Temporary Quotes

786 quotes by 594 authors

Sometimes, instead of purchasing a commodity out and out, people want to buy only the use of it, for a longer or shorter period. The… — John Buchanan Robinson
At his direction, I have taken command as the temporary Head of the Republic. — Ziaur Rahman
In the past, when I shot films about fishermen and hunters, I always had to admire their ability to perceive time in its entirety. The… — Lennart Meri
After taking temporary charge last season he took us from looking down at the fringes of another relegation scrap, to within a kick of getting… — Robbie Fowler
While our budget shortfall is temporary, ruining pristine national lands is permanent. — Ric Keller
Certain it is that their power increased always in an exact proportion to the weakness of the Caliphate, and, without doubt, in some of the… — Isaac D'Israeli
Being broke is a temporary situation. Being poor is a state of mind. — Mike Todd
Upon the principles of reason, the good of many is preferable to the good of a few or of one; a lasting good is to… — Mary Astell
What the president is doing is flooding the job market with illegal immigrants that he is giving temporary work permits to. Not fair. — Jim Sensenbrenner
The moral of a fable is eternal. The moral of a story is temporary to a story. — Yann Martel
We never thought we were writing for posterity, because at the time everyone assumed that all the great standards had already been written by Irving… — Mike Stoller
Trapped in the bureaucracy nightmare, real families suffer when the big banks and their servicers force foreclosures. The emotional toll on children packing up their… — Sheldon Whitehouse
I believe that people have a right to decide their own destiny; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because… — Frank Zappa
Though a hundred crooked paths may conduct to a temporary success, the one plain and straight path of public and private virtue can alone lead… — Edward Everett Hale
Don't take life too seriously. It's only a temporary condition. — Bill Knapp
Every error in human conduct must arise from ignorance in ourselves, either perpetual or temporary; and happen either because we do not know what is… — Samuel Johnson
LOVE, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder... It is… — Ambrose Bierce
Drunkenness is temporary suicide: the happiness that it brings is merely negative, a momentary cessation of unhappiness — Bertrand Russell
Love is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake and then subsides. And when it subsides you have to make a decision. You have… — St Augustine
In our daily lives problems are bound to arise. The biggest problems in our lives are the ones that we inevitably have to face, like… — Dalai Lama

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