I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is killed by the female the moment he has succeeded in his courtship. I like a state of continual becoming, with a goal in front and not behind.
George Bernard Shaw
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The moment we want to believe something, we suddenly see all the arguments for it, and become blind to the arguments against it.
George Bernard Shaw
Suffering is one very long moment. We cannot divide it by seasons.
Oscar Wilde
The impossible talked of is less impossible from the moment words are laid to it.
Storm Jameson
Who you are moment to moment is just a story.
Chuck Palahniuk
Be more splendid, more extraordinary. Use every moment to fill yourself up.
Oprah Winfrey
My philosophy is that not only are you responsible for your life, but doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
Oprah Winfrey
Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
Oprah Winfrey
Living in the moment brings you a sense of reverence for all of life's blessings.
Oprah Winfrey
Learning to live in the present moment is part of the path of joy.
Sarah Ban Breathnach
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.
George Washington
Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans; it's lovely to be silly at the right moment.
Horace Mann
Mix a little foolishness with your prudence: It's good to be silly at the right moment.
Horace Mann
Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or no.
Sir George Savile
Death is one moment, and life is so many of them.
Tennessee Williams
Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going.
Tennessee Williams
Pause you who read this, and think for a moment of the long chain of iron or gold, of thorns or flowers, that would never have bound you, but for the formation of the first link on one memorable day.
Charles Dickens
You and I are essentially infinite choice-makers. In every moment of our existence, we are in that field of all possibilities where we have access to an infinity of choices.
Deepak Chopra
In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
Leo Tolstoy
If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
Chinese Proverb
Be grateful for the home you have, knowing that at this moment, all you have is all you need.
Sarah Ban Breathnach
I have never been able, really, to regret anything in all my life. I have always been far much too absorbed in the present moment or the immediate future to think back.
Albert Camus
Only one absolute certainty is possible to man, namely that at any given moment the feeling which he has exists.
Thomas H. Huxley
Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke.
Hermann Hesse
Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: What! You too? I thought I was the only one.
C. S. Lewis
This moment contains all moments.
C.S. Lewis
The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.
Abraham Maslow
There's always the Aha! or wild moment at every party.
Kathy King
Hopefully I can impress the next manager but at the moment I just want to concentrate on the present.
Wayne Bridge
All my possessions for a moment of time.
Elizabeth I
It is a unique moment for Afghanistan. The whole situation has changed inside Afghanistan, in the region and in the international community.
Abdullah Abdullah
This could truly be a defining moment for his presidency or, depending on what he does, empty promises.
Karen Wayland
We are going to keep working hard, and go down and perform the best that we can perform. We got there, that was our goal, and we are going to enjoy the moment. But, we are also going to go down there and compete.
Kristi Lafleur
You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.
Henry David Thoreau
We've found that the growth of actin is dependent on its loading history -- not just on the load it feels at one moment, as we previously thought. This means the structure of a cell has some 'memory' of its physical interactions.
Daniel Fletcher
Out of respect we will not be doing anything for the moment.
Howard Rubenstein
It's a delicate moment for a finance minister to leave. There has been a consistent economic policy that until now appeared above the political crisis.
Luciano Dias
I like the evening in India, the one magic moment when the sun balances on the rim of the world, and the hush descends, and ten thousand civil servants drift homeward on a river of bicycles, brooding on the Lord Krishna and the cost of living.
James Cameron
A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.
Jane Austen
I cannot begin to explain the grief and the guilt that we are all feeling at this moment. I ask myself if Anthony would be alive if we had proceeded with the adoption, or if we made the right decision by leaving him with the Mann family for adoption.
Toni Williams
I consider my life one long string of failures, but all of the failure has made me more grateful to be alive, more joyous in the moment and more appreciative for every day I have.
Dirk Benedict
A moment of silence is not inherently religious.
Sandra Day O'conner
It hurts. Frankly, it hurts terribly. I have just lived one of the biggest loss of my career. It will be difficult to digest that moment. It is extremely hard to accept. I am disappointed.
