Quotes about Instant

Laughter is an instant vacation. Votes: 4

Instant gratification takes too long. Votes: 4

Life changes in the instant. The ordinary instant. Votes: 4

Photography takes an instant out of time, altering life by holding it still. Votes: 4

I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time. Votes: 4

Could a greater miracle take place than for us to look through each other's eyes for an instant? Votes: 4

A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you. Votes: 4

There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them acquire it fragment by fragment, on a small scale, by successive developments, cellularly, like a laborious mosaic. Votes: 4

Instant gratification is not soon enough. Votes: 3

Instant Karma is going to get you. Votes: 3

Instant coffee is just old beans that have been cremated. Votes: 3

Instant enlightenment is to give all your happiness away to others. Votes: 3

Instant Karma's gonna get you, gonna knock you right on the head Votes: 3

Instant obedience will teach you more about God than a lifetime of Bible discussions. Votes: 3

Instant messaging and chat rooms have basically created a level playing field for deaf people. Votes: 3

Instant messaging and chat rooms have basically created a level playing field for deaf people. Votes: 3

There is no spray can called 'Instant Stardom,' only talent can keep you at the top. Votes: 3

Instant gratification is not as good as that gratification which comes dripping slow, over the sere seasons. Votes: 3

Practically everything from hairstyles to lifestyles is endorsed as some sort of drug to be taken Now for Instant Relief. Votes: 3

Instant communication is not communication at all but merely a frantic, trivial, nerve-wracking bombardment of cliches, threats, fads, fashions, gibberish and advertising. Votes: 3

There sure are a lot of these 'instant' products on the market. Instant coffee, instant tea, instant pudding, instant cereal... instant dislike. Votes: 3

Mere words cannot defeat a true hero. Unless they happen to be the words to some sort of Instant Death Spell. Magic is scary. Votes: 3

Instant gratification in photography is not something that I need or desire. I find that the long, slow journey to the final print captivates me far more. Votes: 3

An eternity of wishing to speak directly to my Creator - I thought in despair - and this is how He finally contacts me? Through AOL Instant Messenger? Votes: 3

Instant gratification is so overrated. It's about the process. It's the difficulty. It's the grind of all of it that you better enjoy. That's what makes it great. Votes: 3

AOL Instant Messenger was a big thing back in the day, where girls would get on it and make fun of me. There was a certain girl, and she wanted to make me feel bad. Votes: 3

I'm an instant star. Just add water and stir. Votes: 2

The path of your life can change in an instant. Votes: 2

Private property began the instant somebody had a mind of his own. Votes: 2

The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler. Votes: 2

There is not enough magic in a bloodline to forge an instant, irrevocable bond. Votes: 2

No one could say how long that life would last. Whatever has form can disappear in an instant. Votes: 2

A chance to try your technique is in one instant never to be regained, so try it without hesitation. Votes: 2

One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime. Votes: 2

Running well is a matter of having the patience to persevere when we are tired and not expecting instant results. Votes: 2

In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves. Votes: 2

In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves. Votes: 2

What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today, when human contacts are so quick. Fashion is instant language. Votes: 2

My view is different. Public relations are a key component of any operation in this day of instant communications and rightly inquisitive citizens. Votes: 2

Hip-hop is an instant gratification, winners and losers circle, and often those who are losing give up after three or four, five years. Votes: 2

The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love. Votes: 2

An instant family classic that is utterly unique but reminiscent of films like 'E.T.,' 'Sound of Music' and 'Life Is Beautiful.' Votes: 2

Photography is like a moment, an instant. You need a half-second to get the photo. So it's good to capture people when they are themselves. Votes: 2

Ideas came with explosive immediacy, like an instant birth. Human thought is like a monstrous pendulum; it keeps swinging from one extreme to the other. Votes: 2

False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade. Votes: 2

If every human being disappeared off the face of the earth in an instant, the earth would still keep spinning and the planet would develop new life forms. Votes: 2

The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box. Votes: 2

I have noticed that if you look carefully at people's eyes the first five seconds they look at you, the truth of their feelings will shine through for just an instant before it flickers away. Votes: 2

When you explain to people what you're trying to do, as opposed to just making demands or delegating tasks, you can build instant trust, even if it's just for that short time you're on the phone. Votes: 2

On every birthday, I ask my wife, 'What would you like this year?' and her instant reply is, 'Diamonds! Diamonds! Diamonds!' I'm always living in hope that one day she'll say she just wants me! Votes: 2

When you feel confused or burdened by problems focus on THIS INSTANT and ask yourself: WHAT PROBLEM DO I HAVE RIGHT NOW? You will find that there is no problem NOW. A challenge that requires action, possibly, but not a problem. Votes: 2

I'm sorry, it's true. Having children really changes your view on these things. We're born, we live for a brief instant, and we die. It's been happening for a long time. Technology is not changing it much - if at all. Votes: 2

There exists only the present instant... a Now which always and without end is itself new. There is no yesterday nor any tomorrow, but only Now, as it was a thousand years ago and as it will be a thousand years hence. Votes: 2

One look at an email can rob you of 15 minutes of focus. One call on your cell phone, one tweet, one instant message can destroy your schedule, forcing you to move meetings, or blow off really important things, like love, and friendship. Votes: 2

Life begins now -- right now -- not tomorrow or the next day or the next. Every minute of every hour of every day, life begins anew. That means everything can change in an instant. It also means you can have a new beginning whenever you want. Votes: 2

I now know that things I always thought I could depend on can crash in an instant. Because of the love that I have been shown, I now know what it means to be 'beloved.' I now know that no breath is to be taken for granted. Votes: 2

The moment you have a child, in an instant your life is not for you, and your life is completely, 100 percent dedicated to another human being, and they will always come first. It changes you forever. It changes your perspective, and it gives you a nice purpose and focus. Votes: 2

We live in a day when the adversary stresses on every hand the philosophy of instant gratification. We seem to demand instant everything, including instant solutions to our problems. . .It was meant to be that life would be a challenge. To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal. Votes: 2

There is one all-important law of human conduct. If we obey that law, we shall almost never get into trouble. In fact, that law, if obeyed, will bring us countless friends and constant happiness. But the very instant we break the law, we shall get into endless trouble. The law is this: Always make the other person feel important. Votes: 2

