Short

Famous quotes containing the word short:

“Love requited is a short circuit.”
—Samuel Beckett (1906–1989)

“He had long before indulged most unfavourable sentiments of our fellow-subjects in America. For, as early as 1769,... he had said of them, “Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for any thing we allow them short of hanging.””
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

“Chess is ruthless: you’ve got to be prepared to kill people.”
—Nigel Short (b. 1965)