#short

Without fullness of experience, length of days is nothing. When fullness of life has been achieved, shortness of days is nothing. That is perhaps why the young have usually so little fear of death; they live by intensities that the elderly have forgotten. ↗

— Lewis Mumford

#been #days #death #elderly #experience

Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world with new eyes. ↗

— Iris Murdoch

#eyes #falling #love #love is #new

I still write the occasional short story, and poked at a novel once, but it's just not what I want to do. ↗

— George Murray

#just #novel #occasional #once #poked

I feel it was just a few years ago I was running around in short pants. ↗

— Aaron Neville

#around #feel #few #i #i feel

I demonstrated the characteristics of experimental fever. It appears after an incubation period which is never less than five days. It follows the same pattern as natural fever in man, but is of shorter duration and less pronounced. ↗

— Charles Jules Henry Nicole

#appears #characteristics #days #demonstrated #duration

I think a benefit is that we try to put it up in a short time. From the decision to do this mission until we fly, it's six months and one week or so, so it's a very short time. ↗

— Claude Nicollier

#decision #fly #i #i think #mission

In general, the objects in the universe that are very high-energy objects, or the processes that are high-energy processes, will radiate more in the short wavelength range towards the gamma rays or the x-rays. ↗

— Claude Nicollier

#general #more #objects #processes #range

Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves? ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#life #ourselves #short #thousand #times

A short piece of work means as much to me as a long piece of work. ↗

— Harold Pinter

#me #means #much #piece #short

She said it had been hijacked shortly after takeoff. By this time, the plane had been in the air - again, I'm presuming that it took off on time - for over an hour. ↗

— Ted Olson

#again #air #been #had #hijacked