#short

And most countries are now reducing the number of conscripts and increasing the professionals that are available because they're available on short notice. ↗

— Lord Robertson

#because #countries #increasing #most #notice

You have to have a short memory as a closer. ↗

— Frank Robinson

#memory #short #short memory #you

Accordingly, when the supply of gold runs short, the security behind the notes is diminished, the loaning of notes is restricted or suspended, and the panic follows. ↗

— John Buchanan Robinson

#behind #diminished #follows #gold #notes

Sometimes, instead of purchasing a commodity out and out, people want to buy only the use of it, for a longer or shorter period. The price paid for such temporary use is commonly called hire. ↗

— John Buchanan Robinson

#called #commodity #commonly #hire #instead

I started writing short stories. I tried writing horror, mystery, science fiction. I joined a little critique group here in town and ran my stories past them. After about three years, I tackled my first novel, Subterranean. It took me 11 months to write. ↗

— James Rollins

#after #critique #fiction #first #group

The mere assemblage of peace loving people to interchange convincing reasons for their common faith, mere exhortation and argument to the public in favor of peace in general fall short of the mark. ↗

— Elihu Root

#assemblage #common #common faith #convincing #exhortation

She was short on intellect, but long on shape. ↗

— George Ade

#long #shape #she #short

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

— Stephen Ambrose

#american #constitution #document #governing #greatest

I write about five thousand words a day, when working on a book, about three thousand a day if I'm writing a short story. I take long periods off between projects, when I read a lot, garden, and think about the next book or stories. ↗

— Eric Brown

#between #book #day #five #garden

It might be pardonable to refuse to defend some men, but to defend them negligently is nothing short of criminal. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#defend #men #might #nothing #pardonable