Urgency Quotes

187 quotes by 167 authors

When we fight upstream against a rocky undercurrent, every foothold takes on a kind of urgency. — Arthur Golden
Now I felt the long-forgotten urgency of lovemaking, when it seems one's human selves leave, to be replaced by hungry beasts bolting their food. Gone… — Margaret George
I am not asking for sensational revelations, but I would like to sense the meaning of that minute, to feel it's urgency... — Jean-Paul Sartre
Living men are bound by time... Thus, their lives have an urgency. This gives them ambition. Makes them choose those things that are most important,… — Seth Grahame-Smith
But they need to worry and betray time with urgencies false and otherwise, purely anxious and whiny, their souls really won't be at peace unless… — Jack Kerouac
Look!" said Foaly, pointing with some urgency into the vast steel-gray gloom, "Someone who cares! — Eoin Colfer
The Master said, â€œWealth and honor are things that all people desire, and yet unless they are acquired in the proper way I will not… — Confucius
Because they're probably long gone. Are you hurt?" Gabe asked with enough urgency that she realized he must have felt shiver in delayed reaction to… — Cindy Gerard
No, she thought, one could say nothing to nobody. The urgency of the moment always missed its mark. Words fluttered sideways and struck the object… — Virginia Woolf
He didn't just kiss, he claimed ownership. Took her mouth with urgency, as if his life depended on his kissing her. — Karen Marie Moning
The greatest challenge facing mankind is the challenge of distinguishing reality from fantasy, truth from propaganda. Perceiving the truth has always been a challenge to… — Michael Crichton
While I'm not an expect in psychology, I'm of the opinion that anyone - even strangers - can sense the urgency of a request, and… — Nicholas Sparks
History teaches that grave threats to liberty often come in times of urgency, when constitutional rights seem too extravagant to endure. — Thurgood Marshall
The clock ticked with empty urgency, as though trying to catch up with the time. In the street a siren howled. — Ralph Ellison
To whom can I expose the urgency of my own passion?â€¦There is nobodyâ€”here among these grey arches, and moaning pigeons, and cheerful games and tradition… — Virginia Woolf
He gives my hand a tight squeeze, but that desperation, that urgency between us is gone. No insecurities. Max and Fang. Fang and Max. No… — James Patterson
It occurred to me that I was unhappy. And it didnâ€™t feel so very terrible. No urgency, nothing. I could slip out of my life… — Helen Oyeyemi
A life of fulfillment is one in which we put urgency in its place and remember that the ultimate target is to spend our lives… — Tony Robbins
All of us get knocked down, but it's resiliency that really matters. All of us do well when things are going well, but the thing… — Roger Staubach
PTSD has a terminal side to it that calls for more urgency. — Romeo Dallaire

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