Quotes tagged ‘ephemeral’

“What will become of my dear friend? / Where will his actions lead us then? / Oh, how I'd like to join the crowd / In their enthusiastic cloud. / Try as I may, it doesn't last. / And will we ever / End up together? / No, I think not. / It's never to become, / For I am not the one.”

— Caroline Thompson, Tim Burton, Sally / Shock (voice), Catherine O'Hara, imdb.com

“Man does not live only in the empirical. We must seek the ephemeral, or why live?”

— John Logan, Dr. Victor Frankenstein, Harry Treadaway, imdb.com

“Nothing lasts forever; even the stars die.”

— Steven Soter, Ann Druyan, Himself - Host, Neil deGrasse Tyson, imdb.com

“Nothing lasts forever. Just ask a Ford Pinto.”

— Tim Schlattmann, Dexter Morgan, Michael C. Hall, imdb.com

“Life is so fleeting. So fragile. Every breath of potential may not last.”

— Tim Schlattmann, imdb.com

“I love those moments. I like to wave at them as they pass by.”

— Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Captain Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp, amazon.com

“Everyone assumes that life is a given, but you and I know that it's not. You and I both know that breath can end, so we know that life is a gift.”

— Stuart Zicherman, Alison Bailey, Ruth Wilson, imdb.com

“I mean, calling something by a different name doesn't change what it is.”

— Harris Danow, Alex Cole, Tommy Dewey, imdb.com

“As music becomes less of a thing--a cylinder, a cassette, a disc--and more ephemeral, perhaps we will begin to assign an increasing value to live performances again.”

— David Byrne, amazon.com

“Everything changes. Everything is temporary, except for the sky. When you find yourself caught up in the horrors or heroes of a lifetime, look up. Don’t look down. That which is beneath our feet is liquid, but the sky, the sky is solid, constant, ever ready and ever hopeful that the sun will rise in…”

— Amber Kizer, amazon.com