Quotes by Duration War, at the best, is terrible, and this war of ours, in its magnitude and in its duration, is one of the most terrible. Abraham Lincoln duration terrible war Neither party expected for the war, the magnitude, or the duration, which it has already attained. Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with, or even before, the conflict itself should cease. Abraham Lincoln duration party war The truth is that nothing is less sensational than pestilence, and by reason of their very duration great misfortunes are monotonous. Albert Camus pestilence truth-is duration The most intractable of our experiences is the experience of Time-the intuition of duration, combined with the thought of perpetual perishing. Aldous Huxley duration intuition time [Liberty] considers religion as the safeguard of morality, and morality as the best security of law and the surest pledge of the duration of freedom. Alexis de Tocqueville duration liberty law Duration is the transformation of a succession into a reversion. In other words: THE BECOMING OF A MEMORY. Alfred Jarry duration becoming memories Life is going to be a constant peeling back of layers, a constant unlearning of what we've been taught or believe to be true. I think that I've come to terms with the fact that that's just going to happen for the whole duration of my life. I feel really good about being able to look myself in the face and say, "Oh, who are you now?" And that might change. Alicia Keys duration believe thinking The photographer proceeds, via the intermediary of the lens, to a point where he literally takes a luminous imprint, a cast... [But] the cinema realizes the paradox of moulding itself on the time of the object and of taking the imprint of its duration as well. Andre Bazin lenses duration cinema Duration is not a test of truth or falsehood. Anne Morrow Lindbergh duration tests truth No, the point is not only does time fly and do we die, but that in these reckless conditions we live at all, and are vouchsafed, for the duration of certain inexplicable moments, to know it. Annie Dillard time-flies duration doe The circumstances seemed to be simple; but they who understood such matters declared that the duration of a trial depended a great deal more on the public interest felt in the matter than upon its own nature. Anthony Trollope duration simple trials I do not work within the confines of any realm. I work in the unique moment of duration. Antonin Artaud duration moments unique Fine friendship requires duration rather than fitful intensity. Aristotle intensity fine duration Perhaps the price of comfort is that life passes more rapidly. But for anyone who has lived in uneasiness, even for a short, memorable duration, it's a trade-off that will gladly be made. Arthur Nersesian duration comfort memorable The universe is so immense that it appears immutable, and that the duration of a planet such as that of the earth is only a chapter, less than that, a phrase, less still, only a word of the universe’s history. Camille Flammarion duration phrases earth The Goddess of wealth is unsteady, and so is the life breath. The duration of life is uncertain, and the place of habitation is uncertain; but in all this inconsistent world religious merit alone is immovable. Chanakya duration religious world If we denote excitation as an end-effect by the sign plus (+), and inhibition as end-effect by the sign minus (-), such a reflex as the scratch-reflex can be termed a reflex of double-sign, for it develops excitatory end-effect and then inhibitory end-effect even during the duration of the exciting stimulus. Charles Scott Sherrington scratches duration ends The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation. Corrie Ten Boom duration age life Stardom is like making love in a hammock - a happy experience but one of uncertain duration. David Niven hammocks duration making-love It can be considered a rule that the probable duration of an Empire may be prognosticated by the degree to which its rulers believe in their own propaganda. Doris Lessing empires duration believe 1234»
