Instant Quotes

970 Instant quotes by 780 unique authors

Rather than concede to the state of Missouri for one single instant the right to dictate to my government in any matter however unimportant, I… — Unknown Author
All that we call spirit and art and ecstacy only means that for one awful instant we remember that we forgot. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
It is well to remember that the office of Chief Executive is in part a symbol of the nation and that leaders in a nation… — Herbert Hoover
Language as the technology of human extension, whose powers of division and separation we know so well, may have been the "Tower of Babel" by… — Marshall McLuhan
Design a clear and simple interface. The primary task of the interface is to present the player with a choice of the available actions at… — Unknown Author
The secret idea she was forming of an afterlife gave her the foothold she needed to endure the agonies to come, a newfound courage and… — Lucy Ellmann
Under a Presidential government, a nation has, except at the electing moment, no influence; it has not the ballot-box before it; its virtue is gone,… — Walter Bagehot
SIR,-Your letter of February the 18th came to hand on the 1st instant; and the request of the history of my physical habits would have… — Thomas Jefferson
Shoes are the quickest way for women to achieve instant metamorphosis. — Manolo Blahnik
If you like eating meat but want to eat ethically, this is the book for you. From the hard-headed, clear-eyed, and sympathetic perspective of butchers… — Marion Nestle
My dynamite will sooner lead to peace than a thousand world conventions. As soon as men will find that in one instant, whole armies can… — Alfred Nobel
Both life and death manifest in every moment of existence. Our human body appears and disappears moment by moment, without cease, and this ceaseless arising… — Ruth Ozeki
Speak up, destiny, speak up! Destiny always seems decades away, but suddenly it's not decades away; it's right now. But maybe destiny is always right… — Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Anyone suffering Downton Abbey withdrawal symptoms will find an instant tonic. — Allison Pearson
We're left with so little to go on. Only the present is full enough to seem complete, and even that is an optical illusion. The… — Unknown Author
Health is the greatest of God's gifts, but we take it for granted; yet it hangs on a thread as fine as a spider's web… — Jennifer Worth
The river is now. This moment. This breath between us. The space between your heartbeats. The moment before you blink. The instant a thought flashes… — Lisa Mangum
Modern man is conditioned to expect instant gratification, but any success or triumph realized quickly, with only marginal effort, is necessarily shallow. Meaningful achievement takes… — Mark Twight
There's nothing like the #‎ buzz of live #‎ theater . You put it out there and receive an instant reaction: laughing, crying, yelling, applauding. — Samantha Barks
I was ravenous for my child and took to gorging myself in the boneyard, hoping that she might possibly meet me halfway, or just beyond,… — Paul Harding
A friend whom you have been gaining during your whole life, you ought not to be displeased with in a moment. A stone is many… — Saadi
The byline is a replacement for many other things, not the least of them money. If someone ever does a great psychological profile of journalism… — David Halberstam
For an instant God opens his door and His orchestra plays the Fifth Symphony, — Jean Sibelius
Practically everything from hairstyles to lifestyles is endorsed as some sort of drug to be taken Now for Instant Relief. — Benjamin Hoff
And it was there that I saw the most appealing creature in the whole shop. He had a slight chink out of one foot and… — Chris d'Lacey

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