Most people have learned to live in the moment. The argument goes that if the past has uncertain effect on the present there is no need to dwell on the past. And if the present has little effect on the future present actions need not be weighed for their consequence. Rather each act is an island in time to be judged on its own. … It is a world of impulse. It is a world of sincerity. It is a world in which every word spoken speaks just to that moment every glance given has only one meaning.
Mr. Wagner has beautiful moments but bad quarters of an hour.
Real action is in silent moments.
The right man is the one who seizes the moment.
Most people have learned to live in the moment. The argument goes that if the past has uncertain effect on the present there is no need to dwell on the past. And if the present has little effect on the future present actions need not be weighed for their consequence. Rather each act is an island in time to be judged on its own. … It is a world of impulse. It is a world of sincerity. It is a world in which every word spoken speaks just to that moment every glance given has only one meaning.