Abrupt Quotes

Nature, like a true poet, abhors abrupt transitions. — Heinrich Heine

I wish in one sharp, abrupt swell, that I could stay. What a beautiful word that is. Stay with me. Stay home. Stay alive. — Kristan Higgins

On the drive home I continue to try and jar the fetus loose with more abrupt driving maneuvers. — Chad Kultgen

As a child of eight Mr. Trout had once kissed a girl of six under the mistletoe at a Christmas party, but there his sex life had come to abrupt halt. — P.G. Wodehouse

The soul of a young girl should not be left in the dark; later on, mirages that are too abrupt and too lively are formed there, as in a dark chamber. — Victor Hugo

There was an old joke - it's not the fall that kills you but the abrupt stop. — Matthew FitzSimmons

Some element in the air between us changed, as though a wind that had been blowing gently had come to an abrupt stillness. — Tan Twan Eng

Kaizen is like a hotbed that nurtures small and ongoing changes, while innovation is like magma that appears in abrupt eruptions from time to time — Masaaki Imai

It's better to have a million small religions with each one containing a great truth. Than one great religion containing a million small truths. — Carla VanKoughnett

We've all changed; shaped by circumstances we've been thrust into, molded by the choices we've made. — Siobhan Davis

I'm really open to different kinds of music, I don't like to limit myself to pop. — Mark Indelicato

I'm human, you're not. What are you?" "Royally fucked." The door closed with an abrupt click. — Pippa DaCosta

Avuncular authority. In an abrupt, an almost peremptory letter, he laid his case, — Lytton Strachey

The parish I live in is a very abrupt, uneven country, full of hills and woods, and therefore full of birds. — Gilbert White

Change should be gradual. Without spring and fall, summer and winter would be too harsh; without dawn and dusk, day and night would be too abrupt. — Vinita Kinra

Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment. — Ambrose Bierce

I believe that modern life is moving too fast. A bullet travels quickly, but it usually comes to an abrupt and fatal end. — Fennel Hudson

God's movement is often abrupt and unsettling rather than predictable and settling. — Michael Joseph Brown

People always forget about prophecies unless they come true. — Margaret Atwood

I have never written except to fix and perpetuate the memory of these cuts, these scissions, these ruptures, these abrupt and bottomless falls. — Antonin Artaud

The abrupt reality of his situation was a depressing thought. — Jason Medina

The horses came to an abrupt halt, jolting the children so that they were torn from their seats and flung together like trapped trout. — Jessica Lawson

When people have been traumatized, they are stuck in paralysis-the immobility reaction or abrupt explosions of rage. — Peter A. Levine

Safety is the preeminent concern of all creatures and it clearly justifies a seemingly abrupt and rejecting response from time to time. — Gavin De Becker

Sooner or later, I'll be punctual. — Ashleigh Brilliant

He was tall and abrupt and exactly the kind of guy you wanted to be walking the streets with. — Markus Zusak

I find when I'm more awake, I tend to think more of the structure and movement of a tune, abrupt transitions, etc.; things becoming more composed. — Aaron Funk

The Eagles ended on a rather abrupt note, although in retrospect I realize now that it had been ending for quite some time. — Don Henley

My deep religiosity [ ... ] found an abrupt ending at the age of twelve, through the reading of popular scientific books. — Albert Einstein