I think that perhaps we always fall in love the very first instant we see the man of our dreams, even though, at the time, reason may be telling us otherwise, and we may fight against that instinct, hoping against hope that we won't win, until there comes a point when we allow ourselves to be vanquished by our feelings. Votes: 2

[I]f the policy of the Government, upon vital questions affecting, the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court, the instant they are made, in ordinary litigation between parties in personal actions, the people will have ceased, to be their own rulers, having, to that extent, practically resigned their Government, into the hands of that eminent tribunal. Votes: 2

Fashion is instant language. Votes: 0

I need instant gratification. Votes: 0

Red lipstick is instant glamour. Votes: 0

Laughter is therapy-an instant vacation. Votes: 0

Existence begins in every instant. Votes: 0

History is the gradual instant Votes: 0

Fashion is an instant language. Votes: 0

Rock & roll is instant coffee. Votes: 0

There are no instant solutions. Votes: 0

Life can change in an instant. Votes: 0

Democracy is not an instant coffee. Votes: 0

I like buying iTunes. It's instant. Votes: 0

Rock and Roll is instant coffee. Votes: 0

In the year 3000, everything will be instant. Votes: 0

Cyberspace, especially, draws us into the instant. Votes: 0

Perhaps this very instant is your time. Votes: 0

I'm an instant star, just add water. Votes: 0

There is no nature in an instant. Votes: 0

There is no nature at an instant. Votes: 0

I'm an American and I want instant gratification. Votes: 0

instant intimacy was too often followed by disillusion. Votes: 0

I wouldn't judge people on their instant responses. Votes: 0

Hot flush, raging bluch. Ice flash, instant crash. Votes: 0

Putting on fierce boots is an instant pick-me-up. Votes: 0

Books had instant replay long before televised sports. Votes: 0

Life is an adventure - Savor every instant! Votes: 0

One instant is eternity; eternity is the now. Votes: 0

What the hell is instant? Nothing is instant. Votes: 0

Great art is an instant arrested in eternity. Votes: 0

[Kindness] is a most edifying form of instant gratification. Votes: 0

We're a new show. We can't afford instant replay. Votes: 0

Death is but an instant, life a long torment. Votes: 0

Every instant of time... is a pinprick of eternity. Votes: 0

Sometimes forgiveness is instant, but sometimes it takes time. Votes: 0

Each instant of life is a step toward death. Votes: 0

Life is an eternal instant. Chronological time does not exist. Votes: 0

The victories of character are instant, and victories for all. Votes: 0

There is a huge value in learning with instant feedback. Votes: 0

And at the instant he knew, he ceased to know. Votes: 0

Shoes are the quickest way for women to achieve instant metamorphosis. Votes: 0

Each of us carries within himself a collection of instant insults. Votes: 0

In terms of, like, instant relief, canceling plans is like heroin. Votes: 0

Young kids are taking Viagra, ecstasy. They even want instant sex. Votes: 0

Anyone suffering Downton Abbey withdrawal symptoms will find an instant tonic. Votes: 0

Laughing together heartily at the same thing forms an instant bond. Votes: 0

Life is so fast and it can change in an instant. Votes: 0

Longing and desire goes further than instant satisfaction. That's human nature. Votes: 0

Things can change in an instant, so why not live truthfully? Votes: 0

I'm just an instant flirt with most people. I'm very cheeky. Votes: 0

Every human being has the freedom to change at any instant. Votes: 0

The obsession with instant gratification blinds us from our long-term potential. Votes: 0

We are only an instant, that's true. But we are eternal. Votes: 0

I'd like to be able to travel anywhere in an instant Votes: 0

When the trust account is high, communication is easy, instant, and effective. Votes: 0

They also can combine voice with instant messaging and online file sharing. Votes: 0

I suddenly understood that a photograph could fix eternity in an instant. Votes: 0

When the trust account is high, communication is easy, instant, and effective. Votes: 0

There's an instant access to luxury that I think women really appreciate. Votes: 0

And for the briefest instant, it almost feels like we're together again. Votes: 0

Coffee and cigarettes are much better if you want an instant breakfast. Votes: 0

Achievers don't submit to instant gratification; they INVEST in the LONG-TERM payoff Votes: 0

Exotic dancers, your instant key to a blissful vacation of the moment. Votes: 0

Patriotism is an instant reaction that fades away when the war starts. Votes: 0

Facing my own death brought an instant sense of clarity and purpose. Votes: 0

There are some we cannot help but take an instant dislike to. Votes: 0

A smile is like an instant facelift and an instant mood lift. Votes: 0

It does not happen all at once. There is no instant pudding. Votes: 0

your life can change in an instant. that instant can last forever. Votes: 0

The appetite for more instant replay in the sport is very low. Votes: 0

You are able to come from openness and softness in an instant. Votes: 0

By writing at the instant, the very heartbeat of life is caught. Votes: 0

It is a dangerous thing to have instant access to your emotions. Votes: 0

The instant you know what the result will be, you are lost. Votes: 0

Distant replay morphs into instant replay, and future replay cannot be far off. Votes: 0

A poem is an instant of lucidity in which the entire organism participates. Votes: 0

We live in an instant-coffee world. Sometimes real-world solutions take a little longer. Votes: 0

That's why men need instant replays in sports. They've already forgotten what happened. Votes: 0

The problem with criticism today is that is instant, constant, global and permanent. Votes: 0

I think that being thrown into instant fame must be, at times, difficult. Votes: 0

The Internet has brought communities across the globe closer together through instant communication. Votes: 0

he looked at her, stripped naked for the instant of verbiage and deceit. Votes: 0

I'm all for typewriters, with instant carbon copies, and seeing films in cinemas. Votes: 0

She had never loved him so much as she did in that instant. Votes: 0

Fearing not that I'd become my enemy In the instant that I preach Votes: 0

Nothing really matters except what you do now in this instant of time. Votes: 0

Pure art exists only on the level of instant response to pure life Votes: 0

The instant I reach Heaven, I'm going to speak to God very sharply. Votes: 0

Each time a friend dies, the present becomes the past, in an instant. Votes: 0

I'm all for typewriters, with instant carbon copies, and seeing films in cinemas." Votes: 0

The only thing that matters is the choice you are making now--this very instant. Votes: 0

The intuitive recognition of the instant, thus reality is the highest act of wisdom. Votes: 0

Life is like a river: nothing is ever the same, even for an instant. Votes: 0

To possess is past the instant; we achieve the joy, immortality contented, were anomaly. Votes: 0

