Quotes with short-legged

Quotes 181 till 200 of 288.

  • Walter Lippmann No amount of charters, direct primaries, or short ballots will make a democracy out of an illiterate people.
    Walter Lippmann
    American writer, reporter, and political commentator (1889 - 1974)
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  • Bernard Malamud No one had written a good long life of Schubert. He had lived long in music and short in life.
    Bernard Malamud
    American novelist (1914 - 1986)
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  • Bobby Flay Nobody believed the 'Food Network' could last. Even I was short sighted and thought to myself, 24 hours of food on TV? They'll run out of things to talk about in four days! But that wasn't true. 'Food Network' continues to get better and evolve.
    Bobby Flay
    American celebrity chef and restaurateur (1964 - )
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  • Roger Staubach Nothing good comes in life or athletics unless a lot of hard work has preceded the effort. Only temporary success is achieved by taking short cuts.
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  • John Kenneth Galbraith Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.
    John Kenneth Galbraith
    American economist (1908 - 2006)
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  • Cher Nothing lifts me out of a bad mood better than a hard workout on my treadmill. It never fails. To us, exercise is nothing short of a miracle.
    Cher
    American singer and actress (1946 - )
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  • Bob Beauprez Obama and the Democrats' preposterous argument is that we are just one more big tax increase away from solving our economic problems. The inescapable conclusion, however, is that the primary driver of the short-term deficit is not tax cuts but the lack of any meaningful economic growth over the last half decade.
    Bob Beauprez
    American politician and member (1948 - )
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  • Michel de Certeau One is a socialist because one used to be one, no longer going to demonstrations, attending meetings, sending in one's dues, in short, without paying.
    Michel de Certeau
    French writer
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  • Francesco Guicciardini One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.
    Francesco Guicciardini
    Italian politician, soldier and historian (1483 - 1540)
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  • Arthur Schopenhauer Only a male intellect clouded by the sexual drive could call the stunted, narrow-shouldered, broad-hipped and short-legged sex the fair sex.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
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  • Charles III Only the other day I was inquiring of an entire bed of old-fashioned roses, forced to listen to my ramblings on the meaning of the universe as I sat cross-legged in the lotus position in front of them.
    Charles III
    King of the United Kingdom since 2022 (1948 - )
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  • Oliver Goldsmith Our pleasures are short, and can only charm at intervals; love is a method of protraction our greatest pleasure.
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
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  • Seneca Pain, scorned by yonder gout-ridden wretch, endured by yonder dyspeptic in the midst of his dainties, borne bravely by the girl in travail. Slight thou art, if I can bear thee, short thou art if I cannot bear thee!
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Barney Frank Pat Moynihan could write books with one hand and legislate with the other. I can't; I have a short attention span. The slightest distraction would take me away from writing.
    Barney Frank
    American politician (1940 - )
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  • Adlai Stevenson II Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
    Adlai Stevenson II
    American politician and governor (1900 - 1965)
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  • Oliver Goldsmith People seek within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires, each of which is insatiable.
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
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  • William Shakespeare Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • John Selden Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good for us.
    John Selden
    British Jurist, Statesman (1584 - 1654)
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  • Miguel de Cervantes Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.
    Miguel de Cervantes
    Spanish writer and poet (1547 - 1616)
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  • Gene Fowler Psychoanalysts seem to be long on information and short on application.
    Gene Fowler
    American journalist, author and dramatist (1890 - 1960)
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