Short Umbrella Quotes

But the new rebel is a skeptic, and will not entirely trust anything. He has no loyalty; therefore he can never be really a revolutionist. And the fact that he doubts everything really gets in his way when he wants to denounce anything. For all denunciation implies a moral doctrine of some kind; and the modern revolutionist doubts not only the institution he denounces, but the doctrine by which he denounces it. . . . As a politician, he will cry out that war is a waste of life, and then, as a philosopher, that all life is waste of time. A Russian pessimist will denounce a policeman for killing a peasant, and then prove by the highest philosophical principles that the peasant ought to have killed himself. . . . The man of this school goes first to a political meeting, where he complains that savages are treated as if they were beasts; then he takes his hat and umbrella and goes on to a scientific meeting, where he proves that they practically are beasts. In short, the modern revolutionist, being an infinite skeptic, is always engaged in undermining his own mines. In his book on politics he attacks men for trampling on morality; in his book on ethics he attacks morality for trampling on men. Therefore the modern man in revolt has become practically useless for all purposes of revolt. By rebelling against everything he has lost his right to rebel against anything. ~ G.K. Chesterton

Apologies are totally inadequate,' shouted Uncle Wattleberry. 'Nothing short of felling you to the earth with an umbrella could possibly atone for the outrage. You are a danger to the whisker-growing public. You have knocked my hat off, pulled my whiskers, and tried to remove my nose. ~ Norman Lindsay

There was a short railway official travelling up to the terminus, three fairly short market-gardeners picked up two stations afterwards, one very short widow lady going up from a small Essex town, and a very short Roman Catholic priest going up from a small Essex village. When it came to the last case, Valentin gave it up and almost laughed. The little priest was so much the essence of those Eastern flats; he had a face as round and dull as a Norfolk dumpling; he had eyes as empty as the North Sea; he had several brown-paper parcels, which he was quite incapable of collecting. The Eucharistic Congress had doubtless sucked out of their local stagnation many such creatures, blind and helpless, like moles disinterred. Valentin was a skeptic in the severe style of France, and could have no love for priests. But he could have pity for them, and this one might have provoked pity in anybody. He had a large, shabby umbrella, which constantly fell on the floor. He did not seem to know which was the right end of his return ticket. He explained with a moon-calf simplicity to everybody in the carriage that he had to be careful, because he had something made of real silver "with blue stones" in one of his brown-paper parcels. His quaint blending of Essex flatness with saintly simplicity continuously amused the Frenchman till the priest arrived (somehow) at Tottenham with all his parcels, and came back for his umbrella. ~ G.K. Chesterton

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For some reason, we called it "umbrella sex"; if you fancied someone your own sex, you were "an umbrella. ~ Kazuo Ishiguro

UMBRELLA THAT PREVENTS GRACE
The shower of Grace has always been falling on you, but you haven't removed your umbrella.
Remove the umbrella (of ignorance) and receive the Grace. ~ Sirshree

Rain is simple, umbrella is simple; umbrella under rain is the magical meeting of these beautiful simples! ~ Mehmet Murat Ildan

The mind is like an umbrella. Its most useful when open. ~ Walter Gropius

I thought a shit storm was coming, and I had no umbrella. ~ Barbra Annino

Going around under an umbrella interferes with one's looking up at the sky. ~ Jerzy Kosinski

The batsman's technique was like an old lady poking her umbrella at a wasp's nest. ~ John Arlott

To be remembered, umbrella waits for the rain! ~ Mehmet Murat Ildan

A banker is somebody who lends you an umbrella & takes it away as soon as it starts raining. ~ Mark Twain

Anonymity would be a fantastic umbrella. I don't like intrusion. ~ Sam Taylor-Wood

When it rains manna from heaven, some people put up an umbrella. Others reach for a big spoon. ~ Peter Drucker

An open umbrella is just a closed beautiful sky. ~ Xavier Forneret

My dreams are a stupid refuge, like an umbrella against a thunderbolt. ~ Fernando Pessoa

Bring a raincoat, definitely ... or at Least a little umbrella that can fit in your bag, because it always does rain. ~ Gwyneth Paltrow

[On the premiere of a dull show:] I've seen more excitement at the opening of an umbrella. ~ Margaret Whiting

I'm not like Puff Daddy, I hold my own umbrella. ~ Penelope Cruz

I can never be perfectly certain whether Helen was got with child by Leonard Bast or by his fatal forgotten umbrella. All things considered, I think it must have been the umbrella. ~ Katherine Mansfield

One summer afternoon I came home and found all the umbrellas sitting in the kitchen, with straw hats on, telling who they are.
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The umbrella that peels the potatoes with a pencil and makes a pink ink with the peelings stood up and said, "I am the umbrella that peels the potatoes with a pencil and makes a pink ink with the peelings." ...
The umbrella that runs to the corner to get corners for the handkerchiefs stood up and said, "I am the umbrella that runs to the corner to get corners for the handkerchiefs."

