David Baldacci Quotes

Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

That which prematurely arrives at perfection soon perishes.

Celebrity was a long time in coming; it will go away. Everything goes away.

I call Washington 'the city of the perishable.'

Good times don't last long sometimes.

Ephemeral should be the default.

Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.

What I do and what I record only work for the moment.

It's marvellous to be popular, but foolish to think it will last.

All things are only transitory.

Today's news, which may be yesterday's anyway, will be eclipsed tomorrow.

Beauty, sweet love, is like the morning dew, Whose short refresh upon tender green, Cheers for a time, but till the sun doth show And straight is gone, as it had never been.

Because in a split second, it's gone.

A golf course is the epitome of all that is purely transitory in the universe; a space not to dwell in, but to get over as quickly as possible.

A hundredth of a second here, a hundredth of a second there - even if you put them end to end, they still only add up to one, two, perhaps three seconds, snatched from eternity.

People still don't appreciate how ephemeral success is.

The story of life is quicker than the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye.

Storage problems make neon signs the most ephemeral of commercial arts.

Time is the only critic without ambition.

No blessing lasts forever.

This isn't meant to last. This is for right now.

The actor's popularity is evanescent; applauded today, forgotten tomorrow.

Not in my lifetime.

The kindly light has a brief period of shining.

Speeches measured by the hour, die by the hour.