#instant

He came by a leap to the goal of purpose, not by the toilsome steps of reason. On the instant his headlong spirit declared his purpose: this was the one being for him in all the world: at this altar he would light a lamp of devotion, and keep it burning forever. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#being #burning #came #declared #devotion

I don't feel that the conductor has real power. The orchestra has the power, and every member of it knows instantaneously if you're just beating time. ↗

— Itzhak Perlman

#conductor #every #feel #i #instantaneously

Cigarettes are an instant signifier in culture. It punctuates a joke, or puts that extra zing on a punch line. I like them as a prop. I think it can be really useful for character and texture and contrast and all of that. ↗

— Martha Plimpton

#cigarettes #contrast #culture #extra #i

It is a dangerous thing to have instant access to your emotions. ↗

— Dennis Potter

#dangerous #dangerous thing #emotions #instant #thing

It became clear to me in an instant that living a gay life without publicly acknowledging it is simply not enough to make any significant contribution to the immense work that lies ahead on the road to complete equality. ↗

— Zachary Quinto

#ahead #any #became #clear #complete

I do music because I can just pick up my guitar and sing, and completely satisfy, instant gratification. I don't need a script, I don't people, I don't need anything, cameras, I just have myself and my guitar, or keyboard. ↗

— Jeremy Renner

#because #cameras #completely #gratification #guitar

Why waste time learning, when ignorance is instantaneous? ↗

— Bill Watterson

#instantaneous #learning #time #waste #waste time

In the year 3000, everything will be instant. ↗

— Dane Cook

#instant #will #year

Short waves will be generally used in the kitchen for roasting and baking, almost instantaneously. ↗

— Lee De Forest

#baking #generally #instantaneously #kitchen #short

You were able to sing something they related to instantly, because it was part of what you felt. It was part of what you had already traveled through. It's part of the people you were associating with daily. It was all of that. ↗

— Ben E. King

#already #because #daily #felt #had