(23 quotes found)
“Briefly leaving behind the molars and malocclusions to enter Yoknapatawpha County, the mythical realm of madmen and malingerers, drifters and grifters, funeral parties and lynch mobs.”
Samuel G. Freedman
“The Law of Triviality... briefly stated, it means that the time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved.”
C. Northcote Parkinson
“The first duty of a human being is to assume the right functional relationship to society -- more briefly, to find your real job, and do it.”
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
“The message was, briefly stated, that the political process is working.”
William J. Perry
“I mentioned [the NBA] to him briefly. I don't think it's something he's focused on right now.”
David Lee
“They liked the name Jesus for a boy. It's popular in Spain. However, they only considered it briefly.”
Victoria Beckham
“We gained the lead briefly in the fourth quarter, at the six-minute mark, and didn't take care of the ball and failed to come up with some key rebounds.”
Mark Terlip
“The gamma rays hit the ionosphere and created more ionization, briefly expanding the ionosphere.”
Neil Gehrels
“[The rumors] are true, ... We were married, albeit briefly, and we are now divorced.”
Sergei Fedorov
“It was closed just briefly and reopened. We had a situation we were looking into,”
Scott Fear
