Permanent Quotes

1073 Permanent quotes by 810 unique authors

Pornographic or erotic stories and pictures are worse than filthy or polluted food. The body has defenses to rid itself of unwholesome food. With a… — Dallin H. Oaks
The opinions which we hold of one another, our relations with friends and kinsfolk are in no sense permanent, save in appearance, but are as… — Marcel Proust
Why compose works that have to be re-created every time they are performed? Because definitive, once-and-for-all developments seem no longer appropriate to musical thought as… — Pierre Boulez
Permanent results only come from permanent changes in lifestyle and diet style. You don't get permanently well unless you permanently change the way you live. — Joel Fuhrman
People around you, constantly under the pull of their emotions, change their ideas by the day or by the hour, depending on their mood. You… — Robert Greene
Measure her rights and duties by the unerring standard of moral being… and then the truth will be self-evident, that whatever it is morally right… — Angelina Grimke
Through art and science in their broadest senses it is possible to make a permanent contribution towards the improvement and enrichment of human life and… — Frederick Sanger
The most important key to the permanent enhancement of self esteem is the practice of positive inner-talk. — Denis Waitley
Each of us is born with a series of built-in confusions that are probably somehow Darwinian. These are: (1) we're central to the universe (that… — George Saunders
There are some who do not learn, and who do not improve as fast as they might, because their eyes and their hearts are not… — Lorenzo Snow
One cannot lead a life that is truly excellent without feeling that one belongs to something greater and more permanent than oneself. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The U.S. must renounce any U.S. interest in constructing permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq. — Peter DeFazio
Parenthood abruptly catapults us into a permanent relationship with a stranger, and the more alien the stranger, the stronger the whiff of negativity. We depend… — Andrew Solomon
Parenthood abruptly catapults us into a permanent relationship with a stranger, — Andrew Solomon
No conquest can ever become permanent which does not show itself beneficial to the conquered as well as to the conquerors. — Thomas Carlyle
A building is akin to dogma; it is insolent, like dogma. Whether or no it is permanent, it claims permanence, like a dogma. People ask… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
A large proportion of mankind, like pigeons and partridges, on reaching maturity, having passed through a period of playfulness or promiscuity, establish what they hope… — C. D. Darlington
Frauds master our minds; magicians, like poets and lovers, engage them in a permanent maze of possibilities. — Adam Gopnik
Child abuse and neglect offend the basic values of our state. We have a responsibility to provide safe settings for at-risk children and facilitate permanent… — Matt Blunt
Make a strong and permanent commitment to invest your talents only in pursuits that deserve your best efforts. — Nido R Qubein
The "health, education, and welfare" section of government is another boondoggle. First we manufacture indigent and superfluous people by legal monopolies in land, money and… — Laurance Labadie
To commune daily with God in deep meditation, and to carry His love and guidance with you into all your dutiful activities, is the way… — Paramahansa Yogananda
The spectacle of modern investment markets has sometimes moved me towards the conclusion that to make the purchase of an investment permanent and indissoluble, like… — John Maynard Keynes
We would be doing the children of South Asia a great disservice if we allowed ourselves to believe that the need of children to belong… — Mary Landrieu
When you ride in a boat and watch the shore, you might assume that the shore is moving. But when you keep your eyes closely… — Dogen

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