Temporary Quotes
Reminders that most things, good or hard, don't last forever.
These temporary quotes explore how fleeting roles, hardships, and even wartime power can be, reminding readers that very little in life is permanent. For more reflections on how we move through change, see our Life collection.
I teach at Caltech and oversee a research laboratory there. In general, I find that the majority of young people are excited by the prospects of research, but they soon discover that in the current market, many doctorate-level scientists are...
At his direction, I have taken command as the temporary Head of the Republic.
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The moral of a fable is eternal. The moral of a story is temporary to a story.
Extreme inequality is no temporary blip. It is hard-wired into our economies.
Action Quotes
So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during the campaign - is indispensable.
Obama gave temporary amnesty to well over 1 million illegal immigrants, and Romney said nothing.
If one sees far, structural changes that come with temporary disruptions can be growth- and efficiency-augmenting in the medium to long term.
In Turkey, there are no 'refugee camps.' There are Turkish 'temporary protection shelters.' The Kurdis had no papers, no UNHCR refugee designations, and no passports, and therefore did not qualify for exit visas.
Conceived as a short-term remedy to the occasional ailment of acute labour shortages in key industries, the indentured-labour service had to be dismantled by the Conservatives owing to its inevitably scandalous abuse by disreputable employers. By 2012, there were 338,000...
Being Quotes
I'm not for a temporary war tax. We're putting actual dollars in one way or the other, and so if we're gonna look at taxes, we ought to look at a comprehensive tax reform policy.
Here's the problem: the so-called 'millionaire surtax' is a permanent tax to pay for a temporary benefit.
While our budget shortfall is temporary, ruining pristine national lands is permanent.
To respond to people's needs, humanitarian action has evolved from a temporary fix to a long-term safety net.
Life Quotes
Conflicts are not temporary interruptions: they are structural, socio-economic catastrophes, and funding must be allocated accordingly.
A temporary reduction in tax rates on individual incomes can be a powerful weapon against recession.
Hypnotism is trespass into the territory of another's consciousness. Its temporary phenomena have nothing in common with the miracles performed by men of divine realization.
In fact, at Olympic National Park in my district, they 3 years ago had 130 summer employees they brought in for temporary work. This summer they have 25 because they cannot afford more.
Only Quotes
Odisha faces natural calamities almost every year. The assistance we get from the Centre is mostly for temporary restoration of infrastructure. We have to spend a lot from state's own funds to work for the long-term. This puts too much...
