Shortest Quotes

The oldest, shortest words - "yes" and "no" - are those which require the most thought.

All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.

The shortest answer is doing.

The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it is one of the happiest marriages on earth, and one of the shortest lived.

It is in life as it is in ways, the shortest way is commonly the foulest, and surely the fairer way is not much about.

I will be brief. Not nearly so brief as Salvador Dali, who gave the world's shortest speech. He said I will be so brief I have already finished, and he sat down.

It is of course the nature of historical contraction that the shortest distance to a historical destination is never a straight line.

Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.

I am the shortest and least funny person in my family.

Jokes are better than war. Even the most aggressive jokes are better than the least aggressive wars. Even the longest jokes are better than the shortest wars.

What is a good performance? It lies in the hands and head of a performer... the shortest way between two people is not a straight line.

We take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor.

Great geniuses have the shortest biographies.

The shortest feedback loop I can think of is doing improvisation in front of an audience.

The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest.

Pain dies quickly, and lets her weary prisoners go; the fiercest agonies have shortest reign.

There are many crooked lines and one straight line. Which is the line of truth? Why the straight line? Truth is always the shortest distance between two points.

The shortest distance between two points is under construction.

Concepts of justice must have hands and feet to carry out justice in every case in the shortest possible time and the lowest possible cost. This is the challenge to every lawyer and judge in America.

We weep over the graves of infants and the little ones taken from us by death; but an early grave may be the shortest way to heaven.

In modeling, my height was a big challenge to overcome, because I was pretty much the shortest girl on the runway whenever I was doing the catwalk. The clothes didn't fit and the shoes didn't fit. It was an issue, but luckily, it didn't prevent me from working.

Get up and dance, get up and smile, get up and drink to the days that are gone in the shortest while.

The shortest period of time lies between the minute you put some money away for a rainy day and the unexpected arrival of rain.

But the shortest works are always the best.

The Word of God well understood and religiously obeyed is the shortest route to spiritual perfection. And we must not select a few favorite passages to the exclusion of others. Nothing less than a whole Bible can make a whole Christian.

We're all very sensitive that Jim has the shortest history with the band. He wants to be somewhat of a free agent. I'm just going to let time dictate how Jim's future evolves.

The shortest answer is doing the thing.

Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.

The relation of repetitions for learning and for repeating English stanzas needs no amplification. These were learned by heart on the first day with less than half of the repetitions necessary for the shortest of the syllable series.

The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.