It was an instant weight lifted off my chest - both literally and figuratively. Votes: 0

You mean was an instant of my purity worth a lifetime of your lies? Votes: 0

You acquire a new kind of intelligence when you stay away from instant news. Votes: 0

Exercise may very well be the most effective instant happiness booster of all activities, Votes: 0

Develop an affirmation today, and start getting instant confirmation in all works of like. Votes: 0

In eternity there is no time, only an instant long enough for a joke. Votes: 0

Zen phrase says The instant you speak about a thing you miss the mark. Votes: 0

The Truth is realized in an instant; the Act is practiced step by step. Votes: 0

We live in a world of instant gratification, the world of the quick fix. Votes: 0

He judged the instant and let go; he flung himself loose into the stars. Votes: 0

Theater is like boxing - having the audience ringside. It's instant gratification. Or horrification. Votes: 0

Success does not happen all at once. In life, there is no instant pudding. Votes: 0

For an instant I saw before me the young girl this used to be. Votes: 0

I'm working on bringing the instant film camera back as part of the future. Votes: 0

You are here for but an instant, and you mustn't take yourself too seriously Votes: 0

The lead either forges an instant connection with the reader, or the package fails. Votes: 0

We have instant pudding, instant photos, instant coffee"”but there are no instant adults. Votes: 0

For an instant God opens his door and His orchestra plays the Fifth Symphony, Votes: 0

My post-child period resulted in one instant change: I write shorter books for kids. Votes: 0

Fame introduced me to a world of instant gratification and decadence I hadn't seen before. Votes: 0

Opportunities will often come at the unlikeliest of times. Sometimes they're because of instant connections. Votes: 0

Exactly at the instant when hope ceases to be reasonable it begins to be useful. Votes: 0

Every one, though born of God in an instant, yet undoubtedly grows by slow degrees. Votes: 0

We are not responding to this instant if we are judging any aspect of it. Votes: 0

Real travel would be to see the world, for even an instant, with another's eyes Votes: 0

If you had the mental energy in the tank, you could create in an instant. Votes: 0

There's a lot of instant spotlight and pressure when it comes to a Bond song. Votes: 0

Television has spread the habit of instant reaction and stimulated the hope of instant results. Votes: 0

For flavor, instant sex will never supersede the stuff you have to peel and cook. Votes: 0

At a wavering instant the swallows gave way to bats By the Ponte Vecchio . . . Changing guard. Votes: 0

That's the thing about life; everything feels so permanent, but you can disappear in an instant. Votes: 0

Many shots are spoiled at the last instant by efforts to add a few more yards. Votes: 0

I bought some instant water one time but I didn't know what to add to it. Votes: 0

Every generation has their challenge. And things change rapidly, and life gets better in an instant. Votes: 0

They must be cool but determined...he threatened instant death to any man who showed cowardice. Votes: 0

instant opinion is an oxymoron. You don't get real opinions in an instant. You get reactions. Votes: 0

The holy child is waiting to be born in every instant, not just once a year. Votes: 0

There exists only the present instant ... There is no yesterday nor any tomorrow, but only Now ... Votes: 0

Whenever anyone utters with reverence the name of Babaji, that devotee attracts an instant spiritual blessing. Votes: 0

Our whole life is startlingly moral. There is never an instant's truce between virtue and vice. Votes: 0

Humor can alter any situation and help us cope at the very instant we are laughing. Votes: 0

All evil is like a nightmare; the instant you stir under it, the evil is gone. Votes: 0

And for an instant, I fantasized about wrapping my arms around her right then and there. Votes: 0

I love being wrong because that means in that instant, I learned something new that day. Votes: 0

An instant can crush a brain and change the course of life, the course of history. Votes: 0

The idea came like a flash of lightning and in an instant the truth was revealed. Votes: 0

Grief is the agony of an instant. The indulgence of grief the blunder of a life. Votes: 0

Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life. Votes: 0

Oh seize the instant time; you never will With water once passed by impel the mill. Votes: 0

When working with the Universal Laws you are working with the laws of manifestation, not instant gratification ... Votes: 0

I enjoy stand-up because it has the biggest reward: instant gratification. You can hear the people laughing. Votes: 0

A young artist can become popular more quickly with the Internet providing instant access to ones work. Votes: 0

A young artist can become popular more quickly with the Internet providing instant access to one's work. Votes: 0

Superficiality is the curse of our age. The doctrine of instant satisfaction is a primary spiritual problem. Votes: 0

The instant they say something you don't expect or already know, you should drop into detective mode. Votes: 0

Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding; it dissipates every doubt and scruple in an instant. Votes: 0

The authority of example and considerations of character, unlike pudding, are not whipped up in an instant. Votes: 0

Doing an accent removes you from yourself and reminds you, every instant, that you're playing a part. Votes: 0

Not all friendships take a long time to grow and deepen. Some are formed in an instant. Votes: 0

For each ecstatic instant We must an anguish pay In keen and quivering ratio To the ecstasy. Votes: 0

They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more. Votes: 0

We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that. Votes: 0

History is idle gossip about a happening whose truth is lost the instant it has taken place. Votes: 0

Please give me fifty more years of work and fun, then an instant death when I'm sleeping. Votes: 0

The man who invented instant pudding was moved to action by an inability to wait for pudding. Votes: 0

The instant people specialize, it's in their interest to dehumanize the people their specialized function operates upon. Votes: 0

the instant he knew he loved her, she slipped down his body and out of his arms Votes: 0

The instant people specialize, its in their interest to dehumanize the people their specialized function operates upon. Votes: 0

Copywriting cuts the communication cord between word and feeling. By offering instant gratification, it atrophies more subtle emotions. Votes: 0

The instant you take the lead in the tug-of-war with your ego, enlightenment becomes your state of being. Votes: 0

Every instant of our lives is essentially irreplaceable: you must know this in order to concentrate on life. Votes: 0

I feel most at home when I am writing a poem"”because in that instant, I am everywhere. Votes: 0

There's a huge difference between the shallow pleasure of instant applause and the long-lasting impact of true connection. Votes: 0

Losing as much money as I can get hold of is an instant solution to my economic problems. Votes: 0

The Internet has killed the traditional record business, but it's given back in the way of instant access. Votes: 0

It's striking how commercially viable that impulse for instant intimacy is right now, especially in songs and writing. Votes: 0

