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An escalator can never break: it can only become stairs. You should never see an Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order sign, just Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience. -- Mitch Hedberg
All dust is the same dust. Temporarily separated To go peacefully And enjoy the eternal nap. -- Dejan Stojanovic
Mama read it an began pulling her hair an weepin an praisin the Lord, 'cause it say I am 'Temporarily Deferred' on account of I am a numbnuts. -- Winston Groom
Temporarily in 1934 I became a department head in the German Labor Front and dealt with the improvement of labor conditions in German factories. Then I was in charge of public works on the staff of Hess. I gave up both these activities in 1941. -- Albert Speer
I temporarily lost my hope in love, and it was temporary, thank goodness. -- Shania Twain
Applause felt like approval, and it became a drug that soothed the pain, but only temporarily. -- Anita Baker
War is the slaughter of human beings, temporarily regarded as enemies, on as large a scale as possible. -- Jeannette Rankin
It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good. -- Margaret Mead
Sport is a great equalizer that can build bridges, transcend borders and cultures, and render even the fiercest conflicts temporarily irrelevant. -- Richard Attias
I've always been very curious about fringe cultures where people temporarily adopt a different social model or way of presenting themselves. -- Chuck Palahniuk
All wars come to an end, at least temporarily. But the authority acquired by the state hangs on; political power never abdicates. -- Frank Chodorov
All human societies go through fads in which they temporarily either adopt practices of little use or else abandon practices of considerable use. -- Jared Diamond
It seems to me that any sensible person must see that violence does not change the world and if it does, then only temporarily. -- Martin Scorsese
It is only when parental feelings are ineffective or too ambivalent or when the mother's emotions are temporarily engaged elsewhere that children feel lost. -- Anna Freud
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
I am certain that the Lord, who notes the fall of a sparrow, looks with compassion upon those who have been called upon to part, even temporarily, from their precious children. -- Thomas S. Monson
That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong. -- William J. H. Boetcker
Give up the belief that mind is, even temporarily, compressed within the skull, and you will quickly become more manly or womanly. You will understand yourself and your Maker better than before. -- Mary Baker Eddy
A guy and a girl can be just friends, but at one point or another, they will fall for each other... maybe temporarily, maybe at the wrong time, maybe too late, or maybe forever. -- Dave Matthews
Children are not casual guests in our home. They have been loaned to us temporarily for the purpose of loving them and instilling a foundation of values on which their future lives will be built. -- James Dobson
Show business is like a bumpy bus ride. Sometimes you find yourself temporarily juggled out of your seat and holding onto a strap. But the main idea is to hang in there and not be shoved out the door. -- Cliff Robertson
Only to the extent that men desire peace and brotherhood can the world be made better. No peace even though temporarily obtained, will be permanent, whether to individuals or nations, unless it is built upon the solid foundation of eternal principles. -- David O. McKay
I don't want to tell President Obama how to make a speech. He's a much better speech maker than I am. But I think always to tell the truth in a sometimes blatant way, even though it might be temporarily unpopular, is the best approach. -- Jimmy Carter
When we human beings hypothesize that a law of nature holds - even temporarily or situationally - we are creating an idea, but we are also making a hypothesis about how nature behaves, whose truth or usefulness has nothing to do with what we know or believe. -- Lee Smolin
I've always been a champion of kids pursuing their dreams. But sometimes in life, extraordinary circumstances may force us to temporarily put our dreams on hold. The most important thing is to never lose sight of that dream, no matter what punches life may throw in our way. -- Marlo Thomas
The humanitarian developers behind World of Warcraft have also discovered a way to bribe gamers into turning off their computers and going outside. If you log off for a few days, your character will be more 'rested' when you resume playing, a mode that temporarily speeds up your leveling. -- Clive Thompson
If the cosmos isn't finite, then far, far away, floating duplicates of your brain - with all its experiences, thoughts, and emotions - are occasionally (and temporarily) thrown together by the random combining of atoms. Such 'Boltzmann brains,' as they're called, are a disturbing consequence of an unlimited universe. -- Seth Shostak
The United Nations should come in and take over Liberia, not temporarily, but for life. To make Liberians believe in democracy, to make us believe in human rights, they need to go in and just seize control of the country. That is the only way Liberia will ever become the kind of country it was supposed to be. -- George Weah
We'd all survive if Twitter shut down for a short while during major riots. Social media isn't any more important than a train station, a road or a bus service. We don't worry about police temporarily closing those. Common sense. If riot info and fear is spreading by Facebook and Twitter, shut them off for an hour or two, then restore. -- Louise Mensch
Leaders often find themselves temporarily alone. -- Ernest Gruening
Escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience. -- Mitch Hedberg
We exist temporarily through what we take, -- Douglas A. Lawson
Pain is temporarily, but pride last forever -- Ryan Lochte
Ah, if he could only die temporarily! -- Mark Twain
Lying covers a multitude of sins - temporarily. -- Dwight L. Moody
