Short

Famous quotes containing the word short:

“A good short story is a work of art which daunts us in proportion to its brevity.... No inspiration is too noble for it; no amount of hard work is too severe for it.”
—Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844–1911)

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

“What a pity if we do not live this short time according to the laws of the long time,—the eternal laws!”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)