Temporary Quotes

786 quotes by 607 authors

The world is likely to view any temporary extension of the income tax cuts for the top two percent as a prelude to a long-term… — Timothy Geithner
I guess this is gonna sound kind of weird, but I'm not scared for myself for dying. Because I believe all these places are temporary.… — Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
If you are recording, you are recording. I don't believe there is such a thing as a demo or a temporary vocal. — Tom Waits
Beauty has no other origin than the singular wound, different in every case, hidden or visible, which each man bears within himself, which he preserves,… — Jean Genet
Because that which was new was almost always temporary. And that which was temporary broke your heart. — Magnus
Near-term deficits are temporary and manageable if - and only if - we keep spending in check, the tax burden low and the economy growing. — Jim Nussle
Running is many things to me: survival, calmness, euphoria, solitude. It is proof of my corporeal existence, my ability to control my movement through space… — Audrey Niffenegger
It is the abiding faith of mortals that mortality is a temporary condition. — Robert Breault
A master of happiness will appreciate what he or she has while they have them and the moment any specific thing is gone or lost,… — Zelig Pliskin
Know that wherever you are in your life right now is both temporary, and exactly where you are supposed to be (otherwise you would be… — Hal Elrod
This drive to always want more is based on the misconceptions that having more will make me more happy, more important, and more secure, but… — Rick Warren
Most people lead lives of frustration and disapointment. They enjoy temporary pleasures and long-lasting suffering. — Frederick Lenz
Life is forever. Death is only a temporary abridgment. It is just a state of transition where you will move from one world into another.… — Frederick Lenz
What plays the mischief with the truth is that men will insist upon the universal application of a temporary feeling or opinion. — Herman Melville
The channel of art can only become clogged and misdirected by the artist's concern with merely temporary and local disturbances. The song is higher than… — Adrienne Rich
Interest is the most important thing in life; happiness is temporary, but interest is continuous. — Georgia O'Keeffe
The moving toward one's inner self is a long pilgrimage for a painter. It offers many temporary successes and high points, but impels him on… — Ben Shahn
Temporary madness may be necessary in some cases, to cleanse and renovate the mind; just as a fit of illness is to carry off the… — Augustus William Hare
Finding temporary and specific causes for misfortune is the art of hope: Temporary causes limit helplessness in time, and specific causes limit helplessness to the… — Martin Seligman
All these troubles revolve around the irritable mutual dependence of life and art - with their need and contempt for one another. Of necessity, to… — Philip Guston

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