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1073 Permanent quotes by 810 unique authors

Such an arrangement would provide Taiwan and China with a forum for dialogue whereby they may forge closer ties based on mutual understanding and respect,… — Nick Lampson
I'm sure that everybody feels a kind of permanent anguish about what's going on in the world. — Doris Lessing
I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. — Jack London
I never take any commitment lightly, and I certainly don't take my wife lightly. I never did and I never will. That's permanent. That's true… — John Lydon
A record company used to be a very good thing, but they ended up soul-destroyingly trapping people in the accounting department. And you couldn't get… — John Lydon
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
A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the… — James Madison
The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality. — James A. Michener
Only to the extent that men desire peace and brotherhood can the world be made better. No peace even though temporarily obtained, will be permanent,… — David O. McKay
Hope is the feeling we have that the feeling we have is not permanent. — Mignon McLaughlin
The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else… — H. L. Mencken
I will not be just a tourist in the world of images, just watching images passing by which I cannot live in, make love to,… — Anais Nin
If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be impoverished. — Richard M. Nixon
I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it. — Yoko Ono
Well, I'm not a member of the permanent political establishment, and I've learned quickly these last few days that if you're not a member in… — Sarah Palin
You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job. — Laurence J. Peter
The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord… — Alexander Pope
The United Nations' founders understood that decisions affecting war and peace should happen only by consensus, and with America's consent, the veto by Security Council… — Vladimir Putin
People from both political parties have long recognized that welfare without work creates negative incentives that lead to permanent poverty. It robs people of self-esteem. — Mitt Romney
The soles of Neil Armstrong's boots on the moon made permanent impressions on our souls and in our national psyche. Ann and I watched those… — Mitt Romney
Reading is a form of prayer, a guided meditation that briefly makes us believe we're someone else, disrupting the delusion that we're permanent and at… — George Saunders
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent. — Marilyn vos Savant
Learning is any change in a system that produces a more or less permanent change in its capacity for adapting to its environment. — Herbert Simon
Any rule, not existing in the nature of things, or that is not permanent, universal and inflexible in its application, is no law, according to… — Lysander Spooner
You can't have a situation in which companies proceed on a permanent basis relying only on cash from the government. — Lawrence Summers

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