Tony Parker
It is a suspected case, the diagnosis of bird flu is not confirmed for the moment.
Inge Yooris
Maybe this is the moment to start the healing process. One of the ways people heal is by being distracted.
Ken Ehrlich
I am not dying, not anymore than any of us are at any moment. We run, hopefully as fast as we can, and then everyone must stop. We can only choose how we handle the race.
Hugh Elliott
Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such.
Henry Miller
Wellington look like they're hitting their straps at the moment. We're on the up, but they are too. It's got all the makings of another big clash.
Reuben Thorne
We know roughly where these people are. ... At the moment I would say there is a chance they can be released safely.
Geoffrey Hoon
Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment.
Owen Felltham
For the moment, the only undisputed figure is the volume of possible gas transit to Europe - at least 110 billion cubic meters.
Viktor Khristenko
It's an opportune moment to look at all of our needs.
Richard Treleven
In a single moment ... he began the long chain of falsehoods that have led us to our moment of truth here today.
George Gekas
It makes sense because both Merck and Schering are too small to compete. Sentiment is good for mergers and acquisitions at the moment.
Alexander Groschke
It's a proud moment for us. We were very impressed, and I'm sure we'll continue to be impressed with the kids coming up. But we were very nervous for this day because we feel we have so much left to give. Going with a lot of similar faces, we're excited again.
Doug Weight
When we are doing what we love, we don't care about time. For at least at that moment, time doesn't exist and we are truly free.
Marcia Wieder
I promise you we will make films that entertain you the moment the lights go down. We're making Disney the one place you have to work (as an animator).
John Lasseter
We were just caught up in the moment. They come at you so hard. We were just trying to play too fast.
Doug Schauer
I didn't even know what I was doing. I was just there (in the moment).
Dottie Peoples
It was emotional, an unbelievable feeling and I am enjoying this moment. I have a 100% record in finals of Grand Slams and these are the ones which really count.
Alan Mills
We decided it was time for a Gail Godwin moment. We felt 'Queen of the Underworld' was her best book in a while.
Nancy Miller
At the moment I am just trying to cross each bridge as I come to it and remain positive.
Dennis Scott
I've always written about the larger social events of the moment. It just seemed like I had to confront this one.
Jay Mcinerney
I think that was a moment of cool panic there.
Ron Atkinson
On most of our campuses this is a very scary moment. For us as a group, it's a time at which the answers are uncertain, but no generation will have the opportunity we have to put our mark on the look of education in the future.
Arthur Levine
That was probably the most touching moment of silence I've stood through.
Mike Sweeney
We are at a defining moment. The court is going to decide when political parties go too far in rigging electoral districts for their own advantage.
Nathaniel Persily
Domestic data is not having a whole lot of impact at the moment.
Geraldine Concagh
Thirty percent of our gas comes from Russia at the moment. That should be increased. But it can only be increased if we know that deliveries from the East are dependable.
Michael Glos
Her aggressive feminism is fashionable at the moment.
Knut Ahnlund
For the moment, we see no consequences for our legislation which we consider to be toughest in the world.
Barbara Helfferich
It's an adrenaline rush. I'll never forget the first time I saw a bear in the wild. It was a moment I'll never forget.
Brian Meyers
The emphasis on energy is not surprising because it is one of the few things they can all agree on, but there are bigger threats to the world economy at the moment.
Julian Jessop
This letter should be judged for what it is ? a statement made at a moment of understandable frustration which, in the end, has never been and will never be acted upon.
William Kaufman
For the moment the security forces, the army, are looking for this major. Around a dozen mutineers have already been arrested.
Joseph Kabila
The success or failure of a life, as far as posterity goes, seems to lie in the more or less luck of seizing the right moment of escape.
Alice James
Terrorism is a word that's bandied around a lot at the moment, and the more we use it, the less it means; and the more we use it, the less we have to ask ourselves why someone is doing these things. The important thing is to ask why.
