Duration Quotes

179 quotes by 159 authors

Think not thy time short in this world, since the world itself is not long. The created world is but a small parenthesis in eternity,… — Thomas Browne
Time, to the nation as to the individual, is nothing absolute; its duration depends on the rate of thought and feeling. — John William Draper
By heaven we understand a state of happiness infinite in degree, and endless in duration. — Benjamin Franklin
Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration. — Seneca the Younger
Fortunes are made, and disappear, over the lifetime of a single generation. Today, a person in essence takes his wealth from society just for the… — Mikhail Khodorkovsky
Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood. — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
It is with our entire past ... that we desire, will and act ... from this survival of the past it follows that consciousness cannot… — Henri Bergson
The quality of love and the duration of a relationship are in direct proportion to the depth of the commitment by both people to making… — Brian Tracy
Insurance and funding traditionally drive capital investment. But in a world based on access, not ownership, the duration, value, cost and extent of financial services… — Lisa Gansky
I like doing Pilates because I get to lie down on the floor for the duration of the session. — Lily Donaldson
A hybrid human-robot mission to investigate an asteroid affords a realistic opportunity to demonstrate new technological capabilities for future deep-space travel and to test spacecraft… — Buzz Aldrin
The only control we have over the duration of our life is to shorten it, and we do that all the time. — S. Jay Olshansky
Every relationship comes with a shelf life; that duration could be a minute or even a lifetime. If, for whatever reasons, a relationship cannot last… — Kabir Bedi
As the Earth continues to slow, leap seconds will grow more common. Eventually we will need one every year, and then even more. Scientists could… — James Gleick
The value of life is not in its duration, but in its donation. You are not important because of how long you live, you are… — Myles Munroe
Pride in boasting of family antiquity, makes duration stand for merit. — John Zimmerman
Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited in space and indefinite… — DeWitt Clinton
In my judgment, if we had pursued this course, the zones would have been of short duration. England would have been compelled to take her… — George William Norris
I demonstrated the characteristics of experimental fever. It appears after an incubation period which is never less than five days. It follows the same pattern… — Charles Jules Henry Nicole
And so, in case we have contingencies and things that we cannot accomplish within the duration of the space walk, we have a buffer, I… — Umberto Guidoni

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