Permanent Quotes

1073 Permanent quotes by 810 unique authors

Bureaucrats behave very differently than a private-sector manager because their motivations are different. Permanent bureaucrats, no matter how senior, worry about their next job. — John Sununu
I thought, I'm only going to be on this planet once, and only for a short time. What can I do with my life that… — John Templeton
I want my permanent address to be in Oklahoma. Someday, when I get married and I have kids, that's where I want to raise my… — Carrie Underwood
We believe that the United States and the rest of the international community can play a useful role by exerting influence on Pakistan to put… — Atal Bihari Vajpayee
The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has… — George Washington
Even if I know I shall never change the masses, never transform anything permanent, all I ask is that the good things also have their… — Richard Wagner
My country is in the grips of a major economic crisis. This is causing dramatic consequences for the very existence of Polish families. A permanent… — Lech Walesa
I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which becomes more or less pronounced according to the play of… — Simone Weil
At twenty-one, so many things appear solid, permanent, untenable. — Orson Welles
Every president needs to deal with the permanent government of the country, and the permanent government of the country is Wall Street oligarchs and corporate… — Cornel West
It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating. — Oscar Wilde
Art does not, like science, set forth a permanent order of nature, the enduring skeleton of law. Two factors primarily determine its works: one is… — George Edward Woodberry
A good essay must have this permanent quality about it; it must draw its curtain round us, but it must be a curtain that shuts… — Virginia Woolf
Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity. — William Wordsworth
Pink Floyd is like a marriage that's on a permanent trial separation. — Rick Wright
Ever notice how irons have a setting for permanent press? I don't get it. — Steven Wright
Stores don't order merchandise unless they think they can sell it right away. Manufacturers and builders don't produce unless they have buyers lined up. My… — Janet Yellen
A pleasant voice, which has to include clear enunciation, is not only attractive to those who hear it... its appeal is permanent. — Loretta Young
Cyberattacks have become a permanent fixture on the international scene because they have become easy and cheap to launch. Basic computer literacy and a modest… — Evgeny Morozov
Uncertainty is a permanent part of the leadership landscape. It never goes away. — Andy Stanley
Of course motivation is not permanent. But then, neither is bathing; but it is something you should do on a regular basis. — Zig Ziglar
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled… — Jack London
Each in the most hidden sack kept the lost jewels of memory, intense love, secret nights and permanent kisses, the fragment of public or private… — Pablo Neruda
and realized that death was not only a permanent probability, as he had always believed, but an immediate reality. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
One of them is knowing the difference between Morality and Wisdom. Morality is temporary, Wisdom is permanent… Ho ho. Take that one to bed with… — Hunter S. Thompson

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