Hugo Weaving
There was this crazy moment when we both got the same idea. We took one cool thing and another cool thing, put them together, and came up with something special.
Jacek Pruski
The current state of knowledge is a moment in history, changing just as rapidly as the state of knowledge in the past has ever changed and, in many instances, more rapidly.
Jean Piaget
This is such an exciting moment.
Lisa Polyak
The moment we choose to love we begin to move towards freedom...
Bell Hooks
It was just briefly, but in that moment I could see. A moment engraved in your consciousness.
Phil Romano
How rare and wonderful is that flash of a moment when we realize we have discovered a friend.
William Rotsler
He ran flat. He was the first horse beaten. He just isn't showing his form at the moment.
Frankie Dettori
We're talking about opportunistic robbery and looting at the moment.
Shane Castles
I have a hunch that the last institution around at this moment which has a high doctrine of sex is the Church. We still believe sex is a good gift from God but it needs to be in context of a committed, loving, continuing relationship.
William Swing
We are in the midst of a Hispanic moment - it is dynamic, and yet its course is not entirely clear.
Marta Tienda
He just said it wasn't right for me at the moment, not good for my running.
John Steffensen
Losing is hard, and they are kids. As we get older, we have a different perspective about these things. Sometimes in the moment, the match seems more significant and important than it really is.
Jeannie Galindo
Photography to me is catching a moment which is passing, and which is true.
Jacques henri Lartigue
We have more possibilities available in each moment than we realize.
Thich Nhat Hanh
What I was really looking for was something more sincere, something real for this moment.
Fallon Stubbs
The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.
Eric Berne
At this moment, we have to do that. Otherwise stability in China will be disrupted.
Tao Wenzhao
My batting at the moment is a lot better than it has been, both mentally and technically.
Michael Clarke
It is a very embarrassing moment.
Judy Jacobs
When I began to use my cricket, the first man I met in the darkness I thought was a German until he cricketed. We threw our arms around each other, and from that moment I knew we had won the war.
Gen Maxwell D. Taylor
At the moment unless we hear something or unless we are advised otherwise the tour goes ahead as scheduled.
Colin Gibson
If we have to be fully prepared, we need all the resources which we are lacking at the moment.
S.k.r. Amarasekara
I was hoping for Curtis' sake he'd make one. I've been through it before and will probably go through it again, but for these kids they live in the moment.
Greg Walcavich
It's not your painting anymore. It stopped being your painting the moment that you finished it.
Jeff Melvoin
If he hesitates for a moment, we fill in the words for him.
Bill O'dell
Uncertainty is the worst of all evils until the moment when reality makes us regret uncertainty.
Alphonse Karr
This, ... is a very special moment.
Josh Brown
The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box.
Henri Cartier bresson
The beauty that addresses itself to the eyes is only the spell of the moment; the eye of the body is not always that of the soul.
George Sand
Though my plans at the moment are vague, I can assure you that I'll never run for the Senate in New York.
Laura Bush
We played a good match. We had six minutes of craziness. It was something which can't be explained. It's not the moment of regrets. We are sorry, embittered, but this is soccer.
Carlo Ancelotti
The key was our heart, determination. At one moment we thought we were out. Then I had some good luck on that rebound from the post.
Filippo Inzaghi
My God, Mr. Chairman, at this moment I stand astonished at my own moderation!
Robert Clive
For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment.
Viktor Frankl
One of the most transformative moments of John's life was when Josie and Jack became part of their family five years ago. What an amazing moment for John and Jane!
Richard Lazarus
This is an unscripted moment.
Alvaro De Soto
For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.
Hunter S. Thompson
Love the moment, and the energy of that moment will spread beyond all boundaries.
Corita Kent
Don't Let This Moment End.
Gloria Estefan
We all agree that we are at a dangerous moment, and our goal remains to prevent the fighting that's already going on from escalating to a general war.
