#brief

No one hit home runs the way Babe did. They were something special. They were like homing pigeons. The ball would leave the bat, pause briefly, suddenly gain its bearings, then take off for the stands. ↗

— Lefty Gomez

#ball #bat #bearings #briefly #did

No, I can tell you one of the first things that happens to a home secretary when they arrive in the job is that they are given a briefing about the security matters that they will be dealing with and I deal with security matters on a daily basis. ↗

— Theresa May

#arrive #basis #briefing #daily #daily basis

We're drinking my friend, To the end of a brief episode, Make it one for my baby, And one more for the road. ↗

— Johnny Mercer

#brief #drinking #end #episode #friend

When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one brief moment, but soon flits away. ↗

— Anna Pavlova

#away #brief #brief moment #butterfly #child

Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it and, above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light. ↗

— Joseph Pulitzer

#accurately #appreciate #before #briefly #clearly

You lived what anybody gets, Bernie. You got a lifetime. No more. No less. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#death #sandman #death

He appreciated you. But he couldn't feed your soul for the rest of your life. Can't you just appreciate that he was great for you for that period of time? ↗

— Susan E. Isaacs

#brief-love #faith #flings #love #soul

Dag lieve Geert [van Oorschot], Gelukgewenst, allereerst met het nieuwe jaar, je nieuwe hart, je nieuwe eredoctoraart, je hele nieuwe leven! Dankzij jou en jullie jubileumboek ben ik nu ingelijfd bij de literatuur, althans dat roept met algemeen. Ik voel me de bejaarde hoer die plotseling op visite mag bij de streng calvinistische familie. Ze zijn vriendelijk... Tot ziens en liefs, Annie ↗

— Annie M.G. Schmidt

#family

In his state of complete powerlessness the individual perceives the time he has left to live as a brief reprieve. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

#complete #his #individual #left #live

To read the report of a discussion in which arguments for and against are presented, in which a subject has been covered from different points of view, with new ideas advanced - this is far more instructive than to read a brief account of the resolution passed on the matter. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

#advanced #against #been #brief #covered