#shorten

One of the fellows called me 'Cyclone' but finally shortened it to 'Cy' and its been that ever since. ↗

— Cy Young

#called #ever #fellows #finally #me

I have a crusade against fondant, also shortening. There's no reason why wedding cakes can't taste good if you know what you're doing. ↗

— Ron Ben-Israel

#also #cakes #crusade #doing #good

You'll find as you grow older that you weren't born such a great while ago after all. The time shortens up. ↗

— William Dean Howells

#ago #born #find #great #grow

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. ↗

— Buddha

#being #candle #candles #decreases #happiness

In approaching our subject it will be best, without attempting to shorten the path by referring to famous theories of the drama, to start directly from the facts, and to collect from them gradually an idea of Shakespearean Tragedy. ↗

— Andrew Coyle Bradley

#attempting #best #collect #directly #drama