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Quotes About Permanence

Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.
~ Ram Shriram
People like Spencer Tracy held up because they had the background originally, but to this day they never have changed Mr. Gable's role, or most of them.
~ Jackie Cooper
Our world has us always here. We will be here from now 'til the end of time... maybe not! And that's the scary part!
~ John de Lancie
Ultimately, what I want is for my songs to outlive me: I want my songs to keep being played even after I'm gone.
~ Mary Gauthier
I've achieved what every artist wants, which is that some of their work will outlive them.
~ George Michael
Typing on an actual typewriter on paper is only a softer version of chiseling words into stone.
~ Tom Hanks
Having a body tattoo is like wearing the same shirt everyday for the rest of your life.
~ Unknown
everything/ that ever was still is, somewhere
~ Tracy K. Smith
Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws -- a thing which can never be demonstrated.
~ Tryon Edwards
He didn't know yet that he would remember this name forever.
~ Unknown
I dalje ništa novo. Ali to ne može trajati zauvijek.
~ Paul Bowles
Last days? Don't they know? These are the traits of all days, every day, everywhere.
~ Paul Theroux
Why do things get weaker and worse? Why don't they get better? Because we accept that they fall apart! But they don't have to --- they could last forever. Why do things get more expensive? Any fool can see that they should get cheaper as technology gets more efficient. It's despair to accept the senility of obsolescence...
~ Paul Theroux
The dunes are changed by the wind, but the desert never changes. That's the way it will be with our love for each other
~ Paulo Coelho
If what one finds is made of pure matter; it will never spoil. and one can always come back. If what you had found was only a moment of light, like the explosion of a star, you would find nothing in return.
~ Paulo Coelho
There is no tragedy, only the unavoidable. Everything has its reason for being: you only need to distinguish what is temporary from what is lasting.
~ Paulo Coelho
If what one finds is made of pure matter,it will never spoil. And one can always come back. If what you had found was only a moment of light, like the explosion of a star, you would find nothing on your return.
~ Paulo Coelho
Lucinda's foolish words stuck in his mind like a flung dagger he could not pull out. They'd be in him always, maybe.
~ Pearl S. Buck
As long as we believe that there is something that will permanently satisfy our hunger for security, suffering is inevitable.
~ Pema Chodron
Classical ballet will never die.
~ Ninette de Valois
Art cannot be modern. Art is primordially eternal.
~ Egon Schiele
A bone heals, a bruise fades, but art is forever
~ Otep Shamaya
What is fair in men, passes away, but not so in art
~ Leonardo da Vinci
Let us... leave art to the artists, and let us try to use the medium of photography to create photographs that can endure because of their photographic qualities.
~ Albert Renger-Patzsch