Permanent Quotes

1073 Permanent quotes by 810 unique authors

When to the Permanent is sacrificed the Mutable, the prize is thine: the drop returneth whence it came. The Open Path leads to the changeless… — Alexander Pope
There is no permanent status quo in nature; all is the process of adjustment and readjustment, or else eventual failure. But man is the first… — Hermann Joseph Muller
I come to this debate, Mr. Speaker, as one at the end of 10 years in office on the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, where… — Nancy Pelosi
The removal of Saddam Hussein and his replacement by someone beholden to the United States is a key part of a broader United States strategy… — Michael Klare
We consider these settlements to be contrary to the Geneva Convention, that occupied territory should not be changed by establishment of permanent settlements by the… — Jimmy Carter
Truly I say to you, a single number has more genuine and permanent value than an expensive library full of hypotheses. — Robert Mayer
WEATHER, n. The climate of an hour. A permanent topic of conversation among persons whom it does not interest, but who have inherited the tendency… — Ambrose Bierce
All communities divide themselves into the few and the many. The first are the rich and the well-born; the other the mass of the people… — Alexander Hamilton
Governments, whatever their pretensions otherwise, try to preserve themselves by holding the individual down ... Government itself, indeed, may be reasonably defined as a conspiracy… — H. L. Mencken
Without publicity, no good is permanent; under the auspices of publicity, no evil can continue. — Jeremy Bentham
In the midst of wanton aggression, we still call upon the Arab inhabitants of the State of Israel to return to the ways of peace… — David Ben-Gurion
The need for a permanent status resolution approved by Congress is made even more clear to me because of my experience as a former Under-Secretary-General… — Dick Thornburgh
Whether you accept or reject it, God's Love for you is permanent. — Sri Chinmoy
Your success in life and work will be determined by the kinds of habits that you develop over time. The habit of setting priorities, overcoming… — Brian Tracy
Mourning is not forgetting... It is an undoing. Every minute tie has to be untied and something permanent and valuable recovered and assimilated from the… — Margery Allingham
The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is in extending our commercial relations to have as little political connection as… — George Washington
... large and permanent military establishments ... are forbidden by the principles of free government, and against the necessity of which the militia were meant… — James Madison
We are repeatedly left, in other words, with no further focus than ourselves, a source from which self-pity naturally flows. Each time this happens I… — Joan Didion
In our civilization, there are permanent forms which are part of every epoch and every culture. They are not especially difficult to detect. A minimal… — Philippe Starck
They adored each other; but still the permanent and the immutable subsist. We may love and laugh, pout, clasp hands, smile, and exchange endearments, but… — Victor Hugo
Habits start out as off-hand remarks, magazine advertisements, friendly hints, experiments - like flimsy cobwebs with little substance. They grow with practice, layer by layer… — Denis Waitley
I guess I've always lived upside down when I want things I can't have. My wife actually thinks I have a syndrome called Reality Distortion… — Tom Waits
Abstinence from all injustice to other first-rate powers is a greater tower of strength than anything that can be gained by the sacrifice of permanent… — Thucydides
Becoming a vampire is forever. You don't get to change your mind about it later. For me, I think that's one of the big drawbacks… — Stephenie Meyer
Standing here, staying here, permanent here, eternal here, and we have one goal, one, one: to be. — Mahmoud Darwish

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