Blink Quotes

• In the blink of an eye everything can change. So forgive often and love with all your heart. You may not have that chance again.

  Zig Ziglar

  Heart, Eye, Forgiving

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Oct 22, 2014

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• We hardly ever realize that we can cut anything out of our lives, anytime, in the blink of an eye.

  Carlos Castaneda

  Attitude, Eye, Responsibility

  Carlos Castaneda (2009). “The Wheel Of Time: The Shamans Of Mexico Their Thoughts About Life De”, p.75, Simon and Schuster

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• Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.

  Regina Brett

  Eye, Worry, God Never Blinks

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• Every cliche about kids is true; they grow up so quickly, you blink and they're gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that's a joy.

  Liam Neeson

  Inspiring, Time, Growing Up

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• The story of life is quicker then the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye.

  Jimi Hendrix

  Goodbye, Farewell, Eye

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• If you look at how long the Earth has been here, we're living in the blink of an eye. So, whatever it is you want to do, you go out and do it.

  Jamie Foxx

  Eye, Long, Looks

  "Anne Hathaway, Jamie Foxx, George Lopez and Carlos Saldanha Interview RIO". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 31, 2011.

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• We have, as human beings, a storytelling problem. We're a bit too quick to come up with explanations for things we don't really have an explanation for.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Success, Problem, Storytelling

  "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking". Book by Malcolm Gladwell, January 11, 2005.

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• I don't ever blink, honestly.

  Ridley Scott

  Honest, Honestly

  "Exclusive Print Interview with Sir Ridley Scott for Gladiator". Female First Interview, www.femalefirst.co.uk. September 13, 2005.

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  The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding. We are swimming in the former. We are desperately lacking in the latter.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Success, Swimming, Keys

  "Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking". Book by Malcolm Gladwell, January 11, 2005.

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• The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every time piece with a digital readout blinks us towards implosion.

  Dean Koontz

  Hands, Pieces, Literature

  Dean Koontz (2007). “Fear Nothing: A Novel”, p.193, Bantam

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• You can go from doing something quite silly to something dead serious in the blink of an eye, and if you're making those connections with your audience then they're going to go right along with it.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Silly, Eye, Connections

  "A fan's eye view". Interview with Nick Hornby, www.theguardian.com. July 17, 2005.

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• There can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Eye, Analysis, Months

  Malcolm Gladwell (2007). “Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking”, p.13, Hachette UK

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• Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Inspirational, Success, Thinking

  Malcolm Gladwell (2007). “Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking”, p.77, Hachette UK

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• Apple was our benefactor at starting General Magic, but about a year later decided they would rather BE General Magic and tried to make us blink out of existence... which we eventually did, but it took a few years.

  Andy Hertzfeld

  Years, Apples, Magic

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• I think the life we are living now is just a blink in the eye of eternity.

  Keir Dullea

  Eye, Thinking, Eternity

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• We need to be confident. We need not to blink.

  Sebastian Coe

  Needs, Be Confident

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• The key to good decision making is not knowledge... It's whether our work fulfills us.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Leadership, Keys, Decision

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• I never liked guns, I hate them, I always blink before they go off.

  Roger Moore

  Hate, Gun, I Hate

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• Green Day was more of the influence than Blink.

  Deryck Whibley

  Green, Influence

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• I had achieved the most important things in my life when I married Joan and had the sons. Given the choice between Joan and the boys, and being a writer, I world give up being a writer without a blink.

  Robert B. Parker

  Giving Up, Son, Boys

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• We learn by example and by direct experience because there are real limits to the adequacy of verbal instruction.

  Malcolm Gladwell

  Teacher, Real, Teaching

  Malcolm Gladwell (2007). “Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking”, p.40, Hachette UK

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• The Doctor: Don't blink. Don't even blink. Blink and you're dead. Don't turn your back. Don't look away. And don't blink.

  Steven Moffat

  Doctors, Looks, Turns

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• As we mature and grow older we collect a lot of baggage, and a lot of that stuff you collect on life's journey gets in the way of acting. My kids can imagine a character and transform in the blink of an eye. It's so simple for kids, so complex for adults.

  David Wenham

  Character, Kids, Eye

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Already, it is later than you think for your earthly life at best, is only a blink of an eye between two eternities.

  Og Mandino

  Eye, Thinking, Two

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• What is your peace all about? What is your comfort all about? Where do you get your love? Where do you get your talents? And I can turn to them and say without blinking, ‘Jesus Christ.’

  Zachary Levi

  Love, Confidence, Jesus

  The RELEVANT Magazine Interview, relevantmagazine.com. April 30, 2003.

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