One minute you've got a lucky star watching over you and the next instant it's done a bunk. Votes: 0

The present offers itself to our touch for only an instant of time and then eludes the senses. Votes: 0

All change is a miracle to contemplate, but it is a miracle which is taking place every instant. Votes: 0

Many hybrid owners realize how sharply fuel efficiency goes down over 55 mph because they get instant mileage feedback. Votes: 0

People may come and go,lives may change in a instant,but love and friendship will last forever. Votes: 0

They say it only takes an instant to have a dream; a dream can be compressed into hardtack. Votes: 0

Broccoli, when overboiled, produces a sulfuric stench that causes children to gag the instant they enter the house. Votes: 0

Being born again happens in an instant. Learning to live as a child of God takes a lifetime. Votes: 0

Nobody gives a care about the fate of labor as long as they can get their instant gratification. Votes: 0

And oil's not supposed to mix with water. But then someone invented mayonnaise, and wham - instant mixing. Votes: 0

Reality is myself, reality is only the perception of this instant and it can't be related to another person. Votes: 0

To God your every Want In instant Prayer display, Pray always; Pray, and never faint; Pray, without ceasing, Pray. Votes: 0

Kindness is not about instant gratification. More often, it's akin to a low-risk investment that appreciates steadily over time. Votes: 0

I feel a bigger sense of fulfillment when writing a novel, and short stories are more about instant gratification. Votes: 0

Men forget everything; women remember everything. That's why men need instant replay in sports. They've already forgotten what's happened. Votes: 0

It is planned speeches that contain lies or dissimulations, not what you blurt out so spontaneously in one instant. Votes: 0

Pictures must be miraculous: the instant one is completed, the intimacy between the creation and the creator is ended. Votes: 0

I sensed only an instant of apprehension. She never raised an eyebrow at the question.. Such a brave girl. Votes: 0

Throughout the season, I look into my players eyes to gauge feelings, confidence levels, and to establish instant trust. Votes: 0

A candle that smells like asshole would be an instant hit in prison. Do they make sex-scented candles now? Votes: 0

I have learned from Twitter that you get that instant feedback about what people think about what you did. Votes: 0

All the buried seeds crack open in the dark the instant they surrender to a process they can't see. Votes: 0

Prosperity is the ability to do what you want to do at the instant you want to do it. Votes: 0

When I look at something, it is certain that for an instant I am one with what I see. Votes: 0

Hear my soul speak. Of the very instant that I saw you, did my heart fly at your service Votes: 0

with courage a human being is safe enough. And without it - he is never for one instant safe! Votes: 0

If you had met my father you would never, not for an instant, have thought he was an assassin. Votes: 0

When we meet and I discover that we have read and loved the same books, we are instant friends. Votes: 0

It's the ones you love the most who can lift you in an instant, and destroy you without trying. Votes: 0

Sometimes something has a value, it has an instant quality to it, and that's all it needs to be. Votes: 0

I wish to die knowing that I took a fleeting instant of eternity and fashioned from it a lifetime. Votes: 0

When people go to a web page, the thing that they want more than anything else is instant clarity. Votes: 0

Do you light up when your kids are coming in the room or do you become the instant critic? Votes: 0

Humanity needs dreams to be able to survive the miseries of daily existence, even if only for an instant. Votes: 0

Cops must be unleashed, and allowed to administer instant punishment, subject of course to liability when they are in error. Votes: 0

The secret of forgiveness is not to procrastinate, but to free yourself immediately of stress by totally forgiving this instant. Votes: 0

An instant-read thermometer is your best bet for making sure that meat and fish are cooked to the proper temperature. Votes: 0

It is universally accepted that an admission of atheism would be instant political suicide for any (U.S.) presidential candidate. Votes: 0

The person who gives selflessly in this lifetime immediately goes into a better state of mind. That is instant karma. Votes: 0

Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter. Votes: 0

Insights and perceptions pass through the mind like fleet fireflies. Lit for an instant, then gone back into the dark. Votes: 0

If someone said I had enough money and I could take six months off, I would run in an instant. Votes: 0

A law of life: at the precise instant when someone tells a truth, that truth is transformed into a story Votes: 0

You can live in your total potential creative capacity in an instant-with your heart open to give and receive love. Votes: 0

The simplest and most familiar truth seems new and wonderful the instant we ourselves experience it for the first time. Votes: 0

How can one find the first moment of love? When, in what instant, does the night's dark sky become blue? Votes: 0

I turn bullish at the instant my buy stop is hit, and stay bullish until my sell stop is hit. Votes: 0

The path may not be left for an instant. If it could be left, it would not be the path. Votes: 0

Once the jazz musician learns all the fundamentals they can keep track of a lot of choices in an instant. Votes: 0

The sociability of artists is a paradoxical and precarious thing, and ceases the instant they begin their actual artistic work. Votes: 0

Failure is blindness to the strategic element in events; success is readiness for instant action when the opportune moment arrives. Votes: 0

I tweet, therefore my entire life has shrunk to 140 character chunks of instant event and predigested gnomic wisdom. And swearing. Votes: 0

Truths turn into dogmas the instant that they are disputed. Thus every man who utters a doubt defines a religion. Votes: 0

How sweet, the presence of Jesus to the longing, harassed soul! It is instant peace, and balm to every wound. Votes: 0

Ten thousand years of civilization shed in an instant when you put a woman behind the wheel of a car. Votes: 0

Life changes fast. Life changes in the instant. You sit down to dinner and life as you know it ends. Votes: 0

I'm an instant responder. Somebody told me I'm a living Twitter. I'm quick to respond and quick to fill air. Votes: 0

To take a person out of slavery takes an instant. To take slavery out of a person takes a process. Votes: 0

Living in the present is the instant perception of beauty and the great delight in it without seeking pleasure from it. Votes: 0

Transformation is an instant-moment thing, available to us in any and every second. Life starts anew when you say it does. Votes: 0

All that we call spirit and art and ecstacy only means that for one awful instant we remember that we forgot. Votes: 0

In one terrible instant, that terrible thing happened, the single most tragic experience of my, and just about any, childhood: boredom. Votes: 0

James Dean's death had a profound effect on me. The instant I heard about it, I vomited. I don't know why, Votes: 0

I have never for one instant seen clearly within myself. How then would you have me judge the deeds of others? Votes: 0

