Durable Quotes

129 quotes by 111 authors

Woe betide him, and her too, when it comes to things of consequence, when they are placed in circumstances requiring fortitude and strength of mind,… — Jane Austen
The mind in creation is as a fading coal, which some invisible influence, like an inconstant wind, awakens to transitory brightness; this power arises from… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
The knife is the most durable, immortal, the most genius thing that man created. The knife was the guillotine; the knife is the universal means… — Yevgeny Zamyatin
You donâ€™t have to know a lot of things for your life to make a lasting difference in the world. But you do have to… — John Piper
Of everything that man erects and builds in his urge for living nothing is in my eyes better and more valuable than bridges. They are… — Ivo Andric
Only recently have we come up with the technology to turn lazing around into a way of life. We've taken our sinewy, durable, hunter-gatherer bodies… — Christopher McDougall
When you're eighteen your emotions are violent, but they're not durable. — W. Somerset Maugham
The most durable thing in writing is style. It is a projection of personality and you have to have a personality before you can project… — Raymond Chandler
human relationships simply aren't durable. I think back to the women in my life. they seem non-existent. — Charles Bukowski
But true love is a durable fire, In the mind ever burning, Never sick, never old, never dead, From itself never turning. — Walter Raleigh
The foolish are like ripples on water, For whatsoever they do is quickly effaced; But the righteous are like carvings upon stone, For their smallest… — Horace
The American system is a beautiful and durable thing, but flawed. I would like to think that this decadence is not sustainable, whether in the… — Mark Leibovich
You will not really have durable peace without a proper security structure in the Middle East. — Mohamed ElBaradei
Contrary to popular mythology, the best and most durable relationships are based not on vulnerability or passion but on a conjugation of positive attributes, a… — Mariella Frostrup
Both President Obama and I shared the conviction that territorial and maritime disputes in the Asia Pacific region should be settled peacefully based on international… — Benigno Aquino III
As a general rule, durable-goods production tends to be the most volatile sector of the economy. Since people usually have a stock of durables in… — Virginia Postrel
Fraudulent and improper payments have long bedeviled Medicare, a $466 billion program. In particular, payments for durable medical equipment, like power wheelchairs and diabetic test… — Charles Duhigg
The question is, what are we to do in order to consolidate peace on a universal and durable foundation, and what are the essential elements… — Arthur Henderson
A similar revolving fund could be set up for Germany, for a durable peace can rest only upon a Germany that, while militarily impotent, is… — James Forrestal
Human intelligence discovered a way of perpetuating itself, one not only more durable and more resistant than architecture, but also simpler and easier. — Victor Hugo

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