#instant

In its entirety, probably, it follows us at every instant; all that we have felt, thought and willed from our earliest infancy is there, leaning over the present which is about to join it, pressing against the portals of consciousness that would fain leave it outside. ↗

— Henri Bergson

#against #consciousness #earliest #entirety #every

And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with an instinctive mammalian certainty, that the exceedingly rich were no longer even remotely human. ↗

— William Gibson

#blue eyes #certainty #directly #even #exceedingly

There are no instant solutions. ↗

— James Callaghan

#solutions

Pick up a rifle and you change instantly from a subject to a citizen. ↗

— Jeff Cooper

#citizen #instantly #pick #rifle #subject

The only character I ever remember actually creating in a flash of inspiration was George Liquor. God planted that in my head in an instant. ↗

— John Kricfalusi

#character #creating #ever #flash #george

Instant gratification takes too long. ↗

— Carrie Fisher

#instant #instant gratification #long #takes #too

I don't think anyone wants a reader to be completely lost - certainly not to the point of giving up - but there's something to be said for a book that isn't instantly disposable, that rewards a second reading. ↗

— John M. Ford

#book #certainly #completely #disposable #giving

There is an ancient legend which warns that, should we ever learn our true origin, our universe will instantly be destroyed. ↗

— Len Wein

#destroyed #ever #instantly #learn #legend

What really fascinates me is this need that is so strong now that if you read a work of the imagination you instantly have to say, 'Oh, what this really is is so-and-so,' reducing it to a simple formula. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#formula #imagination #instantly #me #need

What makes us a bit nervous is, in this instant age, to release something that might take more than one listen. Where everything is instantly judged on YouTube or something! It's a bit like releasing a horse and cart on a racetrack. ↗

— Chris Martin

#bit #cart #everything #horse #instant