Passing Quotes

1379 Passing quotes by 1048 unique authors

College is a place where a professor's lecture notes go straight to the students' lecture notes, without passing through the brains of either. — Mark Twain
The world, as we know it, is coming to an end. The world as the center of the universe, the world divided from the heavens,… — Joseph Campbell
Has it ever struck you ... that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly… — Eric Kandel
As we mourn President Mandelaâ€™s passing we must ask ourselves the fundamental question - what shall we do to respond to the tasks of building… — Thabo Mbeki
I'd ban all automobiles from the central part of the city. You see, the automobile was just a passing fad. It's got to go. It's… — Lawrence Ferlinghetti
What we call strategy is mainly just crossing rivers on bridges and passing mountains though cols. — Anatole France
To those who can hear me, I say - do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed… — Charlie Chaplin
The fight between life and death is to the finish, and death ultimately is the victor . . . I do not deplore the passing… — Jack Johnson
Photographing expresses human desire to preserve passing time. It is like a man struggling with time that elapses, and in general - a desire to… — Ryszard Kapuscinski
Returning from the wilderness a man becomes a restorer of order, a preserver. He sees the truth, recognizes his true heir, honors his forbears and… — Wendell Berry
The sketch hunter moves through life as he finds it, not passing negligently the things he loves, but stopping to know them, and to note… — Robert Henri
With the withering of the rose, and with each fallen petal, Allah is reminding us that everything here is passing away. He is reminding us… — Yasmin Mogahed
Very sad to hear about the passing of Nelson Mandela. He was a true inspiration for human rights and equality for South Africa and the… — Bryan Adams
Deep within yourself, listen to your conscience which calls you to be pure...a home is not warmed by the fire of pleasure which burns quickly… — Pope John Paul II
Time is passing...yet for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th. — George W. Bush
Honor to the earth," the abbot said, "honor to the dead in the passing of the year; honor to the living, in the coming of… — C J Cherryh
We clasp the hands of those who go before us, and the hands of those who come after us; we enter the little circle of… — Wendell Berry
... there is clearly expressed for us? what it is we must attribute either to free will or to the decision and daily assistance of… — John Cassian
I hold it to be one of the distinguishing excellences of elective over hereditary successions that the talents which nature has provided in sufficient proportion,… — Thomas Jefferson
Most creative work is a process of people passing ideas and inspirations from the past into the future and adding their own creativity along the… — Joichi Ito

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