Quotes by Ephemeral I don't like ephemeral things; I like things that last forever Laura Ashley ephemeral lasts forever I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone. Maggie Smith ephemeral theatre gone All is ephemeral - fame and the famous as well. Marcus Aurelius reputation dignity ephemeral Everything is ephemeral, both that which remembers and that which is remembered. Marcus Aurelius ephemeral remember death While all other things are uncertain, evanescent, and ephemeral, virtue alone is fixed with deep roots; it can neither be overthrown by any violence or moved from its place. Marcus Tullius Cicero ephemeral violence roots No matter how ephemeral it is, a novel is something, while despair is nothing. Mario Vargas Llosa despair ephemeral matter Since 1970, relationships can be more volatile, jobs more ephemeral, geographical mobility more intensified, stability of marriage weaker. Mary Douglas mobility ephemeral jobs With extramarital courtship, the deception was prolonged where it had been ephemeral, necessary where it had been frivolous, conspiratorial where it had been lonely. Mary McCarthy ephemeral deception lonely Whatever you see, hear or experience in the world is ephemeral. Get in touch with the eternal substratum of everything. Mata Amritanandamayi ephemeral meditation world The images of peace are ephemeral. The language of peace is subtle. The reasons for peace, the definitions of peace, the very idea of peace have to be invented, and invented again Maxine Hong Kingston ephemeral definitions ideas Because beauty consists of its own passing, just as we reach for it. It's the ephemeral configuration of things in the moment, when you can see both their beauty and their death. Muriel Barbery ephemeral movement moments People still don't appreciate how ephemeral success is. Nate Silver appreciate ephemeral people A cherry pie is . . . ephemeral. From the moment it emerges from the oven it begins a steep decline: from too hot to edible to cold to stale to mouldy, and finally to a post-pie state where only history can tell you that it was once considered food. The pie is a parable of human life. Nick Harkaway pie ephemeral hot I am a weak, ephemeral creature made of mud and dream. But I feel all the powers of the universe whirling within me. Nikos Kazantzakis mud ephemeral dream I am more scared now that I was at any point since I began trading, because I recognize how ephemeral success can be in this business. I know that to be successful, I have to be frightened. My biggest hits have always come after I have had a great period and I started to think that I knew something. Paul Tudor Jones ephemeral successful thinking In the theater, everything is ephemeral. Everything is almost weightless and without a very clear definition of how you made it. Rafael Vinoly ephemeral definitions made Style is the most ephemeral thing I know. It's not about how effective you are it's about how you are effective. Robert Benton style ephemeral knows The ephemeral nature of live performance is the part I love most - it's a monk's sand painting, carefully constructed, then wiped away in an instant. Rosanne Cash sand painting ephemeral Never can the innate power of a work be hidden or locked away. A work of art can be forgotten by time; it can be forbidden and rejected but the elemental will always prevail over the ephemeral. Stefan Zweig ephemeral power art The movies have never been a big deal to me. The movies are the movies. They just make them. If they're good, that's terrific. If they're not, they're not. But I see them as a lesser medium than fiction, than literature, and a more ephemeral medium. Stephen King ephemeral literature fiction «1234»