Joan D. Vinge Quotes

What does immortality mean to me? That we all want more time; and we want it to be quality time.

Joan D. Vinge

Time
Quality

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I retire every time I'm done with a movie. Then I go back. You know, I enjoy sleep. But I love to work; it's fun for me. As long as it continues to be fun, and I'm tolerated by the people around me, I will do it.

Harrison Ford
- People
- Time
- Work
It's hard to say how certain stories just punch us in the heart and the brain at the same time at the end. I suppose that's what we're all looking for. But each story has its own valence, its own way of saying goodbye to you.

T. C. Boyle
- Time
- Heart
- Brain
I love Winston Churchill; I think he had the grace of coming and the grace of leaving - when things were hard he was there, and when it was time to leave, he left.

Lapo Elkann
- Time
- Love
- Think
Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.

Victor Hugo
- Life
- Time
- Short
Most people don't really like to pose. It is difficult to get them to be present and relaxed under this kind of molecular scrutiny. I want them to understand I'm not simply painting them: I am painting them within a precise moment in time, as a shadow moves across their eyebrows. Then it is gone. The moment is over.

Taylor Negron
- People
- Time
- Present
When people talk about the impact of mobile dating, everyone focuses on real-time meeting - this idea that my pocket will vibrate every time a hot girl walks by. That's important. But it's not transformative.

Sam Yagan
- People
- Time
- Important