Quotes by Duration The least and most imperceptible impressions received in our infancy have consequences very important and of long duration. John Locke duration important long Making a film is like going down a mine-once you've started you bid a metaphoricalgoodbye to the daylight and the outside world for the duration. John Schlesinger duration daylight world Dauer in Wechsel. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe duration Time, to the nation as to the individual, is nothing absolute; its duration depends on the rate of thought and feeling. John William Draper duration feelings time However appalling to consider, however tedious to enact, every novel requires furniture, whether it is to be named or unnamed, for the characters will be unable to remain in standing position for the duration of the story. Jonathan Lethem duration stories character Eventlessness has no posts to drape duration on. From nothing to nothing is no time at all. John Steinbeck drapes duration posts Shamefulness is always a huge part of my characterizations. I like protagonists that reveal, either through "honesty" in their various thought processes or via their actions, perhaps telling us things they're not so keen on disclosing through their interactions with the outside world. Probably both during the duration of a novel. Joshua Mohr duration honesty world Happy was she who could believe without seeing, who was at one with the duration and continuity of life. Julio Cortazar continuity-of-life duration believe A circuit performed by a capital and meant to be a periodical process, not an individual act, is called its turnover. The duration of this turnover is determined by the sum of its time of production and its time of circulation. Karl Marx duration individual determined I like doing Pilates because I get to lie down on the floor for the duration of the session. Lily Donaldson pilates duration lying True thoughts have duration in themselves. If the thoughts endure, the seed is enduring; if the seed endures, the energy endures; if the energy endures, then will the spirit endure. Lu Yen-hsun duration energy spirit By protracting life, we do not deduct one jot from the duration of death. Lucretius duration Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. Ludwig Wittgenstein eternal-life duration religion 6.4311 Der Tod ist kein Ereignis des Lebens. Den Tod erlebt man nicht. Wenn man unter Ewigkeit nicht unendliche Zeitdauer, sondern Unzeitlichkeit versteht, dann lebt der ewig, der in der Gegenwart lebt. Unser Leben ist ebenso endlos, wie unser Gesichtsfeld grenzenlos ist. 6.4311 Death is not an event of life. Death is not lived through. If by eternity is understood not endless temporal duration but timelessness, then he lives eternally who lives in the present. Our life is endless in the way that our visual field is without limit. Ludwig Wittgenstein duration events men Everything is banal in experience, fleeting in duration, sordid in content; in all respects the same today as generations now dead and buried have found it to be. Marcus Aurelius fleeting duration generations Wit and Humor - if any difference, it is in duration - lightning and electric light. Same material, apparently; but one is vivid, and can do damage - the other fools along and enjoys elaboration. Mark Twain duration differences light The value of life is not in its duration, but in its donation. Myles Munroe duration value-of-life life-is You are not important because of how long you live, you are important because of how effective you live. Myles Munroe duration important long A promise is a commitment to do something later, and a vow is a binding commitment to begin doing something now and to continue to do it for the duration of the vow. Some vows, or contracts, are for life; others are for limited periods of time. Myles Munroe duration commitment promise All Juleps are made for present use, and therefore it is in vain to speak of their duration. Nicholas Culpeper duration speak use «1234»
