Quotes by Short Life Better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing than a long life spent in a miserable way. Alan Watts short-life long way I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity. Alexander the Great short-life obscurity long As soon as I moved to New York, I experienced Hurricane Irene and then Hurricane Sandy hit me in quite a big way. I had 12 days without any electricity or any water. The thing that I realized the most from it was that we've become so dependent on technology. There's so much accessibility to information that suddenly when everything is cut off, you're completely lost, and you start asking deeper and more profound questions - how short life is, and how grateful we should be for things. Archie Panjabi short-life grateful new-york A man must have grown old and lived long in order to see how short life is. Arthur Schopenhauer short-life men order I [prefer] a short life with width to a narrow one with length. Avicenna width short-life length Life is a flash of lightning in the dark of night. It is a brief time of tremendous potential. B. Alan Wallace short-life life-is-too-short life-is-short Life's too short. Start with Dessert! Barbra Streisand short-life life-is-too-short life-is-short Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervour. Benjamin Disraeli short-life life-is-too-short life-is-short Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today. Benjamin Franklin short-life time inspirational A saying from the area of Chinese medicine would be appropriate to mention here: "One disease, long life; no disease, short life." In other words, those who know what's wrong with them and take care of themselves accordingly will tend to live a lot longer than those who consider themselves perfectly happy and neglect their weakness. So, in that sense at least, a Weakness of some sort can do you a big favor, if you acknowledge that it's there. Benjamin Hoff short-life strength acceptance Dogs have such short life spans, it's like a concentrated version of a human life. When they get older, they become much more like our mothers. They wait for us, watch out for us, are completely fascinated by everything we do. Caroline Knapp short-life dog mother I can offer you my life, but it is a short life; I can offer you my heart, though I have no idea how many more beats it shall sustain Cassandra Clare short-life heart ideas You speak of sacrifice, but it is not my sacrifice I offer. It is yours I ask of you," he went on. "I can offer you my life, but it is a short life; I can offer you my heart, though I have no idea how many more beats it shall sustain. But I love you enough to hope that you will not care that I am being selfish in trying to make the rest of my life--whatever its length--happy, by spending it with you. I want to be married to you, Tessa. I want it more than I have ever wanted anything else in my life. Cassandra Clare short-life selfish love Vampires, fey folk, werewolves, Shadowhunters, and demons - these things made sense to Magnus. But the mundane world - it seemed to have no pattern, no form. Their quicksilver politics. Their short lives. Cassandra Clare short-life fey vampire All roads for me lead back to Mozart. In his tragically short life, he breathed new life, fire and meaning into every form of music that existed in his time. Charles Hazlewood short-life new-life fire Would we as a nation be better off dealing with the truth rather than believing fantasies that prop up the Status Quo and the Fed's dearly beloved measure of the economy, the stock market? How often does accepting illusion help us navigate real life? Short answer: never. Charles Hugh Smith short-life real believe I'm not someone who dwells upon past events, taking the view that life is too short Charles Kennedy short-life life-is-too-short life-is-short I try to grow like a tree, and hope that I can reach my full potential by the end of this short life. Change is good but growth is better. Christofer Drew short-life life-changing tree I loved playing [the Doctor], and taking part in the basic essence and message of the series which is, it's a short life, seize it, and live it as fully as you can. Care for others. Be respectful of all other life forms, regardless of colour or creed. To be part of that was fantastic. Christopher Eccleston short-life doctors essence If our knowledge is, as I believe, only an island in an infinite sea of ignorance, how can we in our short lifetime find satisfaction in exploring our little island? How can we persuade ourselves to be exhilarated by our meager knowledge and yet not be discouraged by the ocean vistas? Daniel J. Boorstin short-life ocean believe 123456»