Permanent Quotes - Page 40

• I never take any commitment lightly, and I certainly don’t take my wife lightly. I never did and I never will. That’s permanent. That’s true love.

  John Lydon

  Commitment, Wife, My Wife

  "John Lydon On Marriage, Losing A Child And Gargling With Brandy". www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2008.

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• A record company used to be a very good thing, but they ended up soul-destroyingly trapping people in the accounting department. And you couldn't get any further, and the heads of each department were changing all the time, so you couldn't have any permanent relationship within the corporation.

  John Lydon

  People, Soul, Records

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• 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.

  Robert Wilson Lynd

  Inspirational, Life, Two

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• A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States.

  James Madison

  Political, Liberty, United States

  James Madison, Ralph Ketcham “Selected Writings of James Madison”, Hackett Publishing

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• Only to the extent that men desire peace and brotherhood can the world be made better. No peace even though temporarily obtained, will be permanent, whether to individuals or nations, unless it is built upon the solid foundation of eternal principles.

  David O. McKay

  Men, Brotherhood, Desire

  LDS General Conference, October 1964.

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• Hope is the feeling we have that the feeling we have is not permanent.

  Mignon McLaughlin

  Hope, Feelings

  The Neurotic's Notebook ch. 5 (1963)

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• The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety.

  H. L. Mencken

  Courage, Fear, Men

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• The permanent temptation of life is to confuse dreams with reality. The permanent defeat of life comes when dreams are surrendered to reality.

  James A. Michener

  Life, Dream, Reality

  James A. Michener (2014). “The Drifters: A Novel”, p.59, Dial Press

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• I will not be just a tourist in the world of images, just watching images passing by which I cannot live in, make love to, possess as permanent sources of joy and ecstasy.

  Anais Nin

  Love, Inspirational, Passing By

  The Diary of Anais Nin Volume 5 1947-1955: Vol. 5 (1947-1955) (p. 272), Mach 26, 1975.

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• If we take the route of the permanent handout, the American character will itself be impoverished.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Character, Handouts, Routes

  Nixon, Richard M. (1971). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Richard M. Nixon, 1969”, p.645, Best Books on

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• I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it.

  Yoko Ono

  Love, Want, Might

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• Well, I'm not a member of the permanent political establishment, and I've learned quickly these last few days that if you're not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone.

  Sarah Palin

  Media, Political, Unqualified

  Republican Vice Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech, delivered 3 September 2008, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota

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• You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.

  Laurence J. Peter

  Friendship, Best Friend, Jobs

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• The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres.

  Alexander Pope

  Creativity, Destiny, Creative

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• The United Nations' founders understood that decisions affecting war and peace should happen only by consensus, and with America's consent, the veto by Security Council permanent members was enshrined in the United Nations Charter. The profound wisdom of this has underpinned the stability of international relations for decades.

  Vladimir Putin

  War, America, Profound

  "A Plea for Caution From Russia". www.nytimes.com. September 11, 2013.

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• People from both political parties have long recognized that welfare without work creates negative incentives that lead to permanent poverty. It robs people of self-esteem.

  Mitt Romney

  Self Esteem, Party, Long

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• The soles of Neil Armstrong's boots on the moon made permanent impressions on our souls and in our national psyche. Ann and I watched those steps together on her parent's sofa. Like all Americans we went to bed that night knowing we lived in the greatest country in the history of the world. God bless Neil Armstrong.

  Mitt Romney

  Country, Moon, Night

  "Election Guide: Romney Rhetoric". Interview with Jason Williams, www.cityweekly.net. October 31, 2012.

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• Reading is a form of prayer, a guided meditation that briefly makes us believe we're someone else, disrupting the delusion that we're permanent and at the center of the universe. Suddenly (we're saved!) other people are real again, and we're fond of them.

  George Saunders

  Prayer, Real, Reading

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• Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

  Marilyn vos Savant

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Perfectionism: What's Bad About Being Too Good". Book by Miriam Adderholdt and Jan Goldberg, 1987.

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• Learning is any change in a system that produces a more or less permanent change in its capacity for adapting to its environment.

  Herbert Simon

  Environment, Permanent Change, Produce

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• Any rule, not existing in the nature of things, or that is not permanent, universal and inflexible in its application, is no law, according to any correct definition of the term law.

  Lysander Spooner

  Law, Definitions, Term

  Lysander Spooner (1845). “The Unconstitutionality of Slavery”, p.6

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• You can't have a situation in which companies proceed on a permanent basis relying only on cash from the government.

  Lawrence Summers

  Government, Cash, Situation

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• Bureaucrats behave very differently than a private-sector manager because their motivations are different. Permanent bureaucrats, no matter how senior, worry about their next job.

  John Sununu

  Senior, Jobs, Motivation

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• I thought, I'm only going to be on this planet once, and only for a short time. What can I do with my life that will lead to permanent benefits?

  John Templeton

  Life, Optimistic, Benefits

  "The Secret of Shelter Island: Money and What Matters". Book by Alexander Green, 2009.

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• I want my permanent address to be in Oklahoma. Someday, when I get married and I have kids, that's where I want to raise my kids.

  Carrie Underwood

  Kids, Oklahoma, Addresses

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