's not the span of time that counts, but what you do with it. While you humans have been grubbing around the galaxy, looking for a sense of purpose, a meaning to pin on the chain of cosmic accidents that brought you shambling into existence, we have been doing great things. In the span of time that it takes you to sneeze, I can run the equivalent of a year's worth of human consciousness. Imagine all the thinking we have done since our emergence.

One of the great things about being an actor is it serves a short attention span, which is something I have.

I think, first of all, you know, Washington has a bad habit of a very short attention span.

TV works at such amazing deadlines and the audiences you're catering to is a very different audience than the one that watches films as the attention span is less.

Welcome, all wonders in one sight!Eternity shut in a span.

What a large volume of adventures may be grasped within the span of his little life by him who interests his heart in everything.

twelve years and eight months

People have talked about a biopic on my mother. And I am excited about it. In such a short span, it was one hell of a life lived. It is special. I would love to have a biopic made on her.

Trump's psychological deficits—his narcissism, his lack of empathy, his short attention span—were almost comically conspicuous, and so, too, was his tendency to project his deficits onto others.

Luckily, he had the memory span of a particularly dim goldfish, so with any luck he'd have forgotten all about the comment by the time they'd completed their mission.

to a maximum distance of 863 miles.

He used the word gamut.

A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in everything.

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

lifetime is a lifetime whether it lasts one night or a hundred years.

The short span of life forbids us to spin out hope to any length. Soon will night be upon you, and the fabled Shades, and the shadowy Plutonian home.