Short Story Appearing

Famous quotes containing the words short, story and/or appearing:

“Makin’ a long stay short is a great aid t’ popularity.”
—Kin Hubbard (F. [Frank] Mckinney Hubbard)

“I thought my razor was dull until I heard his speech and that reminds me of a story that’s so dirty I’m ashamed to think of it myself.”
—S.J. Perelman, U.S. screenwriter, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, and Norman Z. McLeod. Groucho Marx, Horsefeathers, as a newly-appointed college president commenting on the remarks of Huxley College’s outgoing president (1932)

“Vanity is the fear of appearing original: it is thus a lack of pride, but not necessarily a lack of originality.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)