My first pastoral letter's gonna be a condemnation of light beer and instant mashed potatoes -- I hate those two things. Votes: 0

Alas, by what rude fate Our lives, like ships at sea, an instant meet, Then part forever on their courses fleet. Votes: 0

A kind of banalization of celebrity has occurred: we are now offered an instant, ready-to-mix fame as nutritious as packet soup. Votes: 0

Christianity, sharing the Christian faith, in common, gives you instant friendship, and that is the remarkable thing, because it transcends culture. Votes: 0

I think it's kind of nice, in this day and age of instant gratification, that you have to wait for something. Votes: 0

Id love to go back and do theater. Theres nothing like that instant response and the connection to a live audience. Votes: 0

I learned life were no dream I learned truth deceived Man is not God Life is a century Death an instant Votes: 0

The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security. Votes: 0

The scene was set. All that was required was an action, a cold start, instant and brutal as beginnings always are. Votes: 0

When I got my first glimpse of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, my breath caught. In that single instant, he was Wolverine. Votes: 0

I'd love to go back and do theater. There's nothing like that instant response and the connection to a live audience. Votes: 0

we, in that instant, lost, breathless to be witnesses, as if we stood ourselves refreshed among the shining fauna of that fire. Votes: 0

Much modern art is, at first sight, unnerving... in the contemporary world, we have come to expect instant response and immediate understanding. Votes: 0

There's nothing like the buzz of live theater. You put it out there and receive an instant reaction: laughing, crying, yelling, applauding. Votes: 0

Our arms must be mighty ... ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction Votes: 0

Only a fraction of the camera's possibilities interests me - the marvelous mixture of emotion and geometry, together in a single instant. Votes: 0

I find nothing so singular to life as that everything appears to lose its substance the instant one actually grapples with it. Votes: 0

He ... knew, in that instant, that his life would not be an easy one-he was different, he looked different, he thought differently. Votes: 0

Every moment of life is a step toward the grave. [Fr., Chaque instant de la vie est un pas vers la mort.] Votes: 0

You hit me the instant I saw you." he said, gruffly. "I couldn't look away. I wanted you immediately. Excessively. Almost violently. Votes: 0

Predators will look for any way to talk to children online whether through sites like Myspace, instant messaging, or even online games. Votes: 0

When we give children advice or instant solutions, we deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems. Votes: 0

I am not an 'instant' actor... to really do anything, I've got to try it five or six or a dozen times. Votes: 0

if have got my spindle and my distaff ready--my pen and mind--never doubting for an instant that God will send me flax. Votes: 0

Seek instant gratification - or the elusive promise of it - and chances are you'll find a crowd there ahead of you. Votes: 0

Howard Beale is processed, instant God, and right now it looks like he might just go over bigger than Mary Tyler Moore. Votes: 0

The instant that the blade tore open his flesh, the bright disk of the sun soared up and exploded behind his eyelids. Votes: 0

But no matter how much planning you do, one tiny miscalculation, one moment of distraction, can end it all in an instant. Votes: 0

Smoking had become my favorite thing in the world to do. It was like having instant comfort, no matter where or when. Votes: 0

Everybody is looking for instant success, but it doesn't work that way. You build a successful life one day at a time. Votes: 0

Prayer is the key that opens heaven; the favors we ask descend upon us the very instant our prayers ascend to God. Votes: 0

It's almost as if each instant is our last and first. We are always dying, and always reborn. And that is living. Votes: 0

I want instant coffee at the snap of my fingers that gives me more energy than that generated by a million snaps. Votes: 0

One instant is eternity; / eternity is the now. / When you see through this one instant, / you see through the one who sees. Votes: 0

By rule, the decision to reverse a call by use of instant replay is at the sole discretion of the crew chief. Votes: 0

Strike a glass and it will not endure an instant. Simply do not strike it and it will endure a thousand years. Votes: 0

We spend our life, it's ours, trying to bring together in the same instant a ray of sunshine and a free bench Votes: 0

[I]f you want instant, reflexive support for the US government's police and military powers, MSNBC is the place to turn these days. Votes: 0

Where is it, this present? It has melted in our grasp, fled ere we could touch it, gone in the instant of becoming. Votes: 0

Mastery is not something that strikes in an instant, like a thunderbolt, but a gathering power that moves steadily through time, like weather. Votes: 0

The fanboy community can smell in an instant, like smelling fear, when something was tailor-made in order to reach them as a demographic. Votes: 0

What you wear is how you present yourself to the world, especially today when human contacts go so fast. Fashion is instant language. Votes: 0

He walked out into the cold morning asking himself this heretical question: Can you start measuring a minute at any instant you wish? Votes: 0

We think it's reasonable to provide mandatory, instant criminal background checks for every sale at every gun show. No loopholes anywhere for anyone. Votes: 0

In our instant pudding world, everything is sweet, smooth, very convenient and fast. There are lots of assorted flavors, but they're all artificial. Votes: 0

The keen spirit Seizes the prompt occasion, makes the thought Start into instant action, and at once Plans and performs, resolves and executes! Votes: 0

The photograph is like a quotation, or a maxim or proverb. Each of us mentally stocks hundreds of photographs, subject to instant recall. Votes: 0

Give fear no hold on you. Keep sinews loose and senses open, ready at every instant to flow with the rush of action. Votes: 0

and in that instant, nothing else mattered. Not the song, not the place, not the other couples around him. Only this, only her. Votes: 0

I think if I had come out of drama school and been an instant Hollywood superstar, I would be taking long, leisurely holidays. Votes: 0

A great symphony is a man-made Mississippi down which we irresistibly flow from the instant of our leave-taking to a long forseen destination. Votes: 0

I think if I had come out of drama school and been an instant Hollywood superstar, I would be taking long, leisurely holidays. Votes: 0

How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young? Votes: 0

Hence the same instant which killed the animals froze the country where they lived. This event was sudden, instantaneous, without any gradual development. Votes: 0

It's too easy to sum up a person's character in one negative instant, and it doesn't put anything good out into the world. Votes: 0

Life can change in an instant; don't be so worried about the future that you forget to celebrate what you have right now. Votes: 0

I think it is important to reach people through arts and literature, because then you establish a connection that's not an instant crisis. Votes: 0

We march up, moody or good-tempered soldiers - we reach the zone where the front begins and become on the instant human animals. Votes: 0

