Ephemeral Quotes

153 Ephemeral quotes by 130 unique authors

Anybody can write, but not everybody invents new forms of writing. Gertrude Stein invented a new form of writing and her imitators are just 'talents.'… — Jack Kerouac
Being more mature now, I've managed to make peace with my past, as it's making peace with me. Certainly there's a mutual gain for reflecting… — Cat Stevens
The English language lacks the words 'to mourn an absence.' For the loss of a parent, grandparent, spouse, child or friend we have all manner… — Laura Bush
My weakness ... is architecture. I think of my work as ephemeral architecture, dedicated to the beauty of the female body. — Christian Dior
The images of peace are ephemeral. The language of peace is subtle. The reasons for peace, the definitions of peace, the very idea of peace… — Maxine Hong Kingston
Ephemeral work made outside, for and about a day, lies at the core of my art and its making must be kept private. — Andy Goldsworthy
I don't like ephemeral things; I like things that last forever — Laura Ashley
Dreams are lovely. But they are just dreams. Fleeting, ephemeral, pretty. But dreams do not come true just because you dream them. It's hard work… — Shonda Rhimes
Substance is enduring, form is ephemeral. — Dee Hock
Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind. We wallow in nostalgia but manage to… — Florence King
True nostalgia is an ephemeral composition of disjointed memories. — Florence King
The ascent to the divine Life is the human journey, the Work of works, the acceptable Sacrifice. This alone is man's real business in the… — Sri Aurobindo
When a man in the process of dreaming becomes conscious that he is dreaming, he is no longer identified with the phenomena; he is not… — Paramahansa Yogananda
I made enough money to buy a house. That's crazy, but fame proved ephemeral. — Moon Unit Zappa
Attaching significance to invariants is an effort to recognize what, because of its form or colour or meaning or otherwise, is important or significant in… — Herbert Turnbull
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

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