I'm just a citizen temporarily in public service. -- Ronald Reagan
Perhaps its familiarity rendered it temporarily invisible to you. -- Thomas Pynchon
Right, good temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant. -- Daniel Handler
TRUTH may hurt temporarily, but LIES leave marks permanently. -- Shiv Khera
Coffee renders many foolish people temporarily capable of wise actions -- Baron de Montesquieu
For truly we are all angels temporarily hiding as humans. -- Brian Weiss
The stress of grad school can drive anyone temporarily mad. -- Jonathan Kellerman
You are a soul that is temporarily utilizing your body. -- Gary Zukav
Never do something permanently foolish just because you are temporarily upset. -- John Spence
God has to be temporarily cruel in order to be permanently kind. -- Meher Baba
I have gone temporarily deaf and haven't any idea what you said, Harry. -- J. K. Rowling
A raise is like a martini: it elevates the spirit, but only temporarily. -- Daniel Seligman
Sometimes success will get in the way of maturity - at least temporarily. -- Ricky Williams
Words not only affect us temporarily; they change us, they socialize or unsocialize us. -- David Riesman
A child is an adult temporarily enduring conditions which exclude the possibility of happiness. -- Rebecca West
Proclaiming the gospel is not an activity in which we periodically and temporarily engage. -- David A. Bednar
Anything that instills a sense of hope will at least temporarily help treat depression. -- Irving Kirsch
There was a point to this story, but it has temporarily escaped the chronicler's mind. -- Douglas Adams
Yes, Chix, it's between us. Everyone has a right to be temporarily unstable. - Foaly -- Eoin Colfer
When we laugh we temporarily give ourselves over to the person who makes us laugh. -- Robert Orben
Love is the greatest link that we have with those who have temporarily left us. -- Laozi
The Black Pit of Despair is temporarily closed for renovations. We apologize for any inconvenience. -- David C. Holley
Emily was feeling the elation of conscientious hosts when they can temporarily escape a ubiquitous houseguest. -- Carol Bly
It is better to ultimately succeed with the truth than to temporarily succeed with a lie. -- Adrian Rogers
Others can stop you temporarily - you are the only one who can do it permanently. -- Zig Ziglar
They've asked me to do this temporarily. I don't know what temporarily means. Life is temporary. -- Bob Schieffer
Hell was a living place inside every membrane of flesh that temporarily passed itself off as human. -- Adam Nevill
Yesterday morning Facebook was temporarily offline, leaving millions of workers unable to do anything except their jobs. -- Jay Leno
Grace arrived, like the big, loopy stitches with which a grandmotherly stranger might baste your hem temporarily. -- Anne Lamott
English does not distinguish between arrogant-up (irreverence toward the temporarily powerful) and arrogant-down (directed at the small guy). -- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
The fact that a knight is temporarily on the edge of the board is of no great significance. -- Anatoly Karpov
The arrogance and brutality of empire are not repealed when they temporarily get deployed in a just cause. -- Michael Kazin
I think that the opportunity to improve race relations in the United States has been put off temporarily. -- Stephen Ambrose
You never lose the love of God. Guilt is the warning that temporarily you are out of touch. -- Jack Dominian
The blessing of God enriches the soul for eternity while that given by the world enriches the body temporarily. -- T. B. Joshua
Persistence prevails, like a stream that is temporarily blocked by boulders and then collects force enough to overflow onward. -- Vernon Howard
Living means constantly growing closer to death. Satisfaction only temporarily relieves hunger. Find the balance, and plant your feet. -- Jackie Morse Kessler
It is astonishing what foolish things one can temporarily believe if one thinks too long alone, particularly in economics. -- John Maynard Keynes
Anything you adopt temporarily only begets temporary results, and fluctuating your weight up and down is not lifespan favorable. -- Joel Fuhrman
There may be challenges or crosses that may have delayed your goals temporarily, but now it's time to move forward. -- T. D. Jakes
But religions are only temporarily successful attempts to cope with the lack of meaning in life; they are not permanent answers. -- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The distinction between indoors and outdoors, which in England is usually so marked, was temporarily suspended in a hot gauzy haze. -- Quentin Crisp
Sport is a great equalizer that can build bridges, transcend borders and cultures, and render even the fiercest conflicts temporarily irrelevant -- Richard Attias
Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires. -- John Steinbeck
I believe all women know in their heart of hearts that they truly are divine and magical, even if they've temporarily forgotten. -- Kelly Cutrone
When you have to choose among methods, your locus of attention is drawn from the task and temporarily becomes the decision itself. -- Jef Raskin
Others can get in your way temporarily, but only you can get out of your way permanently. Our best thoughts come from others. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
I'd traveled a lot, was going temporarily insane and became very successful, but there was no one to take that all home to. -- Diana Ross
I temporarily became a surgeon for 'Memory of Love'. I spent two weeks in an operating theatre, watching amputations, and I loved it. -- Aminatta Forna
People learn what they want to learn. If learning is forced on us, even if we master it temporarily, it is soon forgotten. -- Daniel Goleman
A word in a dictionary is very much like a car in a mammoth motor show - full of potential but temporarily inactive. -- Anthony Burgess
There are, basically, three kinds of people: the unsuccessful, the temporarily successful, and those who become and remain successful. The difference is character. -- Brian Tracy
