Nothing should be perfect. I think that’s the most important thing. I do wear my jackets almost exaggeratedly short. So that’s probably the most mussed up. Along with, you know, not ironing my shirt. – Thom Browne
An idealist believes the short run doesn’t count. A cynic believes the long run doesn’t matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run. – Sydney J. Harris
I’m not perfect. And who knows how many times I’ve fallen short. We all fall short. That’s the amazing thing about the grace of God. – Tim Tebow
Modernism has a reputation for being a forbidding phenomenon: its visual arts disconcertingly non-representational, its literary efforts devoid of the consolations of plot and character – even its films, it’s argued, fall well short of that true desideratum: entertainment. – Will Self
If studies come out and show that playing football is detrimental to your health for the long term, even for the short term, I think that’s up to the players then to make the decision about whether they’re going to play or not play. – Steve Largent
From the days of biplanes and silk scarves, the aviator has been the archetype of masculine glamour. Aviators have personified national ideals, from French elan to Soviet party discipline. They’ve inspired lust and admiration. They’ve turned sunglasses and short, utilitarian leather jackets into fashion statements. – Virginia Postrel
My secret is simple. I have a very short attention span, and writing lots of things fast appeases that very attention span. – Shiloh Walker
You’ve only got a short shelf-life as an actor, and I want to make the most of it while I can. – Sharon Horgan
What is a movie star? A movie star is many things. They can be tall, short, thin, or skinny. They can be Democrats… or skinny. – Steve Martin
I cannot just write a frivolous book, a la-di-da book. Everything isn’t la-di-da. There is something that’s going to pull you up short. I want to reassure young readers. I want to comfort them, to not fear the unexpected. – Sharon Creech
The short story is very good at looking at shadow psychologies and how the system breaks down underneath. – Sarah Hall
I’d love to make short film videos pushing the conventional standards of what a country music video can be. – Sturgill Simpson
I’m not a writer. I think I can write short stories and poetry, but film writing, brilliant film writing, is a talent – you can’t just do it like that. – Samantha Morton
‘Monkeys’ is made up of nine short stories that tell an overall story. ‘Folly’ is a series of vignettes all put together to tell a larger story. In ‘Lust and Other Stories,’ there are nine stories – three, three, three; the beginnings of love, the middles, and the afters. – Susan Minot
No matter how many times you say Social Security is broke, the reality is that Social Security’s independent revenue stream and its Trust Fund’s investments maintain the program’s solvency until 2037, when it may begin to fall short. – Ted Deutch
What was the competition? Well, I remember this Puerto Rican who came out in a short skirt and a gun. – Sarah Vaughan
I did direct two short movies. I learned many things, and one of the things I learned was that I am not a director. It has to be visceral, and it’s not for me. I feel much more comfortable acting. – Vincent Cassel
I think when I first started out, I had a kind of an exuberance about language, comedy, narrative leaps that… stopped just short of non sequiturs. And I’m much more cautious now. – Thomas McGuane
I’ve written short stories in first person, but you have so much more control writing in third person. Third person, you know what everybody’s thinking. First person is very limiting, and I could never sustain a first person novel before. – Tamora Pierce
Everything has to be pulling weight in a short story for it to be really of the first order. – Tobias Wolff
There is no tragedy in missing a putt, no matter how short. All have erred in this respect. – Walter Hagen
I walked in and inherited a management group that I didn’t know very well. They didn’t know me, and we had a very short window to put together a credible recovery plan. – William Clay Ford, Jr.
I guess I would say that most of what I’ve learned about storytelling derives from novels and short stories. I cannot think of a novel or story, or a novelist or story writer, who thinks in terms of three-act structure. – Tom Bissell