#Short

"There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation - veneer isn't worth anything."

"You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way."

"I do think a key to success in any walk of life is having a short memory and a thick skin - I know it has served me well over the years."

"Short fiction is like low relief. And if your story has no humor in it, then you're trying to look at something in the pitch dark. With the light of humor, it throws what you're writing into relief so that you can actually see it."

"Life is too short for long-term grudges."

"Life is too short to worry about anything. You had better enjoy it because the next day promises nothing."

"Art is eternal, but life is short."

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

"Seeking an acquisition from the start is more than just bad advice for an entrepreneur. For the entrepreneur it leads to short term tactical decisions rather than company-building decisions and in my view often reduces the probability of success."

"Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity, or registering wrongs."

"Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions."

"Life is short, the art long."

"Women want love to be a novel. Men, a short story."

"The word long is short, and so is the word short, but why is the word love as long as long? Shouldn’t it be longer?"

"To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent."

"Suspense is very important. Even though this is humor and they're short stories, that theory of building suspense is still there."

"The only rule is don't be boring and dress cute wherever you go. Life is too short to blend in."

"Art is a critical component in a well-rounded education. Art is the level playing field - no matter how rich or poor, tall or short, pretty or ugly to the bone, if you can draw, you can find personal fulfillment and build self-confidence. Art is the highest achievement of mankind."

"I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see."

"Life is too short to blend in."