Johnny Galecki

You get to a certain point - gratefully - when you're out of your twenties, and you realize how fleeting life is. So, it becomes important to feel as if the people in your life know exactly how you feel about them at all times.

American Actor

James Garner

I don't take success very well, because I know it's fleeting. And the next day, it can all fall apart. I know that, too. So I don't get too high, and I don't get too low. You get through the world a lot easier that way.

American Activist

Jerry Hall

I enjoy life, and I think that's important. Life is so fragile and so fleeting, and it's over in a minute, and you've just got to grab it and do everything and not worry about it.

American Model

Lord Byron

Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control stops with the shore.

British Poet

Frank Serpico

I had gone through a near-death experience, and that gives you an insight into how fleeting life is, and what's important.

American Celebrity

Gaspar Noe

When your mother dies in your arms, your perception of life changes. I think the whole thing is just a fleeting illusion.

Argentinian Director

Freddie Wong

Deep engagement is much more powerful and valuable than fleeting mass market engagement.

American Director

Ali MacGraw

Modeling was so fleeting it doesn't count in my life scheme.

American Actress

Billie Jean King

American Tennis Player

Tori Amos

American Musician

Often used to describe groups of military ships in a navy.

Naval Context

Implies organization and command, usually by a central authority.

Control Implication

Can refer to any group of ships, not only those used in battle.

Not just Warships

Often related to a company or organization's group of vehicles.

Business Operations

Associated with coordinated movement and logistics.

Logistics and Planning

Emphasizes the rapid movement or pace, often in a graceful manner.

Speed Connotation

This sense is less common today and has an old-fashioned tone.

Archaic Usage

Highlights the transient nature of something by comparing it to swift movement.

Passing Quickly

Most appropriate in poetic or metaphorical contexts, rather than everyday speech.

Literary Flavor

 these are some of the potential applications for commercial drones, and their enablers are the capabilities being developed at research facilities around the world. For example, before aerial package delivery entered our social consciousness, an autonomous fleet of flying machines built a six-meter-tall tower

Meet the dazzling flying...

 could easily have spread out across the galaxy, perhaps creating giant energy-harvesting artifacts, or fleets of colonizing spaceships, or glorious works of art that fill the night sky. At the very least, you'd think they'd be revealing their presence, deliberately or otherwise,

Why Can't We See...

 on our planet is. We see cities, we see oil fields, you can even make out fishing fleets in the sea, that we are dominating much of our planet, and mostly through the use of energy that we see here at night. But let's go back and drop it a little deeper

Jonathan Foley: The...

 the process by which information is moved from our fleeting short-term memory to our more durable long-term memory. This consolidation occurs with the help of a major part of the brain, known as the hippocampus. Its role in long-term memory formation

The benefits of a good...

 or fleets of colonizing spaceships or glorious works of art that fill the night sky. At the very least, you'd think they'd be revealing their presence, deliberately or otherwise, through electromagnetic signals of one kind or another.

Questions No One Knows...

 while protecting biodiversity, conserving water and reducing pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. So what will the future farms look like? This drone is part of a fleet that monitors the crops below. The farm may look haphazard

Can we create the...

 and when Spain's expeditionary force limped home it was a fraction of the terrifying fleet that had arrived a decade before believer was a brilliant general with a energy that is arguably unmatched in

The impact of Simón...

 such as fear, guilt, shame and maybe a little bit of liar's delight. Unfortunately, such emotions are either fleeting or hidden. Therefore, it's mostly invisible to us. So in the last five years,

Can you really tell if a...

 exception one of the biggest and fastest fish in the ocean its rich meat draws fleets from around the world cashing in on its extraordinary value but overfishing is not the only threat

Tracking Bluefin Tuna PIPE...

 and has more than 90 percent share of the global production follows representatives said iranian saffron is under fleet the best in the world

Fleet