Instant Quotes

970 Instant quotes by 780 unique authors

It requires twenty years for a man to rise from the vegetable state in which he is within his mother's womb, and from the pure… — Voltaire
2. The instant the doors open, you want to push forward as hard as possible, in an effort to get onto the train without letting… — Dave Barry
This man has conquered the world! What have you done?" The philosopher replied without an instant's hesitation, "I have conquered the need to conquer the… — Steven Pressfield
What goes on inside is just too fast and huge and all interconnected for words to do more than barely sketch the outlines of at… — David Foster Wallace
No," he said calmly, filled with purpose. he took her arms lightly in his hands and shook her. "I am not giving you up." Emily… — Jodi Picoult
This world of ours is piled high with farewells and goodbyes of so many different kinds, like the evening sky renewing itself again and again… — Banana Yoshimoto
One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime. — Elisabeth Elliot
Have you not done tormenting me with your accursed time! It's abominable! When! When! One day, is that not enough for you, one day he… — Samuel Beckett
A journey, after all, neither begins in the instant we set out, nor ends when we have reached our door step once again. It starts… — Ryszard Kapuscinski
This cell belongs to a brain, and it is my brain, the brain of me who is writing; and the cell in question, and within… — Primo Levi
it is better to be a part of beauty for one instant and then cease to exist than to exist forever and never be a… — Don Marquis
I saw what I had been fighting for: It was for me, a scared child, who had run away a long time ago to what… — Amy Tan
For, how else to seize such an instant? How to shout out into the empty air just the right words, and on cue? Frame a… — Richard Ford
Human beings consider themselves satisfied only compared to some other condition. A man who has owned nothing but a bicycle all of his life feels… — Alan Lightman
The Lesson You've Got to learn is the someday you'll someday stagger to, blinking in cold light, all tears shed, ready to poke your bovine… — Mary Karr
Bliss—a-second-by-second joy and gratitude at the gift of being alive, conscious—lies on the other side of crushing, crushing boredom. Pay close attention to the most… — David Foster Wallace
Exhaustion was pressing upon and overpowering her. "Good-by--because I love you." He did not know; he did not understand. He would never understand. Perhaps Doctor… — Kate Chopin
I know we only talked once-" "But it meant something to you." Our eyes met for only an instant. "It meant something to me, too.… — Claudia Gray
Imagine a man who stands before a mirror; a stone strikes it, and it falls to ruin all in an instant. And the man learns… — Gene Wolfe
Lucas should've run out of there that instant. Instead he stared at me through the glass and slowly unfolded his hand opposite mine so that… — Claudia Gray
The very instant I saw you, did My heart fly to your service; there resides To make me slave to it. ...mine unworthiness, that dare… — William Shakespeare
When composing a verse let there not be a hair's breath separating your mind from what you write; composition of a poem must be done… — Matsuo Basho
I always think everything is going to last forever, but nothing ever does. In fact nothing exists longer than an instant except the thing that… — Sam Savage
Instant obedience will teach you more about God than a lifetime of Bible discussions. — Rick Warren
The boy was lying, fast asleep, on a rude bed upon the floor; so pale with anxiety, and sadness, and the closeness of his prison,… — Charles Dickens

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