Permanent Quotes

1073 Permanent quotes by 810 unique authors

Men cannot abandon their religious faith without a kind of aberration of intellect and a sort of violent distortion of their true nature; they are… — Alexis de Tocqueville
In France, a chemist named Pilatre de Rozier tested the flammability of hydrogen by gulping a mouthful and blowing across an open flame, proving at… — Bill Bryson
...we took the 10 machines we agreed were the most beguiling, and we put them on permanent exhibit in the foyer of this library underneath… — Kurt Vonnegut
I thought Marcus was going to be in my life forever. Then I thought I was wrong. Now he’s back. But this time I know… — Megan McCafferty
Now I know that our world is no more permanent than a wave rising on the ocean. Whatever our struggles and triumphs, however we may… — Arthur Golden
It's the only condition I know. Bitter Love, Loneliness, contempt for corruption, blind hope. It's where I live. A permanent state of bereavement. This is… — Gregory Maguire
When we are unhurried and wise, we perceive that only great and worthy things have any permanent and absolute existence, that petty fears and petty… — Henry David Thoreau
If someone were to ask whether communications skills or meekness is most important to a marriage, I'd answer meekness, hands down. You can be a… — John Bytheway
I envied those who could believe in a God and I distrusted them. I felt they were keeping their courage up with a fable of… — Graham Greene
A book is an attempt to make through permanent and to contribute to the great conversation conducted by authors of the past. […] The telegraph… — Neil Postman
If we commit ourselves to one person for life, this is not, as many people think, a rejection of freedom; rather, it demands the courage… — Madeleine L'Engle
Sufficient unto the day is one baby. As long as you are in your right mind don't you ever pray for twins. Twins amount to… — Mark Twain
You had every right to be. He raised his eyes to look at her and she was suddenly and strangely reminded of being four years… — Cassandra Clare
Man is a machine, but a very peculiar machine. He is a machine which, in right circumstances, and with right treatment, can know that he… — P D Ouspensky
What we remember from childhood we remember forever - permanent ghosts, stamped, inked, imprinted, eternally seen. — Cynthia Ozick
As for us, He has appointed the job of permanent unemployment. If he wanted us to work, after all, He would not have created this… — Unknown Author
I think I hoped for something more. Maybe I even hoped that I could find in Richard what I had with Ben. But it is… — Emily Giffin
Through this atmosphere of torrid splendor moved wan beings as richly upholstered as the furniture, beings without definite pursuits or permanent relations, who drifted on… — Edith Wharton
Integrity is at the heart of commerce in the world in which we live. Honesty and integrity comprise the very underpinnings of society.....Indeed, the strength… — Gordon B. Hinckley
The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless. — Alan Watts
Once the inner connection is grasped, all theoretical belief in the permanent necessity of existing conditions collapses before their collapse in practice -- Letter to… — Karl Marx
Our homes do not have to offer us permanent occupancy or store our clothes to merit the name. To speak of home in relation to… — Alain de Botton
There are disappointments which wring us, and there are those which inflict a wound whose mark we bear to our graves. Such are so keen… — Thomas Hardy
We should always endeavor to wonder at the permanent thing, not at the mere exception. We should be startled by the sun, and not by… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
How little of permanent happiness could belong to a couple who were only brought together because their passions were stronger than their virtue. — Jane Austen

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