We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever.

Carl Sagan

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Topic

Ephemeral nature of life Nature of time

Author

Carl Sagan

Source

Cosmos

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Astronomer Scientist

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Sagan, Carl. Cosmos. Random House, 1980, ch. 2.

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We believe if you have a family you can't eliminate certain members of that family because profits are down.

Akio Morita

Quoted in The Sunday Telegraph

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Topic
Layoffs Business management
Speaker
Akio Morita
Source
The Sunday Telegraph
Medium
Interview
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1988 1980s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Morita, Akio. Interviewed by U.K. Sunday Telegraph. c. 1988.

Another quote about Ephemeral nature of life

As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.
For the wind passes over it, and it is gone, And its place remembers it no more.

Psalm 103:15-16

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Topic
Ephemeral nature of life Shortness of life The human condition
Source
Psalms The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Hebrew
Time
450 BC 450s BC 5th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Psalm 103:15-16).