Moment
A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at thet very moment.
Impulsive power; force; momentum.
Importance, as in influence or effect; consequence; weight or value; consideration.
An essential element; a deciding point, fact, or consideration; an essential or influential circumstance.
An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.
Tendency, or measure of tendency, to produce motion, esp. motion about a fixed point or axis.
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Moment Quotations
Discrimination is a hellhound that gnaws at Negroes in every waking moment of their lives to remind them that the lie of their inferiority is accepted as truth in the society dominating them.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Buddha
The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.
Buddha
I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve to fight and conquer, I should at once have been rightly cast aside.
Winston Churchill
The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.
Oscar Wilde
Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.
Benjamin Franklin
Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
Thomas Jefferson
The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory.
Thomas Jefferson
The courage of life is often a less dramatic spectacle than the courage of a final moment; but it is no less a magnificent mixture of triumph and tragedy.
John F. Kennedy
Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
Oprah Winfrey
Moment Translations
moment in Afrikaans is oomblik, rukkie
moment in Dutch is oogwenk, moment, ogenblik, tel
moment in Finnish is hetki
moment in French is moment
moment in German is Moment, Augenblick {m}
moment in Italian is momento
moment in Portuguese is momento
moment in Spanish is momento, momentito, instante
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