#instant

The instant the Government was organized, at the very first Congress, the Northern States evinced a general desire and purpose to use it for their own benefit, and to pervert its powers for sectional advantage, and they have steadily pursued that policy to this day. ↗

— Robert Toombs

#benefit #congress #day #desire #first

It's not a 24-hour news cycle, it's a 60-second news cycle now, it's instantaneous. It has never been easier to get away with telling lies. It has never been easier to get away with the glib one liner. ↗

— Malcolm Turnbull

#been #cycle #easier #get #instantaneous

As we get past our superficial material wants and instant gratification we connect to a deeper part of ourselves, as well as to others, and the universe. ↗

— Judith Wright

#deeper #get #gratification #instant #instant gratification

I bought some instant water one time but I didn't know what to add to it. ↗

— Steven Wright

#bought #i #instant #know #one time

To me, a groupie is a stalker. If you're a fan, then you're a fan. But I can look at a woman and become a fan of hers instantly. ↗

— Tyrese Gibson

#fan #groupie #hers #i #i can

Being a Christian is more than just an instantaneous conversion - it is a daily process whereby you grow to be more and more like Christ. ↗

— Billy Graham

#christ #christian #conversion #daily #grow

'Bombing Afghanistan back into the Stone Age' was quite a favourite headline for some wobbly liberals. The slogan does all the work. But an instant's thought shows that Afghanistan is being, if anything, bombed out of the Stone Age. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#age #anything #back #being #bombed

Kids know me from their Grease DVD, so they instantly respond. You can hear a pin drop when I do my old songs. ↗

— Frankie Avalon

#dvd #grease #hear #i #i do

It's too easy to sum up a person's character in one negative instant, and it doesn't put anything good out into the world. ↗

— Hope Davis

#character #easy #good #instant #into

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius. ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#higher #instantly #itself #knows #mediocrity