“Is not life a hundred times too short for us— to bore ourselves?”
Friedrich Nietzsche book Beyond Good and Evil
Ist das Leben nicht hundert Mal zu kurz, sich in ihm— zu langweilen?
Beyond Good and Evil, Chapter VII, 227
Source: Confessions of an Heiress (2004), p. 53 (included in the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1212303/Paris-Hilton-feature-Oxford-Dictionary-Quotes-alongside-Confucius-Oscar-Wilde-yes-really.html)
“Is not life a hundred times too short for us— to bore ourselves?”
Friedrich Nietzsche book Beyond Good and Evil
Ist das Leben nicht hundert Mal zu kurz, sich in ihm— zu langweilen?
Beyond Good and Evil, Chapter VII, 227
“Life's too short to sell things you don't believe in.”
Patrick Dixon book Building a Better Business
Building a Better Business (2005)
“Don't talk to me about rules, dear. Wherever I stay I make the goddamn rules.”
Maria Callas (1923–1977) American-born Greek operatic soprano
On her controversial personality and performance, quoted in Wild Women Talk Back : Audacious Advice for the Bedroom, Boardroom, and Beyond (2004) by Autumn Stephens, p. 142
“Life's too short to be bitter, I'm too short to be bitter.”
Madonna (1958) American singer, songwriter, and actress
http://www.last.fm/user/helena_wanje.
Salma Hayek (1966) Mexican-American actress and producer
O interview (2003)
Context: The whole society is obsessed.... I'm not complaining — I'm just saying, "Don't be too impressed with me. Don't try to dress like me or wear your hair like mine. Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress." I only wear the expensive clothes because I get them free and I'm too lazy to go out and look for my own. I, a rich girl from Mexico, came here with designer clothes. And one day when I was starving in an apartment in Los Angeles, I looked at my Chanel blouses and said, "If only I could pay the rent with one of these." … In those days, the rag I used to dry my dishes was more useful. Now many who start in this business come to me for advice and ask, "How do I get started?" And I have to say, "I honestly have no idea." I think it's a bunch of accidents that happen to you and somehow you survive them and take advantage of them and something magical happens — and you have an agent.
Trinny Woodall (1964) English fashion advisor and designer, television presenter and author
As quoted in "Mistresses of the makeover" by Cathrin Schaer in New Zealand Herald (25 February 2008)