Temporary Quotes

786 quotes by 568 authors

Building a set is like building a place, but it's a temporary place, because sets usually get torn down. Kind of unfortunate. — David Lynch
The more I work with the body, keeping my assumptions in a temporary state of reservation, the more I appreciate and sympathize with a given… — George MacDonald
Beauty is only temporary, but your mind lasts you a lifetime. — Alicia Machado
No matter how devastating our struggles, disappointments, and troubles are, they are only temporary. — Josh McDowell
Fame doesn't fulfill you. It warms you a bit, but that warmth is temporary. — Marilyn Monroe
I was an unusually private person - in a way, kind of insufferably so. I think I thought the celebrity thing when it happened was… — Jane Pauley
Sacrificing American soldiers or innocent civilians in an unprecedented preemptive attack on a separate sovereign nation may well prove itself a most temporary medicine. — Sean Penn
Drunkenness is temporary suicide. — Bertrand Russell
Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I… — Zoe Saldana
Artists working for other artists is all about knowing, learning, unlearning, initiating long-term artistic dialogues, making connections, creating covens, and getting temporary shelter from the… — Jerry Saltz
Because I didn't have brothers, I was always interested in the kids down the street that had four brothers in their family, so I became… — Gus Van Sant
I've always been attracted to temporary families. — Gus Van Sant
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent. — Marilyn vos Savant
There is a science to managing high tech businesses, and it needs to be respected. One of them is that in technology businesses, leadership is… — Eric Schmidt
There's a really unique relationship between a single parent and their child. Marriages so easily break up. There's kind of this temporary deal about marriages.… — Jeremy Sisto
Nothing good comes in life or athletics unless a lot of hard work has preceded the effort. Only temporary success is achieved by taking short… — Roger Staubach
Lust is temporary, romance can be nice, but love is the most important thing of all. Because without love, lust and romance will always be… — Danielle Steel
They tell me a revival is only temporary; so is a bath, but it does you good. — Billy Sunday
In the environmental movement, every time you lose a battle it's for good, but our victories always seem to be temporary and we keep fighting… — David Suzuki
People have the problem of denial. This is one of the things I learned in Lebanon. Everybody who left Beirut when the war started, including… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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