“It was in 1969 that I was able to give up my administrative responsibility. As I worked hard my research never suffered during this period and as a matter of fact these were probably some of my most productive years.” GivingYearsMatterHardFactsAbleResponsibilityPeriodsGiving UpResearchProductiveMatter Of FactAdministrative Author:George Andrew Olah
“If a man could give birth it would be to a book - it's an 18-month gestation period.” IfsMenGivingBookWould BeMonthsBirthPeriodsGestationGestation Period Author:Kevin O'Leary
“Publishers have realized that, unlike the previous time period, American teenagers are both smarter and require more topical material than they had been giving them before that. For one thing, they'll read thicker books. Besides, has anybody looked at the news or read the newspapers recently?” GivingBookOne ThingMaterialsPeriodsNewsNewspapersTeenagerSmarterPublishersTime Periods Author:Tamora Pierce
“There are long periods when life seems a small, dull round, a petty business with no point, and then suddenly we are caught up in some great event which gives us a glimpse of the solid and durable foundations of our existence.” GivingLongSeemsExistenceEventsPerspectivePeriodsFoundationRoundsCaughtDullCaught UpGlimpsePettyNo PointGreat Events Author:Queen Elizabeth II
“It appeared that after first contemplating a book on some subject, and after giving serious preliminary attention to it, I needed a period of subconscious incubation which could not be hurried and was if anything impeded by deliberate thinking.... Having, by a time of very intense concentration, planted the problem in my subconsciousness, it would germinate underground until, suddenly, the solution emerged with a blinding clarity, so that it only remained to write down what happened as if in a revelation.” IfsThinkingGivingWritingFirstsBookProblemAttentionHappenedSubjectsSeriousNeededPeriodsSolutionsIntenseClarityRevelationsConcentrationContemplatingSubconsciousDeliberateIncubation Author:Bertrand Russell
“It's very important to go through periods where you sound just rotten and you know it, and you have to persevere or give up.” KnowsGivingImportantSoundPeriodsGiving UpRottenPersevere Author:Steve Lacy
“Practicing zazen and mindfulness constantly and correctly, over a period of time, can bring strength and clarity to your finite mind and eventually give you access to your infinite mind.” GivingMindBuddhismPeriodsMindfulnessInfiniteAccessClarityFinite Author:Frederick Lenz
“Don't let the workings of adversity totally absorb your life. Try to understand what you can. Act where you are able; then let the matter rest with the Lord for a period while you give to others in worthy ways before you take on appropriate concern again.” WayGivingTryingMatterAbleLordPeriodsConcernAdversityWorthyAppropriateWhere You Are Author:Richard G. Scott
“There is a built-in danger in old age which, if we give in to it, makes aging one of the most difficult periods of life, rather than one of the most satisfying - which it should be. Tye danger of old age is that we may start acting old.” IfsGivingShouldMayAgeDifficultActingDangerPeriodsBuiltAgingOld AgeSatisfying Author:Joan D. Chittister
“Maybe now people will give a man credit where credit is deserved. Roy Jones was beaten by a better fighter period. I'm one of the best in the world.” PeopleMenWorldGivingPeriodsCreditFighterBeatenRoy Jones Author:Antonio Tarver
“I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when you're trying to make money, and then go to another meeting where you're giving it away. I mean is it gonna erode your ability, you know, to make money? Are you gonna somehow get confused about what you're trying to do?” KnowsGivingTryingMeanLittlesWould BeAbilityPeriodsMeetingsMaking MoneyConfusedConfusingErode Author:Bill Gates
“Stupid word, that. Period. In America it means 'full stop,' like in punctuation. That's stupid as well. A period isn't a full stop. It's a new beginning. I don't mean all that creativity, life-giving force, earth-mother stuff, I mean it's a new beginning to the month, relief that you're not pregnant, when you don't have to have a child.” GivingWellsMeanChildrenEarthAmericaMotherForceStuffCreativityStupidMonthsPeriodsReliefPregnantNew BeginningsPunctuation Author:Michelene Wandor