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Quotes About Immediacy

Sooner would be better than later, and now would be better than sooner." - Tyrion
~ George R.R. Martin
The cheese will be served when I want it served, and I want it served now.
~ George R.R. Martin
A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.
~ George S. Patton
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed at some indefinite time in the future.
~ George S. Patton Jr.
Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once.
~ Cyril Connolly
Television's compelling power is its immediacy . .. this immediacy feeds the politics of emotions, gut reactions and impressions rather than the politics of logic, facts and reason; it emphasizes personality rather than issues.
~ Hedrick Smith
The present is all you have for your certain possession.
~ Anonymous
The word "now" is like a bomb thrown through the window, and it ticks.
~ Arthur Miller
When we have a world of only now, with no shadows of yesterdays or clouds of tomorrow, then saying what we can do will work.
~ Goldie Ivener
We cannot put off living until we are ready. The most salient characteristic of life is its coerciveness: it is always urgent, "here and now," without any possible postponement. Life is fired at us point-blank.
~ Jose Ortega y Gasset
Tomorrow life is too late: live today.
~ Martial
squarely now.
~ J.R. Roberts
I have no problem twisting the facts if it's the only way I can be true to the moment.
~ Francis Alys
We live in an impatient world. Everybody is always looking for the next big Kobe, the next big LeBron, the next big Twitter.
~ Shaquille O'Neal
I think Twitter is such a cool thing because it really is a direct line to the fans and for fans back to you, and it's such a new thing. I think in the past there's been usually fan mail and that's really good, but Twitter, it gets an immediate response.
~ Alison Brie
Hurry up please its time.
~ T. S. Eliot
los hombres se convierten muy a menudo en esclavos de lo inmediato.
~ Taylor Caldwell
Our attention spans have been reduced by the immediate gratification provided by smartphones and social media.
~ Katherine Ryan
With social media, you have this new kind of way to communicate with people that's very immediate, sometimes alarmingly so, sometimes painfully so. If you could just hold some objectivity, a very direct, unfiltered, raw reflection of the way something is landing in the culture without any spin, or filtration, or anything, it's very raw.
~ Mark Ruffalo
I'm kinda a first take dude. The first time, cut that mic on, and the spirit is there, and what comes on the mic - I mean, even if I'm mumbling, I like to keep a lot of that initial thing that comes out. Cause that's the spirit.
~ D'Angelo
I love the immediacy of an audience being there and reacting. I'm spoiled, having grown up in theater.
~ Barrett Foa
He will see you immediately, mademoiselle!" announced de Mayet, though not until after they had watched a second candelabra
~ Neal Stephenson
Os homens são tão simplórios e obedientes às necessidades imediatas que aquele que engana sempre encontrará quem se deixe enganar.
~ Niccolo Machiavelli
I'm quite good at multitasking, but I have to do things immediately.
~ Heidi Klum