More than ever, our world exhibits complex interaction between the human and the mechanical, between organic subtlety and industrial intensity, between the transience of light (consider increasingly fleeting time) and the rigidity (or apparent permanence) of heavy metal.
Like most of those who drove for Aston Martin in the 1950s, Shelby loved the team's ambience, and he never seriously considered any of the fleeting, and possibly empty, offers to join Maserati or Ferrari.
In contrast, consider the countless, fleeting boycotts that now sweep across Twitter and leave little trace – at any rate, Clarks shoes, Bali, the Daily Mail and Protein World all appear to be surviving recent bouts of boycott hashtagging.
If you think Earth's auroras are fleeting, consider those on the gas giant Uranus.
She stood at side of stage for nearly the entire performance and waited to be introduced with the other contestants.She never made the stage.Her nomination on the video screens was fleeting considering the accolade at stake.
Pads with the tear-off "College List" were posted everywhere, and for a fleeting second I considered grabbing one to show Nicole, but held back.
For a fleeting moment, I considered incorporating behind-the-scenes reels for Biophilia, but that kind of thing always gets my back up as a viewer.
If but for a fleeting moment, you considered the possibilities: Zero tailpipe emissions.
For a fleeting moment, I considered the decision to take it off, for good.
For a fleeting moment I had considered breaking the jar in the sink and salvaging what olives I could (or resorting to a lemon peel for my martini).
