#minute

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. ↗

— Lance Armstrong

#else #eventually #forever #hour #however

I can mention many moments that were unforgettable and revelatory. But the most single revelatory three minutes was the first time I put on scuba gear and dived on a coral reef. It's just the unbelievable fact that you can move in three dimensions. ↗

— David Attenborough

#dimensions #fact #first #first time #gear

The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible; yet, by the aid of a few wheels, its effect is spread over the whole twenty-four hours. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#almost #daily #devote #effect #exertion

People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery, to imagine themselves, for a few minutes anyway, free and happy. ↗

— Mikhail Bakunin

#church #few #forget #free #go

Let's face facts, this is visual medium, there's a very high premium put on people who are good-looking. But the minute you rely on that you get yourself in trouble. You certainly don't make a career out of that anymore as an actor. ↗

— Alec Baldwin

#anymore #career #certainly #face #facts

The art of motherhood involves much silent, unobtrusive self-denial, an hourly devotion which finds no detail too minute. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

#detail #devotion #finds #involves #minute

There are certain men and women who, from the minute they step in front of a camera, that's exactly where they belong. Connery's one. ↗

— F. Murray Abraham

#camera #certain #connery #exactly #front

It's great to be able to get up there now and do an hour or 75 minutes of songs they're familiar with. ↗

— Trace Adkins

#familiar #get #great #hour #minutes

It's frustrating at times when you think you've earned a chance to play on the field and you're over there sitting on the bench. That's not the kind of player I am. I'm the kind of player who wants to be out there on the field and needs to contribute every minute of every game. ↗

— Freddy Adu

#bench #chance #contribute #earned #every

It's okay if you finish cooking something easy after your guests arrive - some dishes must be prepared a la minute, as chefs say. Just remember to keep talking. ↗

— Ted Allen

#arrive #be prepared #chefs #cooking #dishes