Urgent Quotes

321 Urgent quotes by 273 unique authors

I always thought we had an environmental problem, but I hadn't realized how urgent it was. James Lovelock writes that by the end of this… — Vivienne Westwood
It's still a mystery to me exactly how I learned the language. [But] I was 19 years old and I had very urgent things to… — Andrei Codrescu
his examination revealed that he had no fever, no pain anywhere, and that his only concrete feeling was an urgent desire to die. All that… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Each of our passions, even love, has a stomach that must not be overloaded. We must in everything write the word 'finis' in time; we… — Victor Hugo
Don't be a victim of the urgent. In the long run, much of what seems so pressing right now won't even matter. What you do… — Gary Chapman
But if you didn't have more urgent things to do after supper [in boot camp], you could write a letter, loaf, gossip, discuss the myriad… — Robert A. Heinlein
Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important. — Stephen Covey
Once the soul awakens, the search begins and you can never go back. From then on, you are inflamed with a special longing that will… — John O'Donohue
Heartache forces us to embrace God out of desparate, urgent need. God is never closer than when your heart is aching. — Joni Eareckson Tada
But if you have a book that needs urgent reading,' she said, 'then Hakim is your man. — Khaled Hosseini
She was like a drowning person, flailing, reaching for anything that might save her. Her life was an urgent, desperate struggle to justify her life. — Jonathan Safran Foer
Questioning the ostensibly unquestionable premises of our way of life is arguably the most urgent of services we owe our fellow humans and ourselves. — Zygmunt Bauman
I see many people die because they judge that life is not worth living. I see others paradoxically getting killed for the ideas or illusions… — Albert Camus
We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God... It is a strange fact that Christians and even ministers frequently consider their… — Brennan Manning
For a knowledge of intimacy, localization in the spaces of our intimacy is more urgent than determination of dates. — Gaston Bachelard
You, God, who live next door-- If at times, through the long night, I trouble you with my urgent knocking-- this is why: I hear… — Rainer Maria Rilke
The receptionist looked us over, then went back to typing something incredibly urgent—like her résumé́ for another job. — James Patterson
The kiss began much the same as usual--Edward was as careful as ever, and my heart began to overreact like it always did. And then… — Stephenie Meyer
The next kiss deepened, became more urgent, needy. There was no space between them, and she could feel he enjoyed their closeness. Riley heard him… — Jana Oliver
She was at that crucial age when a women begins to regret having stayed faithful to a husband she never really loved, when the glowing… — Stefan Zweig
I sat up in bed. "What did he say?" Tyson groaned, still half asleep. He was lying facedown on the couch, his feet so far… — Rick Riordan
I knew he wouldn't come, but I howled anyway, and when I did, the other wolves would pass images of him to me of what… — Maggie Stiefvater
What a host of little incidents, all deep-buried in the past -- problems that had once been urgent, arguments that had once been keen, anecdotes… — James Hilton
The Principle of Priority states (a) you must know the difference between what is urgent and what is important, and (b) you must do what’s… — Steven Pressfield
He touched her as he usually touched his beloved violin, with a soft and urgent grace that left her breathless. — Cassandra Clare

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