Duration Quotes

179 quotes by 159 authors

The degree and duration of the torment of these degenerate and anti-Christian people, should be no other than would be approved of by those angels… — Isaac Newton
If we are in earnest about giving the Union energy and duration we must abandon the vain project of legislating upon the States in their… — Alexander Hamilton
I regret, as much as any member, the unavoidable weight and duration of the burdens to be imposed; having never been a proselyte to the… — James Madison
The genius of Republican liberty, seems to demand on one side, not only that all power should be derived from the people; but, that those… — James Madison
The only duration of family life that satisfies the loftiest longings of the human soul is forever. — Russell M. Nelson
Higher than the question of our duration is the question of our deserving. Immortality will come to such as are fit for it, and he… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I say when you get into a war, you should win as quick as you can, because your losses become a function of the duration… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Let it be said that when given a chance to complete the liberation of black Americans, on June 23, 2003 five justices consigned them to… — Ward Connerly
It is well known that unemployment benefits raise unemployment durations. — Raj Chetty
Wit and Humor - if any difference, it is in duration - lightning and electric light. Same material, apparently; but one is vivid, and can… — Mark Twain
The only idea man can affix to the name of God, is that of a first cause, the cause of all things. And, incomprehensibly difficult… — Thomas Paine
It is indeed immensely picturesque. I can fancy sitting all a summer's day watching its shadows shorten and lengthen again, and drawing a delicious contrast… — Henry James
I do not think that any sorrow of youth or manhood equalled in intensity or duration the black and hopeless misery which followed the wrench… — Henry George
Tragic paradox of freedom: the mediocre men who alone make its exercise possible cannot guarantee its duration. — Emile M. Cioran
When the idea of any pleasure strikes your imagination, make a just computation between the duration of the pleasure and that of the repentance that… — Epictetus
Pain and suffering are in themselves bad and should be prevented or minimized, irrespective of the race, sex, or species of the being that suffers.… — Peter Singer
A legalistic commitment to duration can kill one's prayer life. — R. Kent Hughes
My duration's infinite, money-wise or physiology. — Nas
It may well be that an analysis of figures would reveal a law - the duration of a marriage is inversely proportional to the cost… — Michael Foley
The customer is always right' may have become a standard motto in the world of business, but the idea that 'the audience is always right,'… — Max Atkinson

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