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"I am the umbrella that holds up the sky. I am the umbrella the rain comes through. I am the umbrella that tells the sky when to begin raining and when to stop raining.
"I am the umbrella that goes to pieces when the wind blows and then puts itself back together again when the wind goes down. I am the first umbrella, the last umbrella, the one and only umbrella all other umbrellas are named after, first, last and always."
When the stranger finished this speech telling who he was and where he came from, all the other umbrellas sat still for a little while, to be respectful.
~ Carl Sandburg

The way most people use their minds is analogous to an ambulance that is used only as an umbrella. ~ Mokokoma Mokhonoana

He was a fat little man with short arms, short legs, a short neck, short nose, short everything in fact. ~ Guy De Maupassant

Wouldn't you like to order me to stay out on the porch, sir . . . so as not to overhear something somehow, by chance . . . . because the rooms are tiny."
"That's a good idea; stay out on the porch. Take the umbrella."
"Your umbrella . . . am I worth it, sir?"
"Every man is worth an umbrella."
"At one stroke you define the minimum of human rights . . . ~ Fyodor Dostoyevsky

I believe you have my umbrella he says, almost out of breath but wearing a grin that has too much wolf in it to be properly sheepish. ~ Erin Morgenstern

Rain is nature's art; umbrella is man's art. When you walk with your umbrella in a rainy day, you walk with a super art which is a combination of two different arts! ~ Mehmet Murat Ildan

I didn't invent the rainy day. I just own the best umbrella. ~ Jimmy Fallon

The Will I fell in love with, she almost said."And be Will," she finished instead. "Or I shall hit you with my umbrella. ~ Cassandra Clare

The word we have in Korea for K-Pop is 'Gaio.' And I guess it's a huge umbrella term. Basically it's like saying Coldplay and Kanye West, or Eminem and Celine Dion, are the same genre. ~ Tablo

What's great about documentary, it seems to me, is that it can be experimental filmmaking. You have a license to do a lot of diverse things under the umbrella of 'documentary.' ~ Errol Morris

He looked like the sort of person who would tell you that he did not have an umbrella to lend you when he actually had several and simply wanted to see you get soaked. ~ Lemony Snicket

Prayer is asking for rain and faith is carrying the umbrella. ~ Barbara Johnson

As beautiful as the chance encounter of a sewing machine and an umbrella on an operating table. ~ Comte De Lautreamont

I can only put it sufficiently curtly in a careless simile. A Socialist means a man who thinks a walking-stick like an umbrella because they both go into the umbrella-stand. Yet they are as different as a battle-ax and a bootjack. ~ G.K. Chesterton

The stereotypical Pacific Northwest weather hadn't inspired me to bring an umbrella; the precipitation wasn't heavy enough to dampen my clothing. Besides, there was no quicker way to say "I'm not from around here" than to carry an umbrella. ~ Michael W. Anderson

Throwing out preclearance when it has worked and is continuing to work to stop discriminatory changes is like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet. ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Worrying is stupid. Its like walking around with an umbrella waiting for it to rain. ~ Wiz Khalifa

But such a tiny and trivial thing as an umbrella can deprive you of the sight of such a stupendous fact as the sun. ~ Meher Baba

When there are no clouds in the sky, under the beautiful sunshine, remember the rain and repair your umbrella! ~ Mehmet Murat Ildan

Of snowy afternoons,
waiting, watching and waiting.

To see her small and larger than life.

She is both fragile and determined,
like a paper umbrella in the rain. ~ Jessica De La Davies

For the past 10 years, corporations have been trained that they should use all the different media ... But the internet is becoming the umbrella. ~ Larry Weber

Yes. A language that will at last say what we have to say. For our words no longer correspond to the world. When things were whole, we felt confident that our words could express them. But little by little these things have broken apart, shattered, collapsed into chaos. And yet our words have remained the same. Hence, every time we try to speak of what we see, we speak falsely, distorting the very thing we are trying to represent. [ ... ] Consider a word that refers to a thing- " umbrella", for example. [ ... ] Not only is an umbrella a thing, it is a thing that performs a function. [ ... ] What happens when a thing no longer performs its function? [ ... ] the umbrella ceases to be an umbrella. It has changed into something else. The word, however, has remained the same. Therefore it can no longer express the thing. ~ Paul Auster