However, the wind only changes the picture temporarily, the substrate remains the same and sooner or later the same picture surfaces once again. -- Jean-Marie Le Pen
There are, basically, three kinds of people: the unsuccessful, the temporarily successful, and those who become and remain successful. The difference is character. -- Brian Tracy
Nothing out there will ever satisfy you except temporarily and superficially, but you may need to experience many disappointments before you realize that truth -- Eckhart Tolle
It was necessary, temporarily, to limit certain requirements, accumulate necessary means, strain forces. We acted precisely in this way and built a socialist society. -- Joseph Stalin
Couch surfing' refers to the practice of temporarily lodging with a stranger - free of charge, unless you count being incessantly sociable as payment. -- Patricia Marx
Couch surfing refers to the practice of temporarily lodging with a stranger - free of charge, unless you count being incessantly sociable as payment. -- Patricia Marx
No matter what authority Satan and his subjects have temporarily been allowed in this world system, Christ can pull rank anytime He wants to. -- Beth Moore
We are temporarily immortal, until we have fulfilled God's plans for our lives...then we become temporarily mortal, waiting to become permanently immortal at last -- Israelmore Ayivor
Meditation is a process of liquefying the self temporarily and then allowing the self to rebind. The ice melts and then it comes back again. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
But I finally concluded that it is an inalienable right of lovers everywhere to become temporarily worthless to the world, it may even be their duty. -- David James Duncan
I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Michael seems to have lost his values temporarily. He just has to be worked with, disciplined and talked to and given some tender loving care and understanding. -- Don King
Her voice was now so shrill only bats would be able to hear it soon, but she had reached a level of indignation that rendered her temporarily speechless.. -- J. K. Rowling
Our true nature is like a precious jewel: although it may be temporarily buried in mud, it remains completely brilliant and unaffected. We simply have to uncover it. -- Pema Chodron
In the perception of the incongruous stimuli, the recognition process is temporarily thwarted and exhibits characteristics which are generally not observable in the recognition of more conventional stimuli. -- Jerome Bruner
There is a native baseness in the ambition which seeks beyond its desert, that never shows more conspicuously than when, no matter how, it temporarily gains its object. -- William Gilmore Simms
Lasting motivation proceeds forth from the heart. People can be temporarily motivated by other people and things around them. Permanent, enduring motivation, however, can only come from within. -- John C. Maxwell
I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House. I am living witness that any one of your children may look to come here as my father's child has. -- Abraham Lincoln
Many students of dreams, from Plato to [Sigmund] Freud, hold that the sleeping person,deprived of contact with the outside world, regresses temporarily to an irrational primitive mental state. -- Erich Fromm
Having had virtually no contact with the outside world for the last few weeks, Evan had temporarily forgotten the social norms governing shopping conduct or approaching celebrities in public. -- Zack Love
When I'm on a stage, I don't feel like this dude who's sitting here drinking Amstel Lights. I'm trying to temporarily become something else that can deliver a feeling. -- Alex Scally
When everything flows into place ? washes dry tonally correct, crisp and sparkling, the light scheme is sound and the "accidentals" are all happy ones ? I'm temporarily in a euphoric state. -- Bill Luff
When I began writing, it was a cosmic thing: Inspiration! Wham! Short spurts of time when I felt out of touch with reality, temporarily insane and the result: a song! -- Ann Reed
Myths are stories about people who become too big for their lives temporarily, so that they crash into other lives or brush against gods. In crisis their souls are visible. -- Anne Carson
There is a universal need to exercise some kind of power, or to create for one's self the appearance of some power, if only temporarily, in the form of intoxication. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
No one escapes from a war. No one. Not even the survivors. You accept things that would appall you at any other time because life has temporarily lost all meaning. -- Patrick Ness
The ancient bitter opposition to improved methods [of production] on the ancient theory that it more than temporarily deprives men of employment ... has no place in the gospel of American progress. -- Herbert Hoover
If the winds of fortune are temporarily blowing against you, remember that you can harness them and make them carry you toward your definite purpose, through the use of your imagination. -- Napoleon Hill
Up close the city constitutes an oppressive series of staircases, but from a distance it inspires fantasies of wealth and power so profound that even our communists are temporarily rendered speechless. -- David Sedaris
The shutdown may have temporarily sidetracked the Republicans, yet Obamacare threatens much worse for the Democrats. By 2014 the former will be ancient history, while the latter will be an ongoing mess. -- Victor Davis Hanson
Finally, in 1954 [Ho Chi Minh] agreed to the Geneva Agreement, which divided the country temporarily into two zones, in the hope that national elections might unify the country under his leadership. -- William J. Duiker
Sometimes the hardest part of my job is the incessant reminder of the fact we're all trying so assiduously to ignore: we are here temporarily ... life is only ours on loan. -- Sue Grafton
We (sometimes) get so far ahead of (ourselves) instead of living out each day that we forget to really appreciate the moment that we're in - even if it's (temporarily) bad. -- Shari Wiedmann

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