Fleeting Quotes

347 Fleeting quotes by 294 unique authors

A short story is confined to one mood, to which everything in the story pertains. Characters, setting, time, events, are all subject to the mood.… — Eudora Welty
You should never be afraid to be yourself, under any circumstances. The genre of cool is fleeting. What's cool today will not be cool a… — Jaleel White
As we seek Christ, as we find Him, as we follow Him, we shall have the Christmas spirit, not for one fleeting day each year,… — Thomas S. Monson
The word is a thing of mystery, so volatile that it vanishes almost on the lip, yet so powerful that it decides fates and determines… — Romano Guardini
The flourishing life cannot be achieved until we moderate our desires and see how superficial and fleeting they are. — Epictetus
If time, so fleeting, must like humans die, let it be filled with good food and good talk, and then embalmed in the perfumes of… — M.F.K. Fisher
For every grand and finely worded statement by the CEO, the brand is also defined by derisory consumer comments overheard in a hallway, or in… — Scott Bedbury
Science is not the affirmation of a set of beliefs but a process of inquiry aimed at building a testable body of knowledge constantly open… — Michael Shermer
Conversation! Supple sentences, with first and second meanings and overtones beyond, outrageous challenges with cleverly planned slip-points, rebuttals of elegant brevity; deceptions and guiles, patient… — Jack Vance
When we fully understand the brevity of life, its fleeting joys and unavoidable pains; when we accept the facts that all men and women are… — Clarence Darrow
Whatever form it takes, camping is earthy, soul enriching and character building, and there can be few such satisfying moments as having your tent pitched… — Pippa Middleton
The recollections of an older man are different from those of a younger man. What seemed vital at forty may lose its significance at seventy.… — Siri Hustvedt
We must live for the few who know and appreciate us, who judge and absolve us, and for whom we have the same affection and… — Sarah Bernhardt
Writing comes into being to retain information across time and across space. Before writing, communication is evanescent and local; sounds carry a few yards and… — James Gleick
What brings a real and lasting joy is our relationships with God, and our love for His other children He has put in our lives.… — Lindsey Stirling
Learn to respect this sacred moment of birth, as fragile, as fleeting, as elusive as dawn. — Frederick Leboyer
Your best creative assets do not occur unless you do a mental shift. You have to be in a positive frame of mind because inspiration… — Ron Ben-Israel
It has been rightly said that what a critic wants to understand he must, at one time, have deeply loved, even if only for a… — Martin Esslin
This world is all a fleeting show, For man's illusion given The smiles of joy, the tears of woe, Deceitful shine, deceitful flow, Theres nothing… — Charles Lamb
It is, I suppose, the business of grandparents to create memories and the relative of memories: traditions. We want to lodge moments, like snapshots, in… — Ellen Goodman

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