Life is too short to do anything that's not challenging. ~ Michael Mayer

It's better to love a short ... ~ Martin Short

The sun's champagne streamed from one body into another. And there was a couple on the green silk of the grass, covered by a raspberry umbrella. Only their feet and a little bit of lace could be seen. In the magnificent universe beneath the raspberry umbrella, with closed eyes, they drank in the sparkling madness.
'Extra! Extra! Zeppelins over the North Sea at 3 o'clock.'
But under the umbrella, in the raspberry universe, they were immortal. What did it matter that in another far-away universe people would be killing each other? ~ Yevgeny Zamyatin

Times change so quickly that if you and I don't keep up with the times, we'll find ourselves with an umbrella in our hand, over our head, when the sun is out. Or we'll find ourselves standing in the rain, with the umbrella inside the door. ~ Malcolm X

I've never been one to sit around and eat my heart out. Life's too short. ~ Kate Adie

If you write nonfiction, a historical account of what really happened, first of all, it's always white men who do that, and you don't have the voices that are really interesting to me, of the people who are not sheltered by the big umbrella of the establishment. ~ Isabel Allende

There's an image that some of us have of Jackie Onassis, stepping out in the rain, and Maurice Tempelsman is holding her umbrella. We want that man. We want the man to be the concierge and the masseur and the travel booker. ~ Sandra Tsing Loh

Rogue economics is a sort of umbrella under which we find the criminal economy, the illegal economy, but also those gray areas, gray areas where there is not a proper regulation, where there is not legislation for the economy. ~ Loretta Napoleoni

I would not rob you of your food or your clothes or your umbrella, but if I caught your German out I would take it. But I don't study any more,- I have given it up. ~ Mark Twain

My short stories have always pushed twenty pages. That's no length for a short story to be. You either do them short like Carver or you stop trying. ~ Zadie Smith

Life's too short. Start with Dessert! ~ Barbra Streisand

I'd watch your mouth", he said, tilting his head as he looked at my ID."The last lunker who laughed at her picture spent the night in the emergency room with a drink umbrella jammed up his nose". ~ Kim Harrison

Life's too short for chess. ~ Henry James Byron

All sorts of darkness and evil are now hiding themselves under the umbrella of religion, Christianity, church etc. ~ Sunday Adelaja

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship. ~ James Russell Lowell

And maybe it's foolish of me to save up for a rainy day in a world of desert sand, but I've lived, and worked, through enough rainy days to feel the need to save up for an umbrella. ~ Dean F. Wilson

I see what other people do and what songwriters don't. They don't get out and take care of themselves. Producers turn themselves into a massive brand. Songwriters tend to be under someone else's umbrella. If you're building your own legacy, it can't be under an umbrella. ~ Ester Dean

I think that I have a pretty varied taste in music I think. And it is primarily rock music big umbrella that I am, I am not into hip-hop. But, I do like both. ~ Kristen Stewart

I wish feminism wasn't so scary to people. It should be an evolving concept. I think it's an umbrella term to embrace conflicting ideas. ~ Merritt Wever

Life is short, so enjoy it to the fullest. ~ John Walters

My dream of happiness: a quiet spot by the Jamaican seashore ... hearing the wind sob with the beauty and the tragedy of everything. Sitting under an almond tree, with the leaf spread over me like an umbrella. ~ Errol Flynn

The umbrella won't stop the rain, but it will help you to get out during rainfall. As well as confidence is not going to guarantee your success, but it will give you the opportunity to achieve it. ~ Eyden I.

Life is too short for long-term grudges. ~ Elon Musk

That it will never come again
Is what makes life so sweet. ~ Emily Dickinson

Monday is a sloppy umbrella day, which makes everybody a little blue. Cole, dropping by my office in the morning, wastes no time in blowing off steam. "You can TAKE this DAY and SHOVE IT where the SUN DOESN'T SHINE," he growled.
"Too late. Somebody already DID THAT. ~ Giorge Leedy

Life's too short not to have fun with what you wear. ~ Ireland Baldwin

Life's too short to sit through songs you don't love. ~ Mark Hoppus

Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. ~ Regina Brett

I would never have been a good scientist - my attention span was too short for that. ~ Octavia Butler

To the people of Beirut, the post-apocalyptic world of The Umbrella Academy is now a reality. They now live in an obliterated world. From this day forward, they exist in a destroyed world. For them, the End Times just happened. ~ Oliver Markus Malloy

They say anything can happen in a short series. I just didn't expect it to be that short. ~ Al Lopez

What do you mean I can't have my parasol back?"

