Quotes About Momentary

Ah, if he could only die temporarily!

And then, it is all one whether he has been happy or miserable; for his life was never anything more than a present moment always vanishing; and now it is over.

After a momentary hesitation, he decided to join me.

Statesmen should remember that they have been elected to persuade and to lead, and not just to accept as fixed the momentary moods and pernicious prejudices of the public.

We are, whatever our glories and accomplishments, a momentary cosmic accident that would never arise again if the tree of life could be replanted from seed and regrown under similar conditions.

I would like to be the air that inhabits you for a moment only. I would like to be that unnoticed and that necessary.

This kind of short-term state of mind is called affective happiness; it relates to affect, our momentary emotions.

You're asking me to be a flickering presence.

Sheila backed off—for the moment.

There is nothing so momentary as a sporting achievement, and nothing so lasting as the memory of it.

Hot today, forgotten tomorrow. I'm not buying anything.

The kind of improv that I'm particularly addicted to is the kind that... aims at creating a momentary, fragmentary experience that has a totality to it. It's kind of like fireworks. It's the more ephemeral of art forms - once it's gone, it's gone, baby.

We need everything perfect in a rather temporary life...

Sports life is very short.

The present is a point just passed.

in love: a momentary instance of bein almost interested in someone else as in oneself!

Like a running blaze on a plain, like a flash of lightning in the clouds. We live in the flicker.

I no sooner put a stem down, when it's gone.

When we are mindful, we experience our social presence as a series of momentary connections with one other being. These moments of interpersonal connection are like the Lego building blocks of our social awareness. The

I enjoyed my time in Houston but it was short-lived and it really didn't make a huge impression on my life.

A sign read: YOUR STAY HERE IS TOUCH AND GO—TOUCH AND YOU GO.

I'm sure that whatever changed is only temporary. It will change again.

Praise or blame has but a momentary effect on the man whose love of beauty in the abstract makes him a severe critic on his own works.

Love is such a fleeting emotion. It's such a small part of the things you do in your life.