Drew McFedries was the hardest hitter I’ve ever been around. A big, strong, athletic guy with power. He didn’t have to hit you with a hard shot or load up – even the little short shots could hurt you. – Robbie Lawler
Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. – Ronald Reagan
In the long run, Women’s Liberation will of course free men-but in the short run it’s going to COST men a lot of privilege, which no one gives up willingly or easily. – Robin Morgan
Writing for Mills and Boon taught me a lot of discipline. You have to produce books in a short time scale and four a year, and it teaches you a lot. – Penny Jordan
I understand that fans think short-term, and there’s nothing wrong with that. You live or you die in the short term. But I believe in our system, and when you do that, you don’t make knee-jerk decisions. – Rocky Wirtz
I was a short order cook in a pool hall in college. So, I am the fastest cook in the world. – Sharon Stone
There’s a joy in writing short stories, a wonderful sense of reward when you pull certain things off. – Tobias Wolff
If you were writing a short ghost story, I would say start very quietly and go, ‘One, two, three jump.’ Or start with a jump and make it jumpier. But with a long story, it must have rises and falls. – Susan Hill
As a kid I was short and only weighed 95 pounds. And though I was active in a lot of Sports and got along with most of the guys, I think I used comedy as a defense mechanism. You know making someone laugh is a much better way to solve a problem than by using your fists. – Tim Conway
As I grew up, I learned what worked for me. That’s where the short dresses came from. And you can’t dance in a long dress. – Tina Turner
In short, I’m not sure that the abortion problem can be solved by legislation. I think it can only be solved through moral persuasion. – Tony Campolo
Sometimes our definitions fall short. Take, for example, the way we view income and labor. It simply doesn’t cover enough of the work that women, and in particular poor women, are doing – especially in their own households and the vast ‘informal’ economy in which most of the world’s poorest people work. – Sri Mulyani Indrawati
My only problem is the fear that opposition bowlers might go for my fingers and that’s why I was scared of the short ball. Now I am struggling with the ball pitching up and swinging away. I just keep nicking that one. – Shane Warne
I’m not cynical or bitter in any way. Life’s too short; you get ripped off, but if you hold a grudge, it’s going to affect you. You take it on the chin, you learn, you try not to make the same mistakes. – Tony Fernandes
I made some probably very cringe-worthy short films that shall hopefully never make the light of day. – Steve Toltz
I started writing short fiction very briefly, as I imagine is the case for some novelists. – William Gibson
I remember reading the cruelest, most awful thing about my hair online. A person speculated about who I was as a person and even read into my personal life based solely off my hairstyle. He or she said I must be lazy because I have short hair. It was just devastating. – Tamron Hall
The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations, has a romance of its own. – Virginia Woolf
I’ve learned that I really want to shoot short films on a short schedule. There can be very good films that run 110 minutes, but 90 minutes is beautiful. – Whit Stillman
‘Madea’ is a Southern term. It’s short for ‘mother dear.’ So there are a lot of Madeas out there. – Tyler Perry
It’s probably why I’m a short story writer. I tend to remember things in the past in narrative form, in story form, and I grew up around people who told stories all the time. – Tobias Wolff
Doubt is to certainty as neurosis is to psychosis. The neurotic is in doubt and has fears about persons and things; the psychotic has convictions and makes claims about them. In short, the neurotic has problems, the psychotic has solutions. – Thomas Szasz
You’re only here for a short visit. Don’t hurry, don’t worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way. – Walter Hagen
I know that this sounds grand, but I don’t try to compete with other people. I like to think there’s enough pie for everyone. The kind of people I’m competing with are my heroes – Woody Allen, Billy Wilder – who I know I’m going to fall short of. – Stephen Merchant
The story is always in service to the characters, and is only as long or short, or neat or ragged as it needs to be. – Stewart O’Nan