Quotes About Duration

Yet panics, in some cases, have their uses; they produce as much good as hurt. Their duration is always short; the mind soon grows through them, and acquires a firmer habit than before.

Tutti, tutti noi abbiamo fallito. Desideriamo tutti un castigo. Desideriamo tutti di farci carico di ogni tipo di penitenza, ma sai, figlia mia, che in amore -riesco a malapena a dirlo- ma in amore i nostri errori non sembrano durare molto a lungo".

In Tamil, three-hour films are normal.

With ECW, I had a lot of time for matches. I could go out there and do a 20-25 minute match, where normally I'd get to do a 7-8 minute match.

I can hold a note as long as the Chase National Bank.

You noticed from last night, we only did two from the 80s. And our set's two hours long.

Fransa'da en az?ndan elli y?l süren o çaÄŸ, bizde beÅŸ ay bile sürmedi.

It might have been a single day; it might have been a week; from his dreams, it could have been months.

Though Chip's tears during the exchange of vows weren't a surprise, their duration and magnitude was a spectacle unlike any Liz had ever witnessed.

The authenticity of a thing is the essence of all that is transmissible from its beginning, ranging from its substantive duration to its testimony to the history which it has experienced.

The authenticity of a thing is the essence of all that is transmissible from its beginning, ranging from its substantive duration to its testimony to the history which it has experienced. Since the historical testimony rests on the authenticity, the former, too, is jeopardized by reproduction when substantive duration ceases to matter. And what is really jeopardized when the historical testimony is affected is the authority of the object.3

Fish and guests stink after three days.

To me marriage is for five or ten years.

The nature of the ray is to extend and withdraw, to appear and disappear; and the duration of its existence is short when compared with the duration of the eternal

Love was the flower of life, and blossomed unexpectedly and without law, and must be plucked where it was found, and enjoyed for the brief hour of its duration.

Our model of the cosmos must be as inexhaustible as the cosmos. A complexity that includes not only duration but creation, not only being but becoming, not only geometry but ethics. It is not the answer we are after, but only how to ask the question.

Look, the fame rocket is only on the upward trajectory for a limited time.

Confidence in duration is the antidote to panic and the tonic of demagogy.

Ho il raffreddore due volte al anno, e ogni volta mi dura sei mesi.

The oil sequence was about two or three days. It was very cold and was snowing.

Things last either too long or not long enough.

La única diferencia que hay entre un capricho y una pasión eterna es que el capricho dura un poco más de tiempo.

The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.

How much does a man live, after all? Does he live a thousand days, or one only? For a week, or for several centuries? How long does a man spend dying? What does it mean to say 'for ever'?