#fad

Environmental concern is a little like dieting or paying off credit-card debt - an episodically terrific idea that burns brightly and then seems to fade when we realize there's a reason we need to diet or pay down our debt. The reason is that it's really, really hard, and too many of us in too many spheres of life choose the easy over the hard. ↗

— Jon Meacham

#burns #choose #concern #debt #diet

I do suspect that privacy was a passing fad. ↗

— Larry Niven

#i #i do #passing #privacy #suspect

Truth is a thing immortal and perpetual, and it gives to us a beauty that fades not away in time. ↗

— Frank Norris

#beauty #fades #gives #immortal #perpetual

Horror movies are here to stay, you know? It's not a fad. Even the musical has gone in and out of style from time to time. Horror movies have always been around. ↗

— Jerry O'Connell

#around #been #even #fad #from time to time

The South is like my favorite pair of blue jeans. It's shrunk some, faded a bit, got a few holes in it. it just might split at the seams. It doesn't look much like it used to, but it's more comfortable, and there's probably a lot of wear left in it. ↗

— John Shelton Reed

#blue #blue jeans #comfortable #faded #favorite

The older we get, the swifter time seems to pass and the quicker memories seem to fade. ↗

— Brian Sibley

#get #memories #older #pass #quicker

One difference between poetry and lyrics is that lyrics sort of fade into the background. They fade on the page and live on the stage when set to music. ↗

— Stephen Sondheim

#between #difference #fade #into #live

Novelty is always welcome but talking pictures are just a fad. ↗

— Irving Thalberg

#fad #just #novelty #pictures #talking

Fashions fade, style is eternal. ↗

— Yves Saint Laurent

#fade #fashions #style

I like people-watching and fading into crowds. ↗

— Kristen Johnston

#fading #i #into #like