Corporate planning cycles are a classic example of generals fighting the last war over again instead of preparing for what might lie ahead.
I am the Merlin, bane of the Vale, terror of the four lands. I am chaos and shadows, the last of my people.
If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule—a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last.
Last night I dreamed of a small consolation enjoyed only by the blind: Nobody knows the trouble I've not seen!
I find books that have a moral and spiritual center, that speak to what is really important and lasting, hugely appealing.
In the latter half of the last century the impact of the expanding influence of Western culture and economic system brought about in China a severe conflict.
The newness effect of a new thing wears off in nine months to a year, but financial security can last a lifetime.
China has not lived up to any other trade agreements over the last decade... They don't have any compliance or enforcement.
I'm never going to retire and say, 'This is it. This is my last show.' I will not go on tour - I promised my wife and son no more than two weeks on the road.
You don't restore 'The Last Supper' by filling in the missing bits - you preserve. You accept the material that has somehow survived.
That was a surprise. I just had wished that Wil Wheaton was there. He was missing from the last show and it would have been nice if everyone could have been there.
Even god doesn't propose to judge a man till his last days, why should you and I?
I wake up and check my Instagram to see what I missed out on last night. Then I check my Twitter. Then I check my Tumblr.
Of course she wants him to forget her. The last place she wants to reside is in his thoughts. What an unpleasant place to be.
One of the last episodes was all about a flood. We were working in the rain till all hours, and it was muddy and it was cold and it was damp, and it was hours under the hoses. That was not pleasant. That was not pleasant.
I like to keep things classic, not lavish or blinged out. I don't even say that word. The last thing I want to be is over the top.
Both sides know the last election was just the beginning of the next election. It's clear there has been no attempt to have any kind of getting along.
If you look at the US economy over the last 15-20 years wages have been stagnating or even declining.
Yeah, I'd done a bunch of pilots. Some that had gone for a while. One that went for 13 episodes. But I had never been on a show that had lasted more than that.
Sometimes a week might go by when I don't think about that game, but I don't remember when it happened last.
He kissed and held her like it was the last time, but then again, he always did that, because there had always been that possibility of him losing her.
