Zitat des Tages über Dauerhaftigkeit / Permanence:
My wife is very interested in fashion. I am absolutely not. I couldn't give a toss. Fashion is a perfectly valid thing to be interested in. I'm just not particularly interested in pop culture. I think I am more interested in things that have a settled permanence about them.
I don't think that jazz, as any kind of an art form, has any permanence attached to it, apart from the practitioners of it.
That time is important. It gives a comforting illusion of permanence not found in running by the mile.
It is the logic of consumerism that undermines the values of loyalty and permanence and promotes a different set of values that is destructive of family life.
Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.
I suggest that going to Mars means permanence on the planet - a mission by which we are building up a confidence level to become a two-planet species.
Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.
Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated.
Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.
This growth in the number, speed of formation, permanence, delicacy and complexity of associations possible for an animal reaches its acme in the case of man.
Space is not just going up and coming back down again. Space is getting into orbit and being there, living there, establishing a presence, a permanence.
I don't think that the permanence of the individual human soul is an indispensable part of religious thought.
A writer wants something more than money for his work: he wants permanence.
Act so that the effects of your actions are compatible with the permanence of genuine human life.
We live in a disposable, 'cast-off and throw-away' society that has largely lost any real sense of permanence. Ours is a world of expiration dates, limited shelf life, and planned obsolescence. Nothing is absolute.
I think vampires are different from human beings, but they're sentenced to eternity on this planet. They have the same confusion about love and permanence, integrity, and denial. These qualities really are the same in vampire characters as in humans. I think they're universal themes.
Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.