Once you have children it's love without bounds. You would die for them in an instant, without question. How can you better that? Votes: 0

Gold, for the instant, lost its luster in his eyes, for there were countless treasures of the heart which it could never purchase Votes: 0

The seeing is instant. The recognition can be instant but it will take some time to stabilize the mind into the heart completely. Votes: 0

Why are young adults so self-centered and always seeking instant gratification? Because older adults, often in positions of power, paint them that way. Votes: 0

Our task and challenge as human beings is to appreciate, in the same instant, both the infinite significance and absolute insignificance of life. Votes: 0

The instant Isabella Cortez left the safety of the FBI building, goose bumps skittered across her skin and her senses went on high alert. Votes: 0

Men's hearts and faces are always wide asunder; women's are not only in close connection, but are mirror-like in the instant power of reflection. Votes: 0

Lost in loneliness and pain. Black and unendurable, Thinking of you with every Corpuscle of my flesh, in Every instant of night And day. Votes: 0

In the Internet world, especially in Silicon Valley, everyone is at the ready all the time, and turnaround is relatively short, if not instant. Votes: 0

It's not instant composing; it's not following any kind of a formula. All you do is hear music in your head and reproduce it. Votes: 0

To practice Zen or the Martial Arts, you must live intensely, wholeheartedly, without reserve - as if you might die in the next instant Votes: 0

Boredom is like a pitiless zooming in on the epidermis of time. Every instant is dilated and magnified like the pores of the face. Votes: 0

On the very instant that we know that our assailant intends us serious physical harm, we must work just as fast as we can. Votes: 0

God may not give that instant dollar bill your seeking, but it's in the little change He brings, that will add to a dollar. Votes: 0

Understanding the mythology of your partner, your customer and your audience is far more important than watching the instant replay of what actually happened. Votes: 0

He loves, He hopes, He waits. Our Lord prefers to wait Himself for the sinner for years rather than keep us waiting an instant. Votes: 0

All I care about these days is painting "” photography has never been more than a way into painting, a sort of instant drawing. Votes: 0

Blake inspires instant, tender Blakelust in everyone he meets. All of his beauties are meant to be touched, and he likes to be touched. Votes: 0

Boredom is like a pitiless zooming in on the epidermis of time. Every instant is dilated and magnified like the pores of the face Votes: 0

I find that falling in love is way more fun than just having that instant attraction that you have to maintain for a relationship. Votes: 0

There's nothing like the #"Ž buzz of live #"Ž theater . You put it out there and receive an instant reaction: laughing, crying, yelling, applauding. Votes: 0

The instant trivial as it is is all we have unless-unless things the imagination feeds upon, the scent of the rose, startle us anew. Votes: 0

A person shows himself for an instant as in a photograph but clearer and in the background something which is bigger than his shadow. Votes: 0

We are poor, indeed, when we have no half-wishes left us. The heart and the imagination close the shutters the instant they are gone. Votes: 0

Human beings would split the atom and invent television, nylon, and instant coffee before they could figure out the age of their own planet. Votes: 0

My photographs are not just about the instant of movement you capture in the camera. It's much more total, about constant movement that became static. Votes: 0

The idiot who invented instant grits also thought of frozen fried chicken, and they ought to lock him up before he tries to freeze-dry collards. Votes: 0

Your genius will shine through, and happiness will fill your life, the instant you discover your higher purpose and direct all your energies towards it. Votes: 0

Drawing is the simplest way of establishing a picture vocabulary because it is an instant, personal declaration of what is important and what is not. Votes: 0

When true friends meet in adverse hour; 'Tis like a sunbeam through a shower. A watery way an instant seen, The darkly closing clouds between. Votes: 0

Liberty sets the mind free, fosters independence and unorthodox thinking and ideas. But it does not offer instant prosperity or happiness and wealth to everyone. Votes: 0

Cigars must be smoked one at a time, peaceably, with all the leisure in the world. Cigarettes are of the instant, Cigars are for eternity. Votes: 0

Death lasts only a moment, but we think about it every moment. (La mort ne dure qu'un instant, - Mais on y pense chaque instant) Votes: 0

We must accept all of Gods will for us, not just those portions that happen to appeal and bring instant gratification and pleasure to us. Votes: 0

When you are a rock star in front of 20,000 people, you receive instant gratification. A rock star on tour is a king in his domain. Votes: 0

The only character I ever remember actually creating in a flash of inspiration was George Liquor. God planted that in my head in an instant. Votes: 0

I will not live an instant that I do not live in love. Whoever loves does all things without suffering, or, suffering, loves his suffering. Votes: 0

There is probably no more terrible instant of enlightenment than the one in which you discover your father is a man - with human flesh. Votes: 0

We must accept all of God's will for us, not just those portions that happen to appeal and bring instant gratification and pleasure to us. Votes: 0

Any song I have to work on longer than a day, I just leave it. It's not gonna work. Everything that's good is really instant. Votes: 0

I have always been convinced that if a woman once made up her mind to marry a man, nothing but instant flight could save him. Votes: 0

Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part of your life in an instant. Votes: 0

An instant realization sees endless time. Endless time is as one moment. When one comprehends the endless moment He realizes the person who is seeing it. Votes: 0

Mind training matters. It is not just a luxury, or a supplementary vitamin for the soul. It determines the quality of every instant of our lives. Votes: 0

It took them only an instant to cut of that head, but it is unlikely that a hundred years will suffice to reproduce a singular one. Votes: 0

Starbuck's is going to start selling instant coffee. This is for people who want the quality of Sanka, but want to pay the high Starbuck's price. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

One look at Rebecca and Aunt B would have an instant apoplexy. Raphael's eyebrows furrowed. "My mother's approval isn't necessary." Aha. "Does she know that? Votes: 0

It took them only an instant to cut of that head, but it is unlikely that a hundred years will suffice to reproduce a singular one." Votes: 0

The heart outstrips the clumsy senses, and sees - perhaps for an instant, perhaps for long periods of bliss - an undistorted and more veritable world. Votes: 0

We binge on instant knowledge, but we are learning the hazards, and readers are warier than they used to be of nanosecond-interpretations of Supreme Court decisions. Votes: 0

The sweetest music is not in the oratorio, but in the human voice when it speaks from its instant life tones of tenderness, truth, or courage. Votes: 0

We're used to the characteristics of social media - participation, connection, instant gratification - and when school doesn't offer the same, it's easy to tune out. Votes: 0

