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Quotes About Short-lived

1940s in The Tiger's Eye—a short-lived, adventuresome magazine that also featured work by Pollock, Rothko, and Still
~ Jed Perl
In his diary of the summer he wrote: " 'He makes His ministers a flame of fire.' Am I ignitable? God deliver me from the dread asbestos of 'other things.' Saturate me with the oil of the Spirit that I may be a flame. But flame is transient, often short-lived. Canst thou bear this, my soul—short life? In me there dwells the Spirit of the Great Short-Lived, whose zeal for God's house consumed Him. 'Make me Thy Fuel, Flame of God.
~ Elisabeth Elliot
If only the Fates had granted him a longer stay in this
~ Alison Weir
I wasn't on 'Idol' for very long, but I know I was pretty polarizing during my run.
~ Adore Delano
When you're in love it's the most glorious two and a half days of your life.
~ Richard Lewis
But it didn't last.
~ Richard Yates
Things that burned bright burned short.
~ Kyle Mills
Life is only a flicker of melted ice.
~ Dejan Stojanovic
Everything in life is just for a while.
~ Philip K. Dick
There was nothing to make him last a long time.
~ Jennifer Niven
Ephemeral should be the default.
~ Evan Spiegel
We are as ephemeral as rain drops.
~ Robert Charles Wilson
The revolution lasted six minutes and covered one hundred an twelve meters.
~ Cordwainer Smith
Life is a vapor. It passes in the blink of an eye.
~ Sarah Louise Delany
Abstract Expressionism - the first American movement to have a worldwide influence - was remarkably short-lived: It heated up after World War II and was all but done for by 1960 (although visit any art school today and you'll find a would-be Willem de Kooning).
~ Jerry Saltz
You can play professional lacrosse, but they make less than a teacher's salary now. I always thought about that. And it's a very difficult career, a short career, as a pro athlete.
~ Nash Grier
Success? It has the shortest half-life of any known substance.
~ Robertson Davies
he was succeeded by his grandson, who was an ass ? but made up for it by being shortlived.
~ Aldous Huxley
Fear is a very explosive emotion, but it has a short life span. It's the sprint. The marathon is hope.
~ Mike Huckabee
But Kievan Rus's glory days were short-lived. Lying on his deathbed in 1054 Yaroslav had pleaded with his offspring to 'love one another' for 'If ye dwell in envy and dissension, quarrelling with one another, then ye will perish yourselves and bring to ruin the land of your ancestors . . .'11
~ Anna Reid
We would consider the nearly twelve-year-old a child. By the standards of Elizabeth's day, twelve marked the beginning of the end of childhood for most females, but particularly for female slaves whose status as property made the designation "child" short-lived.
~ Annette Gordon-Reed
Short is the joy that guilty pleasure brings.
~ Euripides
P?rea s? manifeste, pentru câteva scurte ore, o urm? din acea veche calitate de a înÈ›elege prea bine pentru a putea reproÈ™a - acea calitate care era cea mai bun? parte a lui È™i care lucrase rapid È™i f?r? încetare la distrugerea lui.
~ F. Scott Fitzgerald
Football puts everything at your fingertips. And I was raised in a way that focused everything on looking after your family. Faith really helped me realise that the temptations that you have on hand will give you joy, enjoyment, whatever, but only for a short while. And after that, it is all gloom.
~ Edinson Cavani