“There is nothing in this world so permanent as a temporary emergency.”
Robert A. Heinlein book The Man Who Sold the Moon
The Man Who Sold the Moon (p. 100)
Short fiction, The Past Through Tomorrow (1967)
Tyranny of the Status Quo, San Diego, CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich (1980) p. 115
“There is nothing in this world so permanent as a temporary emergency.”
Robert A. Heinlein book The Man Who Sold the Moon
The Man Who Sold the Moon (p. 100)
Short fiction, The Past Through Tomorrow (1967)
“Morality is temporary, wisdom is permanent.”
Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) American journalist and author
2000s, Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century (2004)
Source: Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century
“Everything is temporary, but memories are permanent.”
Umair Ahmad (1997) Entrepreneur, Writer, Researcher & Film Producer
ITF Transport Outlook 2019, (May 22, 2019), OECD Publishing, ISBN 9282108309, 9789282108307
“This is just a temporary hell, not a permanent one”
Alice Sebold book The Lovely Bones
Source: The Lovely Bones
“Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.”
Phil Donahue (1935) American talk show host, film producer and writer
Attributed to Phil Donahue in: Dennis Coon, John Mitterer (2008), Psychology: Modules for Active Learning. p. 553
“Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.”
Marilyn vos Savant (1946) US American magazine columnist, author and lecturer
As quoted in Perfectionism : What's Bad About Being Too Good? (1987) by Miriam Adderholdt and Jan Goldberg, p. 85
“He just turned 36, but whats the old saying? Form is temporary, class is permanent”
Simon Hill (1967) Australian television presenter
15th of August 2009, A-League Coverage on Foxsports Melbourne Victory vs. Brisbane Roar
Quotes from His time at Foxsports
Tony Abbott (1957) Australian politician
To leigh Sales "Tony Abbott blames carbon tax for 'uncertainty'" http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2012/s3573785.htm 7.30 Report, August 22, 2012. <br class="br">2012
Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-ruled India
Young India (21 May 1925)
1920s
Context: There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good. I swear by non-violence because I know that it alone conduces to the highest good of mankind, not merely in the next world, but in this also. I object to violence because, when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary, the evil it does is permanent.