This man has conquered the world! What have you done?" The philosopher replied without an instant's hesitation, "I have conquered the need to conquer the world. Votes: 0

The public is usually slow to catch on to new things, and its important that musicians stick to their guns and not look for that instant gratification. Votes: 0

You can do a lot with Scotch tape. Almost anything! I love that you can hem a dress, and its an instant remedy in a fashion crises. Votes: 0

E-books are great for instant gratification - you see a review somewhere of a book that interests you, and you can start reading it five minutes later. Votes: 0

Remember that man lives only in the present, in this fleeting instant; all the rest of his life is either past and gone, or not yet revealed. Votes: 0

From this instant on, vow to stop disappointing yourself. Separate yourself from the mob. Decide to be extraordinary and do what you need to do -- now. Votes: 0

[Christ] does not give [men] light but from moment to moment; the instant He withdraws, all is darkness.... God does not give them a stock of holiness. Votes: 0

on the instant clamorous eaves, A climbing moon upon an empty sky, And all that lamentation of the leaves, Could but compose man's image and his cry. Votes: 0

As we get past our superficial material wants and instant gratification we connect to a deeper part of ourselves, as well as to others, and the universe. Votes: 0

Everyone wants instant everything, and they want instant success, but I always think you should treat things in the arts like a garden, and let them grow. Votes: 0

There are almost too many possibilities. Photography is in direct proportion with our time: multiple, faster, instant. Because it is so easy, it will be more difficult. Votes: 0

Tune into the presence of miracles, and in an instant, life can be transformed into a dazzling experience, more wondrous and exciting than we could even imagine. Votes: 0

As with instant replay, NFL Films' use of slow motion, camera angles and the narration of Facenda was not just a technical breakthrough but a conceptual breakthrough. Votes: 0

There are so many cameras. There is so much instant media attention, not just for celebrities, but for normal people that get thrust in the reality world. Votes: 0

The public is usually slow to catch on to new things, and it's important that musicians stick to their guns and not look for that instant gratification. Votes: 0

I believe in intuition and approaching things as instant gratification. Just do the things you want to do, make the kind of pictures you want to make. Votes: 0

You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway to life. Votes: 0

There's been an instant desire to try to take some of the rhetoric that has done so well for Mr. Trump and apply it to Australian politics. Votes: 0

One of the many reasons why I love stand-up so much is when you're performing, you get instant feedback. You know if stuff is working right away. Votes: 0

Put cotton in your ears and pebbles in your shoes. Pull on rubber gloves. Smear Vaseline over your glasses, and there you have it: instant old age. Votes: 0

What do you do when your entire identity is destroyed in an instant? How do you cope when your whole life story turns out to bw wrong? Votes: 0

The lifespan of most professional athletes is relatively short, and most have no preparation for doing anything after their career ends, which it could in an instant. Votes: 0

If the fate of the universe was decided in a single moment at the instant of the Big Bang , that was the most creative moment of all. Votes: 0

Remember that the reader's attention is yours for only a single instant. They will not use up their valuable time trying to figure out what you mean. Votes: 0

We actually form the world at every instant, although we're not cognitively aware of that but - and there are people would argue with that to some degree. Votes: 0

The object of man's desire is not to enjoy once only, and for one instant of time; but to assure for ever, the way of his future desires. Votes: 0

Today everything must be easy and it mustn't take time ... ready meals. Powdered hot chocolate and instant coffee ... Living takes time. We need to give each other time. Votes: 0

When we have but the will to do it, that very moment will Justice be done: that very instant the tyrants of the Earth shall bite the dust. Votes: 0

The individual appears for an instant, joins the community of thought, modifies it and dies; but the species, that dies not, reaps the fruit of his ephemeral existence. Votes: 0

In life, you don't get instant satisfaction. In life, you get to slog. You work. You grow. You take the long view. You fill the void with self-actualization. Votes: 0

The flesh had infinity in it. I must know every inch by touch yet every inch renewed its mystery the instant my hand moved on. Delightful endless futility. Votes: 0

The single most powerful asset we all have is our mind. If it is trained well, it can create enormous wealth in what seems to be an instant. Votes: 0

If two people who love each other let a single instant wedge itself between them, it grows-it becomes a month, a year, a century; it becomes to late. Votes: 0

Busy with the ugliness of the expensive success We forget the easiness of free beauty Lying sad right around the corner, Only an instant removed, Unnoticed and squandered. Votes: 0

Even in the meanest sorts of labor, the whole soul of a man is composed into a kind of real harmony the instant he sets himself to work. Votes: 0

We become responsible for the actions of others the instant we become conscious of what they are doing wrong and fail to remind them of what is right. Votes: 0

it is better to be a part of beauty for one instant and then cease to exist than to exist forever and never be a part of beauty Votes: 0

The joy in catching butterflies is the joy of capturing - for an instant - utter beauty. The satisfaction of being able to let it go is immense. Votes: 0

The grief in her green eyes slips then hardens and, for an instant, Pendleton sees the woman she has become and has no right being, not at sixteen. Votes: 0

The instant field of the present is at all times what I call the 'pure' experience. It is only virtually or potentially either object or subject as yet. Votes: 0

Theologians consider that it was the sin of pride, the sinful thought conceived in an instant: non serviam: I will not serve. That instant was his [Lucifer's] ruin. Votes: 0

No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in today. No peace lies in the future which is not hidden in this present little instant. Votes: 0

Go to your checkbook and see what you spend money on. In an instant, you will know what is important to you because your money goes toward it. Votes: 0

On TV, I can hit the mute button and silence any moron. I wish real life came with a hush button I could push and enjoy instant quiet. Votes: 0

Politics are not a science based on logic; they are the capacity of always choosing at each instant, in constantly changing situations, the least harmful, the most useful. Votes: 0

It is with many enterprises as with striking fire; we do not meet with success except by reiterated efforts, and often at the instant when we despaired of success. Votes: 0

In a race, sooner or later there's a moment that separates the winner from those who don't win. That instant is your chance, the moment you've been waiting for. Votes: 0

We become equally responsible for the actions of others the instant we become conscious of what they are doing wrong but remain silent because we think it is right. Votes: 0

For an instant Harry imagined... Just for an instant, before his imagination blew a fuse and called an emergency shut down and told him never to imagine that again. Votes: 0

