Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.
Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
Never be so brief as to become obscure.
I strive to be brief but I become obscure.
I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.
I generally have a brand of brief on every day.
Mortality is very brief but immeasurably important.
To be brief is almost a condition of being inspired.
It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure.
No aspect of my brief and mild fame actually made me happier.
Comedy writing is taking the brief thought and going with it.
This is not a letter but my arms around you for a brief moment.
The flame of anger, bright and brief, sharpens the barb of love.
A brief visit to Nepal started my insatiable love for Asian art.
I had not expected 'A Brief History of Time' to be a best seller.
It was just a very short period of time that I had a brief marriage.
No matter how brief an encounter you have with anybody, you both change.
Grant us a brief delay; impulse in everything is but a worthless servant.
I have barely time to give you a brief statement of facts as I find them.
Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.
In his brief 21 years on this earth, Michael Smith Jr. touched countless lives.
I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.
I did a brief stint with set design and stage design. And I tried playwriting, too.
Life is so fragile, so brief. And we seemingly work so hard at trying to ignore that.
Memorable occasions should be brief, and so should be the expressions of appreciation.
I often say that the best way to find a story is a one-inch brief in a local newspaper.
We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic.
My show is a sensory assault... in a very brief manner - the show is only 25 minutes long.
The plot of 'Stranger Things' is so simple that even a brief description risks spoiling it.
I think I've got a track record and an experience brief that I'll put up against anybody's.
More than simply capturing brief moments in time, MixBit helps people bring stories to life.
It sounds deeply shallow, but for brief spells every member of the public can be fascinating.
Times of my life, brief periods without music, have completely felt dangerously over the edge.
A good script and a good brief from the director is enough to let me know what is expected of me.
And suns grow meek, and the meek suns grow brief, and the year smiles as it draws near its death.
I like to have the actors do their thing. And then brief them what to do differently in take two.
Never thank anybody for anything, except a drink of water in the desert - and then make it brief.
In brief, egoism in its modern interpretation, is the antithesis, not of altruism, but of idealism.
America's grossly unfair tax system won't lead to class war. Or, if it does, the war will be brief.
In brief, Western democracy, as other political models, is not exportable to all regions of the world.
The Liberals have been pressing for the brief on the basis of which he said there was authority for war.
For a brief period, I had a gentleman's farm in Pennsylvania, but even then, I kept a place in New York.
Standup is like shorthand. Every bit must be both brief and profound or the audience will lose interest.
That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject.
That seems to be the definition of 'novel' for me: a story that hasn't yet discovered a way to be brief.
Flannery O'Connor's brief life and slim output were nonetheless marked by piercing powers of observation.
I do miss sometimes being onstage, because when I do film and television, it's usually so brief and funny.
We're drinking my friend, To the end of a brief episode, Make it one for my baby, And one more for the road.
Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said.
And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.
