“In order to be in control, you have to have a definite plan for at least a reasonable period of time. So how, may I ask, can man be in control if he can't even draw up a plan for a ridiculously short period of time, say, a thousand years, and is, moreover, unable to ensure his own safety for even the next day?” IfsMenYearsMayOrderNextAsksPlansPeriodsThousandDrawsSafetyReasonableThousand YearsDefiniteNext Day Author:Mikhail Bulgakov
“To this day, if you ask me how I became a writer, I cannot give you an answer. To this day, if you ask me how a book is written, I cannot answer. For long periods, if I didn't know that somehow in the past I had written a book, I would have given up.” IfsKnowsGivingLongBookPastAsksGivenAnswersWrittenPeriodsAsk MeThis DayGiven Up Author:V. S. Naipaul
“In our quest for living a pure, focused life that pleases God, we all hit the wall at one time or another. What do we do then? Give up... Not an option. I have had times when the road has gotten long... Those periods can be very challenging. When they happen, I go to God and ask for His strength for the journey.” GivingLongHappensAsksChallengesJourneyWallPeriodsPleasePureGiving UpFocusedOne TimeQuests Author:Rebecca St. James
“Thus, after a period of about two thousand years the greatest crime became to worship a god other than the God of Moses, whereas injustice became a minor sin. I began to ask myself how this change had come about. Was it linked to a new order in which the female goddesses had been replaced by one male god?” YearsTwoOrderAsksSinCrimePeriodsThousandWorshipFemaleMalesInjusticeGoddessMinorsReplacedThousand YearsLinkedMoses Book:Walking through Fire: The Later Years of Nawal El Saadawi Source: Walking through Fire: The Later Years of Nawal El Saadawi
“Ask yourself whether our language is complete--whether it was so before the symbolism of chemistry and the notation of the infinitesimal calculus were incorporated in it; for these are, so to speak, suburbs of our language. (And how many houses or streets does it take before a town begins to be a town?) Our language can be seen as an ancient city: a maze of little streets and squares, of old and new houses, and of houses with additions from various periods; and this surrounded by a multitude of new boroughs with straight regular streets and uniform houses.” LittlesDoeAsksHouseSpeakLanguageCitiesStreetsPeriodsTownsAncientVariousChemistrySquaresUniformsMultitudesSuburbsSymbolismMazesCalculusOld And New Author:Ludwig Wittgenstein
“People ask me. 'What about gay adoptions? Interracial? Single Parent?' I say. "Hey fine, as long as it works for the child and the family is responsible." My big stand is this: Every child deserves a home and love. Period.” PeopleChildrenLongHomeBigsAsksParentFinePeriodsGayDeserveAnd LoveResponsibleHeyAsk MeAdoptionAdoptedAdoptingSingle ParentOpen AdoptionAdopted ChildrenGay Adoption Author:Dave Thomas
“I hear [my Twitter followers] say, you know, 'Bob Rae, you're an asshole'. [...] I'm working my way and trying to represent the people and speaking in Question Period and here we have vox populi, the thoughtful man on the street, 'you are an asshole!'. Thank you very much. I read it on my Twitter and I get up and ask a question.” PeopleKnowsMenWayTryingAsksStreetsPeriodsGet UpMy WayThoughtfulFollowersBobVox Populi Author:Bob Rae
“When a woman isn't feeling good about herself and you combine that with her period, eventually she'll ask you if you like her body. You have to say no.” IfsFeelingsBodyAsksPeriodsFeel GoodLike Her Author:Chris Klein
“Also because few people were watching - aside from a healthy amount of incarcerated people, because M2 was offered in a lot of prisons - I was able to ask really long, kind of muso questions, that they loved. We could really geek out and talk about music for long periods of time, and that tape would just keep rolling and rolling.” PeopleKindLongAbleAsksAmountPeriodsHealthyPrisonTapeRollingGeekLong Periods Of TimeReally Long Author:Jancee Dunn
“When people ask me how I was able to make so much money in the market during a 20-year period, I would always say I did it off the misunderstandings of others.” PeopleYearsAbleAsksPeriodsAsk MeMisunderstanding Author:Jim Cramer
“Sometimes cats just avoid using a litter box but that [cat going poop outside the litter box but pees inside the litter box] is kind of strange. Most time people ask me why they go outside the litter box period.” PeopleKindSometimesAsksStrangePeriodsCatBoxesAsk Me Author:Temple Grandin
“My interpretation is different. God asks Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" [Genesis 4:9] And Cain answers "Lo yadati, "I don't know" or "I didn't know." Then comes a period, followed by "Am I my brother's keeper?"” KnowsDifferentAsksAnswersBrotherPeriodsMy BrotherInterpretationGenesisKeepersYour BrotherCainAbelDifferent Gods Author:Elie Wiesel