Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Short things are short all over and long things are long all over.
Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.
The long days are no happier than the short ones.
I'm not freakishly short. I had, on my show, used shortness as a joke subject; it didn't really bother me.
Being short works for me.
My core belief is that if you're complaining about something for more than three minutes, two minutes ago you should have done something about it.
Readers who claim a preference for short-form over long often tell me it's because they don't have time to commit to a book-length chunk of writing.
Time abides long enough for those who make use of it.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
People say that life is short, but it isn't short. It's very long.