Ibrahim Rugova
He's an absolute gem and deserves a new contract. I love him at the moment and he's not even in the team.
Neil Warnock
In 1981 Ulrich was done renovating but at that moment his wife left him and 'occupied' an empty flat.
Patricia Lessnerkraus
This is a good moment for Muslims to seize the day and teach people about Islam.
Hsain Ilahiane
The archbishop of Canterbury and his advisers are reviewing this matter at the present moment. I prefer not to make any statement.
Robert Williams
I remember after that game, just having Warren catch the ball like that, it just all kind of caught up with me because I was getting so anxious and so pumped up for that moment that it all just came out. It was very emotional.
Kyle Schlicher
The markets' resilience at the moment is remarkable.
Jerry Evans
That was playoff goaltending. We thought this was our moment to make a move. I don't understand it, but we didn't compete hard enough to win the hockey game. They were far hungrier than we were. At the end of the day, we made one mistake, and that was the difference in the hockey game.
Don Nachbaur
I'm at a loss for words. That is my best moment in cricket by far.
Mark Boucher
The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.
Mignon McLaughlin
I think it's a continuation of buying since their better-than-expected results so that's looking very solid at the moment.
Grant Williamson
There's not a moment on it that will sound too familiar, as soon as it sounds comfortably familiar then we like to do something with it to take away that comfortable feeling.
Peter Banks
This is an excellent teaching moment for the Catholic Church.
Matthew Pinto
It is neat to watch something come alive in the (students') eyes, like the 'ah-ha' moment, ... That is awesome.
Jeff Evans
Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment.
Robert Benchley
The moment a party loses trust in them, then it's their duty to self-inhibit.
Romeo Capulong
No one who has ever brought up a child can doubt for a moment that love is literally the life-giving fluid of human existence.
Dr. Smiley Blanton
There is a brief moment when all there is in a man's mind and soul and spirit is reflected through his eyes, his hands, his attitude. This is the moment to record.
Yousuf Karsh
Happiness is not a brilliant climax to years of grim struggle and anxiety. It is a long succession of little decisions simply to be happy in the moment.
J. Donald Walters
This would have to be the toughest moment of my life, whether to swim an event at the Olympic Games or to look after one of your best mates.
Craig Stevens
It was terrible. At that moment you don't know if it's a passing thing or if it's life-threatening.
Jason Hanson
After World War II society had to settle back for a moment before it picked up the 20th century.
Stella Blum
It was never our intention to make any cuts until the final moment. They had moved the deadline first to 10 p.m. (Thursday), so we were going to work right up to 9:59.
Bruce Allen
Crossing the finish line was a historic moment for diesel technology.
Tom Kristensen
He looked a nice horse on the day and he won well. There are no plans for him at the moment, but he will stay with Tommy.
Frank Berry
Almost from the moment she was born, she has done her duty without flinching and without complaint. That's one reason there is deep and abiding affection for her.
Robert Lacey
To live exhilaratingly in and for the moment is deadly serious work, fun of the most exhausting sort.
Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
It's definitely a historical moment.
Raj Sharma
I think, for the moment being, I just want to graduate with my degree and do something with golf.
Shelcie Takenouchi
It was sort of his 'Brando' moment - his very 'method' moment. He just absorbed it and continued on.
Barry Pepper
A Moment of War: A Memoir of the Spanish Civil War.
Laurie Lee
If they put up something that just looks like window-dressing, it won't be supported by the public. This is an incredible moment.
Chellie Pingree
Children are natural Zen masters; their world is brand new in each and every moment.
John Bradshaw
I don't see anything at the moment to cause me to be unduly concerned.
Jack Guynn
When I get home, the first thing I do is go to the mailbox. I flip through the letters and ads, and that is my daily mail moment.
Daniel Klein
Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action to all eternity.
Johann Kaspar Lavater
The closest to being in control we will ever be is in that moment that we realize we're not.
Brian Kessler
It was a great moment for Michigan and for Michigan softball. I was so proud of those kids. They were incredible all week.
