Span Quotes

In the span of my own lifetime I observed such wondrous progress in plant evolution that I look forward optimistically to a healthy, happy world as soon as its children are taught the principles of simple and rational living.

The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span.

It's taken me longer still to realize what a short span there is between those life experiences and the rest of your life. That's a job for the people who lived through it.

Fear is a very explosive emotion, but it has a short life span. It's the sprint. The marathon is hope.

How many radio shows I did is lost to memory now; it's in the hundreds - maybe even close to being in the thousands - for the span of years from the time I was eight till I was about fifteen.

It hasn't been a totally smooth road, but in the whole span of things I feel like a very lucky person.

The Span of Life is too short to be trifled away in unconcerning and unprofitable Matters.

I think we have the attention span of a gnat. You know, with cell phones and Twitter.

When you extend life span, that's really something. That's hard to do.

Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them.

In the span of three years, the Iraqi people participated in three elections, drafted a constitution, and elected a new government. While more work remains, this is remarkable progress.

When you try on something, you have to ask yourself, 'How many ways could I wear this? Could I wear it to work? To dinner or drinks? Will it span the seasons' If you have to think too hard about those questions, then skip it.

History is representational, while time is abstract; both of these artifices may be found in museums, where they span everybody's own vacancy.

A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in everything.

If I could wear any label forever it would be Burberry. It covers a huge span of stuff. You can't go wrong with a classic trench and a pair of jeans.

If the world's a veil of tears, Smile till rainbows span it.

Was there ever in anyone's life span a point free in time, devoid of memory, a night when choice was any more than the sum of all the choices gone before?

Some would suggest that there has been a dramatic change in our perception of the world and ourselves within the world. Others have observed that there has been an almost complete about-face in a relatively short span of time.