Momentary Quotes

A mass of dust, world's momentary slave, Is man, in state of our old Adam made, Soon born to die, soon flourishing to fade.

Scientific thought, then, is not momentary; it is not a static instance; it is a process.

My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way.

Onstage, it's more of a momentary pressure.

He played the King as though under momentary apprehension that someone else was about to play the ace.

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.

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.

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.

There are two sorts of curiosity - the momentary and the permanent. The momentary is concerned with the odd appearance on the surface of things. The permanent is attracted by the amazing and consecutive life that flows on beneath the surface of things.

Sex is a momentary itch, love never lets you go.

O what is life, if we must hold it thus as wind-blown sparks hold momentary fire?

The most emphatic place in a clause or sentence is the end. This is the climax; and, during the momentary pause that follows, that last word continues, as it were, to reverberate in the reader's mind. It has, in fact, the last word.

Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable.

Manners are like the shadows of virtues, they are the momentary display of those qualities which our fellow creatures love and respect.

Even the handsomest men do not have the same momentary effect on the world as a truly beautiful woman does.

Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

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.

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.

Passion is momentary; love is enduring.

When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.

Reality TV is sleazy, it is manipulative. It is as momentary as anything in popular culture.

The wish to hurt, the momentary intoxication with pain, is the loophole through which the pervert climbs into the minds of ordinary men.