Immediate Quotes
831 Immediate quotes by 696 unique authors
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Happiness is the intoxication produced by the moment of poise between a satisfactory past and an immediate future, rich with promise.
— Ella Maillart
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The negro cannot win the respect of the white people of the south or the peoples of the world if he is willing to sell…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Our internal life and external actions are steered by biological coctails to which we have neither immediate access nor direct acquaintance.
— David Eagleman
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Don't sacrifice the permanent on the altar of the immediate.
— Bob Jones, Sr.
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Theatre is immediate gratification
— Chita Rivera
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Genius is immediate, but talent takes time.
— Janet Flanner
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The concept that an artist would be revered by popular culture is an immediate dismissal of his relevance as an artist.
— Thomas Kinkade
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The present time is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate enjoyment, and we are forced to supply its deficiencies by recollection or…
— Samuel Johnson
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Literature: proclaiming in front of everyone what one is careful to conceal from one's immediate circle
— Jean Rostand
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Unprecedented warnings by officials most closely linked with nuclear arms negotiations and defense strategy indicate that we are running out of time. If we fail…
— Alan Cranston
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The fact that lately some circles, not less powerful by their small size, have been actively promoting certain theories, as dangerous as they are illusory,…
— Alfonso Garcia Robles
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Our immediate striving must be aimed at preventing what, in the present situation, is the greatest threat to the very survival of mankind, the nuclear…
— Alva Myrdal
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I am truly a "lone traveler" and have never belonged to my country, my home, my friends, or even my immediate family, with my whole…
— Albert Einstein
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No one who has not had the responsibility can really understand what it is like to be President, not even his closest aides or members…
— Harry S. Truman
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Forgiveness must be immediate, whether or not a person asks for it. Trust must be rebuilt over time. Trust requires a track record. If someone…
— Rick Warren
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Hunger is the worst form of deprivation of a human being. Although inability to access food is the immediate cause of hunger, the real cause…
— Muhammad Yunus
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I'm convinced that welfare reforms deserve our support, both because they are better (or at least much less bad) for the animals involved (the Golden…
— Bruce Friedrich
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Maturity is achieved when a person accepts life as full of tension; when he does not torment himself with childish guilt feelings, but avoids tragic…
— Joshua L. Liebman
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I always considered an idle Life, as a real evil, but, a life of such hurry, such constant hurry, leaves us scarcely a moment for…
— Edward Rutledge
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To abstain from the enjoyment which is in our power, or to seek distant rather than immediate results, are among the most painful exertions of…
— Nassau William Senior
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James Russell offers a timely and compelling blueprint for a realistic transformation of America's energy consumption by refusing to fall victim to conventional thinking. Accessible?pragmatic…
— Unknown Author
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Politicians are like God. No one believes in them, they haven't done anything for ages, and they give jobs to their immediate family
— Andy Zaltzman
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Atheists would teach men to be moral now, not because God offers as an inducement reward by and by, but because in the virtuous act…
— Charles Bradlaugh
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I tried to become a family man. I got married, but it didn't work out. After 22 months we got an annulment. Then I married…
— Dominic Chianese
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Mainiacs away from Maine are truly displaced persons, only half alive, only half aware of their immediate surroundings. Their inner attention is always preoccupied and…
— Louise Dickinson Rich
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