S. I. Hayakawa book Language in Thought and Action
Source: Language in Thought and Action (1949), The Niagara of Words, p. 17
“Music has no limits of a life-span.”
Yonder Mark (ed.), The Quotable Gordimer, 2014.
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Andrew Tobias (1947) American journalist
Source: The Invisible Bankers, Everything The Insurance Industry Never Wanted You To Know (1982), Chapter 12, They Bet Your Life, p. 209.
Subramanian Swamy (1939) Indian politician
On Aam Aadmi Party, as quoted in "AAP is led by people committed to naxal ideology, alleges Subramanian Swamy" http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/aap-is-led-by-people-committed-to-naxal-ideology-alleges-subramanian-swamy/1/331149.html, India Today (13 December 2013) <br class="br">2011-2014
“Whose life is a bubble, and in length a span.”
William Browne (1590–1645) English poet
Book i. Song 2. Compare: "Who then to frail mortality shall trust/ But limns on water, or but writes in dust", Francis Bacon, The World.
Britannia's Pastorals (1613)
“He has the attention span of a hummingbird.”
Christopher Moore (1957) American writer of comic fantasy
Source: The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror
“Fronting on me will shorten your life-span.”
50 Cent (1975) American rapper, actor, businessman, investor and television producer
I'm Supposed to Die Tonight
Song lyrics, The Massacre (2005)
“It is life, more than death, that has no limits.”
Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014) Colombian writer
Milton Friedman book Capitalism and Freedom
Source: Capitalism and Freedom (1962), Ch. 1 The Relation Between Economic Freedom and Political Freedom, 2002 edition, page 10
Context: Because we live in a largely free society, we tend to forget how limited is the span of time and the part of the globe for which there has ever been anything like : the typical state of mankind is tyranny, servitude, and misery. The nineteenth century and early twentieth century in the Western world stand out as striking exceptions to the general trend of historical development. Political freedom in this instance clearly came along with the free market and the development of capitalist institutions. So also did political freedom in the golden age of Greece and in the early days of the Roman era.
History suggests only that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom. Clearly it is not a sufficient condition.
“He has the attention span of a bolt of lightning.”
Paul Newman (1925–2008) American actor and film director
Robert Redford, quoted in Maureen Dowd, "Testing Himself," The New York Times (1986-09-28), section 6, page 16, column 1