Passing Quotes

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Time is a sort of river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight than it is… — Marcus Aurelius
In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior. — Francis Bacon
I gave up on new poetry myself 30 years ago when most of it began to read like coded messages passing between lonely aliens in… — Russell Baker
I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent. — Lucille Ball
A ball had passed between my body and the right arm which supported him, cutting through the sleeve and passing through his chest from shoulder… — Clara Barton
Death consists, indeed, in a repeated process of unrobing, or unsheathing. The immortal part of man shakes off from itself, one after the other, its… — Annie Besant
The human body is constantly undergoing a process of decay and of reconstruction. First builded into the astral form in the womb of the mother,… — Annie Besant
Similarly, thought is a system. That system not only includes thought and feelings, but it includes the state of the body; it includes the whole… — David Bohm
There has been so much power concentrated. There is no leash on that power anymore and Americans face the situation that this power is getting… — James Bovard
I am Ecuadorian but people felt so safe passing me off as a skinny, blue-eyed white girl. — Christina Aguilera
Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship. — Omar N. Bradley
Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth... suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully. — Julie Burchill
A new breeze is blowing, and a world refreshed by freedom seems reborn; for in man's heart, if not in fact, the day of the… — George H. W. Bush
A major advantage of age is learning to accept people without passing judgment. — Liz Carpenter
I have often met with happiness after some imprudent step which ought to have brought ruin upon me, and although passing a vote of censure… — Giacomo Casanova
Nearly all Americans have ancestors who braved the oceans-liberty-loving risk takers in search of an ideal-the largest voluntary migrations in recorded history. Across the Pacific,… — George H. W. Bush
I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full. — Francesca Annis
[Emigrants] will bring with them the principles of the governments they leave, imbibed in their early youth; or, if able to throw off, it will… — Thomas Jefferson
Congressional mistakes have dramatically increased immigration through a series of what I believe were ill-advised actions going back to 1965 when the basic notions of… — Ronald Reagan
During cycles long anterior to the creation of the human race, and while the surface of the globe was passing from one condition to another,… — Roderick Murchison

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