#short

The unflattering reviews are painful for short periods of time; the badly written ones are deeply, deeply insulting. That reviewer took no time to really read the book. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#book #deeply #insulting #ones #painful

We've got one life and the older we get the more we come to realize how short it is. ↗

— Brian Lumley

#get #got #how #life #more

There's so many things I want to do. I want to work with great filmmakers, great actors, great scripts. And there's no reason for me to do anything short of that, because I'm 24, I don't have a family, I don't need to make tons of money, and I'm not dying to get famous. ↗

— Tobey Maguire

#because #dying #family #famous #filmmakers

It is easier to achieve a desired result in short pieces. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

#desired #easier #pieces #result #short

A good system shortens the road to the goal. ↗

— Orison Swett Marden

#good #road #shortens #system

It's shortsighted not to view the education of a future generation of Americans as a priority for all Americans. ↗

— Mel Martinez

#education #future #generation #priority #shortsighted

The painter who feels obligated to depict his subjects as uniformly beautiful or handsome and without flaws will fall short of making art. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

#beautiful #depict #fall #feels #flaws

Suicidal terrorists may have short shelf lives. ↗

— John McCarthy

#may #shelf #short #suicidal #terrorists

I fell far short of living up to the kind of public servant I wanted to be. ↗

— Scott McClellan

#fell #i #kind #living #public

I would love to have a photographic memory. It would come in handy with the rants I'm given on Scrubs... often on short notice! ↗

— John C. McGinley

#given #handy #i #love #memory