Words matter. These are the best Momentary Quotes from famous people such as Jacob Bronowski, G. M. Trevelyan, Mike Barnicle, Kingsley Amis, Ezra Taft Benson, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the pervert climbs into the minds of ordinary men.
Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.
Sadly, it seems as if there is no longer any real history. Just momentary reactions to events that disappear like sky-writing with items like Twitter, texts, Meerkat, Snapchat, and Instagram.
Sex is a momentary itch, love never lets you go.
Years of happiness can be lost in the foolish gratification of a momentary desire for pleasure.
I focused my life on things that are a little more dependable, like my family and things that actually make me happy, rather than momentary flashes of success or anything like that.
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.
The challenge starts when you first come to Mumbai. But it’s momentary if you win an award.
On Sept. 12, 2016, there was a momentary realignment in the constellation of global business. For the first time, the five largest public corporations in the world by market capitalization were all technology companies: Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon.com, and Facebook.
O what is life, if we must hold it thus as wind-blown sparks hold momentary fire?
I have to confess that I have so rarely experienced triumph that I cannot claim to know it well enough to judge, but it seems to be at best a momentary joy followed instantly by sadness, and, then, of necessity, by wariness.
My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way.
Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. I am not unmindful of the fact that violence often brings about momentary results. Nations have frequently won their independence in battle. But in spite of temporary victories, violence never brings permanent peace.
I e-mail or phone my best girlfriend daily. Having people who know you well helps you stay grounded and gives perspective to whatever momentary drama you’re going through.
If someone is trying to skip the struggle – which is the creative job – our machines today, the technology that we have, can help the person, but it is only momentary. On the other hand, if you are creative, you have the skill, and you are hardworking, technology can only make you superior.
Carl Sagan’s ‘Pale Blue Dot’ is where I got the title ‘Momentary Masters.’
Scientific thought, then, is not momentary; it is not a static instance; it is a process.
Save for minor ailments and accident, my battalion is practically immune from sickness; colds come and go as a matter of course, sprains and cuts claim momentary attention, but otherwise the health of the battalion is perfect.
Actively deciding to give to causes that move you deeply is far more fulfilling than the momentary gratification derived from signing a check and mailing it to a nonprofit about which you know little more than what’s on the brochure they sent you.
He played the King as though under momentary apprehension that someone else was about to play the ace.
There is a lot to say about what Bikini Kill and other ‘riot grrrl’ bands were able to achieve when they first set out. They were not some momentary, convulsive, creative spasm of independent music. There was a very real, relevant point of view being expressed.
An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare the most precious and permanent goods of human life have been madly sacrificed in the interests of momentary enrichment.
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.
Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect.
The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom… in a clarification of life – not necessarily a great clarification, such as sects and cults are founded on, but in a momentary stay against confusion.
Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable.
Anyone can wear any color. The question is about finding the right shade. There is a momentary trend to dark colors because when the financials are not that great, people go for black, navy and grey.
There are no more heroes in America. Because of the Internet, heroism has become momentary and within seconds someone who we should be thinking about will be replaced in people’s minds with news that Beyonce lip-synched at the inauguration.
Nothing is more memorable than a smell. One scent can be unexpected, momentary and fleeting, yet conjure up a childhood summer beside a lake in the mountains.
Onstage, it’s more of a momentary pressure.
I’ve never had a plan. You look for different actors you want to work with or different subjects you want to explore, or sometimes it’s just a momentary fancy.
Fixity is always momentary. But how can it always be so? If it were, it would not be momentary – or would not be fixity.
I feel like I wanna have a series of moments. It’s scary when they say you’re having a moment, because moments are momentary.
I’m not a momentary decision maker. I like well-informed decisions.
January is an odd month for everyone because of the transfer market, while it can happen during a season to have a momentary wobble.
