#transient

This life of being a transient human being has gotten to a point when it's very hard to bear. ↗

— Gerry Mulligan

#being #gotten #hard #human #human being

Catch, then, O catch the transient hour; Improve each moment as it flies! ↗

— St. Jerome

#each #flies #hour #improve #moment

I think character is permanent, and issues are transient. ↗

— James Stockdale

#i #i think #issues #permanent #think

What is fame? an empty bubble; Gold? a transient, shining trouble. ↗

— James Grainger

#empty #fame #gold #shining #transient

Maybe I don't believe things myself, as well. Truth is such a transient thing. ↗

— Tracey Emin

#i #maybe #myself #such #thing

Look in the mirror, and don't be tempted to equate transient domination with either intrinsic superiority or prospects for extended survival. ↗

— Stephen Jay Gould

#either #equate #extended #intrinsic #look

And as I looked at the star, I realised what millions of other people have realised when looking at stars. We’re tiny. We don’t matter. We’re here for a second and then gone the next. We’re a sneeze in the life of the universe. ↗

— Danny Wallace

#humans #people #perspective #scale #space

If an election is simply a one-day snapshot of transient mass delusions, then this is not a very noble form of government. ↗

— James Bovard

#election #form #government #mass #noble

Ambition has but one reward for all: A little power, a little transient fame; A grave to rest in, and a fading name! ↗

— Walter Savage Landor

#fading #fame #grave #little #name

Too oft is transient pleasure the source of long woes. ↗

— Christoph Martin Wieland

#oft #pleasure #source #too #transient