I will be satisfied if the federation of secret law, unequal pardon and irresistible executive powers that rule the world that I love are revealed even for an instant. Votes: 0

It is better to present one image in a lifetime than to produce voluminous work. Image...that which presents an intellectual and emotional complex in an instant of time. Votes: 0

It was funny, he reflected later, how one's life could alter in an instant, how one minute everything could be a certain way, and the next it's simply ... not Votes: 0

I always think everything is going to last forever, but nothing ever does. In fact nothing exists longer than an instant except the thing that we hold in memory Votes: 0

Parents often give middle names just so that later, when they're yelling at the kid, they can drag it out. Henry David Thoreau, you come in here this instant! Votes: 0

If repentance is neglected for an instant, one can lose the power of the Resurrection as he lives with the weakness of tepidity and the potential of his fall. Votes: 0

Our loving Heavenly Father wants us to become more like him. God understands that we get there not in an instant, but by taking one step at a time. Votes: 0

I've found out that falling in love doesn't have anything to do with time. It can take a year or an instant. It happens when it's ready to happen. Votes: 0

For, how else to seize such an instant? How to shout out into the empty air just the right words, and on cue? Frame a moment to last a lifetime? Votes: 0

This instant which I cannot leave, which locks me in and limits me on every side, this instant I am made of will be no more than a confused dream. Votes: 0

I saw Danny Kaye in a movie, and he was doing voices and faces on that big, big screen and making whole audiences laugh. It was just an instant hookup. Votes: 0

As long as an individual's alive, he will undergo experience in some form or other, and those experiences are stored up instant by instant. To stop experiencin' is to die. Votes: 0

For every Southern boy fourteen years old, not once but whenever he wants it, there is the instant when it's still not yet two o'clock on that July afternoon in 1863. Votes: 0

As a kid, I would've loved to get a tweet from David Bowie or Joan Rivers or Tom Cruise. It's great that you can communicate with people and it's instant. Votes: 0

Let's take the instant by the forward top; For we are old, and on our quick'st decrees The inaudible and noiseless foot of Time Steals ere we can effect them. Votes: 0

Our knowledge of physics only takes us back so far. Before this instant of cosmic time, all the laws of physics or chemistry are as evanescent as rings of smoke. Votes: 0

For an instant she felt his touch on her cheek then he stepped back. There that was my ration for all eternity. People have died for less I dare say. Votes: 0

When you're feeling down, did you know that you can change it in an instant? Put on a beautiful piece of music or start singing - that'll change your emotion. Votes: 0

A lot of stuff you hear on the radio is like instant hooky pop, but I can't imagine it being covered in the future by other artists. It's really for themselves. Votes: 0

Before the curing of a strong disease, Even in the instant of repair and health, The fit is strongest. Evils that take leave, On their departure most of all show evil. Votes: 0

Perfume is a form of writing, an ink, a choice made in the first person, the dot on the i, a weapon, a courteous gesture, part of the instant, a consequence. Votes: 0

It gives us more flexibility, so we can do more, but it also creates the expectation of the instant response. It can take away your sense of control over your time. Votes: 0

it was possible to grow up in an instant, that you could look down and see the line in the sand dividing your life now from what it used to be. Votes: 0

You can change a person's life in an instant; put him in a movie, and you start thinking differently, you want to be in another movie. It's like an addiction almost. Votes: 0

When a man plays a woman in a dress, you're halfway there. It's inherently funny. When a woman plays a man, for whatever reason, it's not that instant kind of funny. Votes: 0

Our lives are at once ordinary and mythical. At the same instant we have these magnificent hearts that pump through all sorrow and all winters we are alive on the earth. Votes: 0

The instant you say All Quiet On The Western Front people remember that great 20th century classic book on war, a book about a school boy turned into a soldier overnight. Votes: 0

The tail of the comet slashed the dawn and in the red light of the rising sun, for a brief instant, it seemed as if the comet was bleeding across the sky. Votes: 0

We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon. In an instant age, perhaps we must relearn the ancient truth that patience, too, has its victories. Votes: 0

If you have a recital to do, you have to memorize the songs. I never use music when I do recitals. It produces an instant barrier, both for yourself and the audience. Votes: 0

To laugh, if but for an instant only, has never been granted to man before the fortieth day from his birth, and then it is looked upon as a miracle of precocity. Votes: 0

What is more melancholy and more profound than to see a thousand objects for the first and the last time? To travel is to be born and to die at every instant. Votes: 0

When we have been badly injured and clearly wronged, we make an instant caricature of the person who did it to us. We define him totally by the one wrong he did. Votes: 0

With kiting, you have to land a trick, and in that instant you know whether you won or lost - I knew I could become the best in the world if I trained Votes: 0

I make myself a bowl of instant oatmeal, and then I don't do anything for an hour. Why do I need the instant oatmeal? I could get the regular oatmeal and feel productive. Votes: 0

Power ceases in the instant of repose; it resides in the moment of transition from a past to a new state, in the shooting of the gulf, in the darting to an aim. Votes: 0

Writing the opening lines of a story is a bit like starting to ski at the steepest part of a hill. You must have all your skills under control from the first instant. Votes: 0

Give to God just one thought of sincere love and longing and He responds: 'My child, one silent call from the depths of your soul, and I am there in an instant.' Votes: 0

The true picture of the past flits by. The past can be seized only as an image which flashes up at the instant when it can be recognized and is never seen again. Votes: 0

The rock, for its part, is not even aware of our existence because we are alive for only a brief instant of its lifespan. To it, we are like flashes in the dark. Votes: 0

We are never aware of the present; each instant of living becomes perceptible only when it is past, so that in a sense we do not live at all, but only remember living. Votes: 0

I mean you really can target your answers to get the instant response and I think that is a very manipulative type of polling. I really have no time for that worm at all. Votes: 0

When the human mind exists in the light of reason and no more than reason, we may say with absolute certainty that Man and all that made him will be in that instant gone. Votes: 0

For an instant I think I saw. I saw the loneliness of man as a gigantic wave which had been frozen in front of me, held back by the invisible wall of a metaphor. Votes: 0

Hellboy?” “What?” “Touch me. Make me forget all this.” He was on her in an instant, took her down to the floor before she could blink. Votes: 0

I know that my mind is so A.D.D., and I want instant gratification - and photography can provide me with that - but at some point, I want to make an independent feature. Votes: 0