The obsession required to see a feature through from concept to release is not a rational thing to do with your brief time on this planet. Nor is it something to which an intelligent person should aspire. Yahoo Serious
One swallow does not make a summer, neither does one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy. Aristotle
Their reason for killing and destroying such an infinite number of souls is that the Christians have an ultimate aim, which is to acquire gold, and to swell themselves with riches in a very brief time and thus rise to a high estate disproportionate to their merits. Bartolomé de las Casas
For a brief time I was here; and for a brief time I mattered. Harlan Ellison
One idea I explore in my stand-up show is whether, if you try looking at the universe rationally and avoid coping mechanisms like mysticism or religion, you can still be happy knowing you are going to die after a brief time on this spinning ball. Robin Ince
Little by little it ebbs, this life, if by any chance I am still alive; my brief time passes before my eyes. I mourn the past in whatever I say; as each day passes, step by step my youth deserts me-what persists is pain. Luís de Camões