Temporary Quotes

Certain it is that their power increased always in an exact proportion to the weakness of the Caliphate, and, without doubt, in some of the most distracted periods of the Arabian rule, the Hebrew Princes rose into some degree of local and temporary importance.

One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs.

Temporary solutions often become permanent problems.

Being broke is a temporary situation. Being poor is a state of mind.

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.

It is clear that a temporary increase in the cap is needed to ensure high-tech companies can hire the specialized personnel they need to continue to help fuel California's economic growth.

Concentration of executive power, unless it's very temporary and for specific circumstances, let's say fighting world war two, it's an assault on democracy.

Everything is temporary. Everything is bound to end.

It is not to be disguised, that a war has broken out between the North and the South. - Political and commercial men are industriously striving to restore peace: but the peace, which they would effect, is superficial, false, and temporary.

While our budget shortfall is temporary, ruining pristine national lands is permanent.

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.

There is no magic. There is no secret. You need your sleep. A lot of our society tries to get by, but the truth is it is up to each individual to get their optimal sleep amount. If you get less than that you can get by temporarily, but it's only temporary.

Happiness is nothing but temporary moments here and there - and I love those. But I would be bored out of my mind if I were happy all the time.

The world is likely to view any temporary extension of the income tax cuts for the top two percent as a prelude to a long-term or permanent extension, and that would hurt economic recovery as well by undermining confidence that we're prepared to make a commitment today to bring down our future deficits.

America is an idea. And it's the solemn responsibility of each 'temporary' president to protect and nurture that noblest of all ideas - with integrity. This man, Mitt Romney, has shown - not through his experience, but through his actions and words - that he is unqualified to carry out that responsibility.

Hollywood is an extraordinary kind of temporary place.

Nothing good comes in life or athletics unless a lot of hard work has preceded the effort. Only temporary success is achieved by taking short cuts.

It's traditionally not federal policy to fund state and local salaries. It's done sometimes on a temporary basis or a grant basis. But it's not often done. And the reason is clear, because the federal government can't continue in perpetuity these programs.

I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.

Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.

Wise are they who have learned these truths: Trouble is temporary. Time is tonic. Tribulation is a test tube.

The spiritual element, the really important part of religion, has no concern with Time and Space, temporary mundane laws, or conduct.

Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program.

Success is always temporary. When all is said and one, the only thing you'll have left is your character.

The notion of a neutral, mainstream national media gained dominance only in World War II and in its aftermath, when what turned out to be a temporary moderate consensus came to govern the country.

We pay some price when necessary to bring down inflation but that price is temporary and is not large relative to the permanent gain from reduced inflation.

In some South Pacific cultures, a speaker holds a conch shell as a symbol of temporary position of authority. Leaders must understand who holds the conch that is, who should be listened to and when.

Freedom is fragile and must be protected. To sacrifice it, even as a temporary measure, is to betray it.

Justice is a temporary thing that must at last come to an end; but the conscience is eternal and will never die.

They've asked me to do this temporarily. I don't know what temporarily means. Life is temporary.