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Anger is a momentary madness. — Horace
A dirty joke is not, of course, a serious attack on morality, but it is a sort of mental rebellion, a momentary wish that things… — George Orwell
Scientific thought, then, is not momentary; it is not a static instance; it is a process. — Jean Piaget
Our existence as embodied beings is purely momentary; what are a hundred years in eternity? But if we shatter the chains of egotism, and melt… — Mahatma Gandhi
Artistic qualities that once seemed undeniable don't seem so now. Sometimes these fluctuations are only fickleness of taste, momentary glitches in an artist's work, or… — Jerry Saltz
The most emphatic place in a clause or sentence is the end. This is the climax; and, during the momentary pause that follows, that last… — F L Lucas
Joy is what we are, not what we must get. Joy is the realization that all we want or need in life has been etched… — Iyanla Vanzant
I take it that a monograph of this sort belongs to the ephemera literature of science. The studied care which is warranted in the treatment… — Gilbert N. Lewis
By rejecting the authority of the individual and replacing it by the numbers of some momentary mob, the parliamentary principle of majority rule sins against… — Adolf Hitler
I've never had a plan. You look for different actors you want to work with or different subjects you want to explore, or sometimes it's… — Michelle Forbes
Marriage now tends to be viewed as a form of mere emotional satisfaction that can be constructed in any way or modified at will. But… — Pope Francis
All the manifest forms of existence are but illusions. They are momentary displays of consciousness, flashes of lightening in the sky. They are there for… — Frederick Lenz
The values that reside in art are anarchic, they are every man's loves and hates and his momentary divine revelation. — Ben Shahn
No dealer, curator, buyer or critic, or any existing combination of these, can be depended on to produce a reputation that is more than a… — Harold Rosenberg
In presenting a mathematical argument the great thing is to give the educated reader the chance to catch on at once to the momentary point… — John Edensor Littlewood
The important task rarely must be done today, or even this week...But the urgent task calls for instant action...The momentary appeal of these tasks seems… — Charles Hummel
Diplomacy matters. Burden-sharing matters. Follow-through matters. And yes, sustaining the peace is harder, more complex and often costlier than winning the war itself. No matter… — Dick Gephardt
All things are the same, familiar in enterprise, momentary in endurance, coarse in substance. All things now are as they were in the day of… — Marcus Aurelius
The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom... in a clarification of life - not necessarily a great clarification, such… — Robert Frost
Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his… — John Keats
There are two sorts of curiosity - the momentary and the permanent. The momentary is concerned with the odd appearance on the surface of things.… — Robert Wilson Lynd
My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way. — Roman Polanski
Reality TV is sleazy, it is manipulative. It is as momentary as anything in popular culture. — Morley Safer
Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect. — Sydney Smith
Passion is momentary; love is enduring. — John Wooden

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