Temporary Quotes

786 quotes by 594 authors

To conquer with arms is to make only a temporary conquest; to conquer the world by earning its esteem is to make a permanent conquest. — Woodrow Wilson
The spiritual element, the really important part of religion, has no concern with Time and Space, temporary mundane laws, or conduct. — Richard Le Gallienne
The problem is essentially that of communications to an army in action. After a rapid advance communications become disorganized, and there is a temporary halting… — John Desmond Bernal
In the 20 years before Greece end up with the Euro, efforts to improve competitiveness through exchange rate and adjustments resulted only in temporary gains… — Lucas Papademos
The ECB's interventions in sovereign bond markets should not be perceived or interpreted as a 'freebie' for governments. They are temporary. — Lucas Papademos
Hollywood is an extraordinary kind of temporary place. — John Schlesinger
Sex is life: The act of creation in pleasure, the loss of oneself in another, the coming together of opposites in a temporary union of… — Frederick Lenz
It's traditionally not federal policy to fund state and local salaries. It's done sometimes on a temporary basis or a grant basis. But it's not… — Jim Talent
Even the rich aren't often happy. Their wealth is at best only a temporary distraction. It doesn't make them immune to emotional and mental suffering,… — Frederick Lenz
What is a labour victory? I maintain that it is a twofold thing. Workers must gain economic advantage, but they must also gain revolutionary spirit,… — Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
When you're socially awkward, you're isolated more than usual, and when you're isolated more than usual, your creativity is less compromised by what has already… — Criss Jami
Because gratification of a desire leads to the temporary stilling of the mind and the experience of the peaceful, joyful Self, it's no wonder that… — Joan Z. Borysenko
Today, our air, food, water-all are polluted. If we do not stop exploiting nature for our temporary selfish gains, we will destroy the world. — Mata Amritanandamayi
Until now in world's history, whenever we've had a dark age, its been temporary and local. And other parts of the world have been doing… — Isaac Asimov
Once I knew the City very well, spent my attic days there, while others were being a lost generation in Paris, I fledged in San… — John Steinbeck
That the apostolic office is temporary, is a plain historical fact. — Charles Hodge
The great attraction of fashion is that it diverted attention from the insoluble problems of beauty and provided an easy way -- which money could… — Theodore Zeldin
I've been acting my whole life. I have this huge imagination! I'm a dancer and my mom's a dance teacher, and I was always performing… — Natasha Calis
We pay some price when necessary to bring down inflation but that price is temporary and is not large relative to the permanent gain from… — Martin Feldstein
Telephones are a virtual necessity - not a luxury - and the revenues collected by this tax flow into the general fund. But this once… — Mike Fitzpatrick

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