"Even if it wasn't evidence, your umbrella has been illegally modified."

"Illegally modified? That's reaching a bit, don't you think, Officer?" Officer? Evidence? What?

"Confiscating an umbrella with a spring-loaded twelve-inch spike on the end that maimed three men can hardly be called reaching, Ms. Sinclair. ~ Rhea Rhodan

I would say that all short stories have mystery naturally built into them. ~ Dan Chaon

Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all. ~ Winston Churchill

There's not enough time to be disrespecting ... Life is too short. ~ Mary J. Blige

Lifes too short to live the same day twice. ~ Jennifer Lopez

Life is too short, dare to enjoy every minute.
Life is too short, dare to love everybody.
Life is too short, dare to make best of it.
Life is too short, dare to have a grateful heart.
Life is too short, dare to keep smiling.
Life is too short, dare to have no regrets.
Life is too short, dare to have no heartbreaks.
Life is too short, dare to extend hand to needy people.
Life is too short, dare to fight injustice.
Life is too short, dare to be all you can be.
Life is too short, dare to tell the truth at all times.
Life is too short, dare to see the world.
Life is too short, dare to forgive and forget.
Life is too short, dare to waste no time.
Life is too short, dare to burn no bridges.
Life is too short, dare to be more brave than weak.
Life is too short, dare to prioritize things of importance.
Life is too short, dare to spend your time with those who you care.
Life is too short, dare to be around people who believe in you.
Life is too short, dare to share your stories with others.
Life is too short, dare to do things you enjoy most.
Life is too short, dare to start your day with a positive attitude.
Life is too short, dare to live your life with a purpose.
Life is too short, dare to be surrounded by people who share your dreams.
Life is too short, dare to go to places you feel most excited about.
Life is too short, dare to love like there is no tomorro ~ John Taskinsoy

Time is long but life is short. ~ Stevie Wonder

I've been asking you to marry me since we met! What more do you want? ~ Chayada Welljaipet

So far I've seen the life studies packet used as (1) an umbrella, (2) a makeshift towel, (3) a pillow, and now this. I have never actually seen anyone study with it, which either means that everyone who graduates from Thomas Jefferson will be totally unprepared for life or that certain things can't be learned in bullet-point format. ~ Lauren Oliver

The road swerved left. The crash of waves morphed into the rumble of thunder, and the black asphalt tapered to become a slender stretch of rope. She followed it up into the darkness, night spilling around and below her as someone knocked over the ink-jar of the sky and scattered its liquid to the furthest corners, dislodging silver shards of moon that bounced off her umbrella. ~ Angela Panayotopulos

Life's too short to eat anywhere else. ~ Ruth Fertel

I remember the time when I met my first girlfriend. It was raining and I was walking, and all of a sudden this girl put an umbrella over my head. Then my hair and clothes were wet, and she said, "Oh! There's something on your shirt." And that was when I just fell for her. ~ Yunho

Do what you love and don't focus on money - life's too short. ~ Matt Mullenweg

And I didn't, that's why my career was very short lived. ~ Kitty Carlisle

There are certain things
as, a spider, a ghost,
The income-tax, gout, an umbrella for three
That I hate, but the thing that I hate the most
Is a thing they call the Sea. ~ Lewis Carroll

Life's too short to sit around and wait. ~ Stephanie Gilmore

Life's too short to be a Go-Go for twenty years. ~ Belinda Carlisle

I try to use short sentences, short paragraphs and short chapters to keep the reader's interest. ~ Nelson DeMille

I'm used to short distances and short bursts of energy; it was just fastest. ~ Shannon Miller

Life is too short to do mediocre work and it is definitely too short to build shitty things. ~ Stewart Butterfield

Life's too short to be shoehorned into a box that isn't for you. ~ Lauren Mayberry

Life's too short. If you're passionate - stand up. ~ Richard Branson

I am all for the short and merry life. ~ Edward FitzGerald

Life is a shitstorm, in which art is our only umbrella.
(spoken by character in a novel by Mario Vargas Llosa) ~ Mario Vargas-Llosa

I don't read such boring things. Life is too short. ~ Gyorgy Ligeti

When I started out in the early 1930s, there were a great many magazines that published short stories. Unfortunately, the short-story market has dwindled to almost nothing. ~ Irwin Shaw