Ephemeral Quotes

153 quotes by 130 authors

Since 1970, relationships can be more volatile, jobs more ephemeral, geographical mobility more intensified, stability of marriage weaker. — Mary Douglas
We have entered a new phase of culture - we may call it the Age of the Cinema - in which the most amazing perfection… — Christopher Dawson
We're as ephemeral as raindrops. We all fall, and we all land somewhere. — Robert Charles Wilson
This, however, is sure: nothing is really lost. Any influence for good, no matter how ephemeral, makes its mark: it helps to leaven the loaf… — Horace Annesley Vachell
The family is threatened by growing efforts on the part of some to redefine the very institution of marriage, by relativism, by the culture of… — Pope Francis
Clyde Phillip Wachsberger's delightful memoir about tending beds of flowers as compensation for a lonely middle age only to find unexpected romance along the way… — Unknown Author
Quantum field theory arose out of our need to describe the ephemeral nature of life. — Anthony Zee
Anyone who enjoys inner peace is no more broken by failure as he is inflated by success. He is able to fully live his experiences… — Matthieu Ricard
I am a weak, ephemeral creature made of mud and dream. But I feel all the powers of the universe whirling within me. — Nikos Kazantzakis
A writer's work has to take account of many rhythms: Vulcan's and Mercury's, a message of urgency obtained by dint of patient and meticulous adjustments… — Italo Calvino
Success is a relative quotient, and fame can be ephemeral. An Oscar is something that becomes a part of your record, a tangible acknowledgement that… — Faye Dunaway
Rigel, Betelgeuse, and Orion. There was no finer church, no finer choir, than the stars speaking in silence to the many consumptives silently condemned, a… — Mark Helprin
I think we defy entropy and impermanence with our films and our poems. We hold onto each other a little harder and say, 'I will… — Jason Silva
A dress is a piece of ephemeral architecture, designed to enhance the proportions of the female body. — Christian Dior
I do NOT accept the ephemeral nature of this moment. I'm going to extend it FOREVER! Or at least I'm going to try. — Jason Silva
We now demand the light artillery of the intellect; we need the curt, the condensed, the pointed, the readily diffused - in place of the… — Edgar Allan Poe
Conceptual art, for me, means work in which the idea is paramount and the material form is secondary, lightweight, ephemeral, cheap, unpretentious and/or â€˜dematerializedâ€™ — Lucy R. Lippard
While all other things are uncertain, evanescent, and ephemeral, virtue alone is fixed with deep roots; it can neither be overthrown by any violence or… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Never can the innate power of a work be hidden or locked away. A work of art can be forgotten by time; it can be… — Stefan Zweig
An excess of development can undermine the most ephemeral but distinctive tool a writer possesses: authorial voice. A writer's voice is as individual and marked… — David Wright

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