Carol Hutchins
She tells us about staying in the moment, avoiding distractions, staying confident. She talks about team dynamics.
Heather Strong
We had a lot of emotional phone calls, with me calling Paris and Kylie calling me in London, ... But we're really pleased how it turned out. It was a huge moment for our family.
Dannii Minogue
In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I also love him.
Orson Scott Card
I'm really pleased with the way I am dominating the race at the moment. I put a lot of work in and it's great to see the results.
Allyson Felix
If we'd made it in the conventional way, we would have lost a lot of the feeling that came from things happening in the moment.
Alan Cooke
You have what I call an 'oh-shit' moment when you're suddenly riding with a bunch of trucks.
Jim Kervick
The banks all depend on financial markets one way or another and the markets are favorable for the moment.
Jerome Schupp
Right now a moment of time is passing by! We must become that moment.
Paul Cezanne
The whole building rose up. That was the loudest atmosphere I've ever been in. At that moment, I was having goose bumps.
Tyler Azzarelli
To finally be placed in that position, and to carry it out, it's just a great feeling, ... To finally have that opportunity, it's like, 'Wow, my moment has finally arrived.' .
Angela Daigle
Is it too early? I don't think so. The citizens of the United States have forgotten what happened. It's definitely a moment I'll never forget.
Dan Stevens
It's not about conquering fear, but learning to stay operational while fear is present. It's a feeling of being alive and very present in the moment.
Peter Gold
This is a sad and very tragic moment. Over this stadium hangs heavy emotion, a lot of pain and anger.
Danny Jordaan
This is not the right moment to leave. It is the moment to stay, to help Haiti go through this transition.
Celso Amorim
When you're in the moment, it just happens.
Stephanie Boothby
He (Gates) is feeling persecuted at the moment. If Microsoft is broken up he's going to have less capability, from his perspective, in actually delivering his solutions.
Colin Wood
I'm getting better now, but I used to be incredibly awkward with girls, ... I think any guy who says 'I've never had an awkward moment with a girl' is a liar.
Daniel Radcliffe
That was a nervous moment for everybody, certainly. That's just the sort of individual he was. He could suck it up when he had to and get things done.
Jack Jones
What we're trying to avoid is that ultimate bad moment when someone drives here in his car and can't find a place to park.
Victor Gill
McCann's been injured all week, and hasn't really trained, so it was a bit of a gamble to use him. But he caused problems from the moment he came on.
Ian Mcintyre
One must know combinations, one must have a true knowledge of food to be in the moment.
Charlie Trotter
The moment he goes, everything will change.
Shmuel Sandler
It could go from a swing feel to a real primitive tribal thing and into some kind of chaos, all in one moment.
Stephen Perkins
He seems very happy and content with himself at the moment, and you're seeing that getting delivered on the field.
Graham Arnold
To get an Oscar would be an incredible moment in my career, there is no doubt about that. But the 'Lord of the Rings' films are not made for Oscars, they are made for the audience.
Peter Jackson
Our main concern is passengers and crew at the moment.
Peter Hill
I really think this is going to be one of those great moments in political history where we're not going to know whether it passes until the last moment.
William Beach
We had a great deal of exposure to China last year but we've been reducing it mainly due to value not being there at the moment.
Wendell Perkins
It was a special moment when he ran over to me.
Kevin Pietersen
I didn't know about the law ... I would tell myself that I had to put up with it. In that moment, I was shut off from the world.
Maria Garcia
Keith qualified at the last possible moment. It was very exciting because I've coached him since he was little.
Cheryl Ciorra
The U.K. has been behind the EU but certainly ahead of the U.S. in accepting Iran as it is and looking to support the domestic developments that are occurring at the moment.
Simon Williams
Skip the tie and jacket. The costumes make it authentic. Both Matthews are doing a terrific job. It's impressive. They're capturing the essence of the moment.
Jack Lengyel
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