Without death there is little innovation. Extinction - death of a species - is part and parcel of evolutionary change. In the absence of this kind of extinction new developments would not prosper. In our own history, periods when ideas have been perp...
Sometimes customizing is necessary because of an injury or the inability to do, for a short or long period, the kind of exercise you formerly did. When you're used to customizing for fun, doing it under duress won't seem like such an imposition. Eith...
One of the outstanding sources of resistance to imperial power in the Muslim world came from Sufi groups. While Sufi brotherhoods are generally known for a more quietist and mystic approach to Islam, they traditionally rank among the best organized a...
[first title cards] Title card/crawl: A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... Title card/crawl: It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire. During the...
If you are going a long way, go slowly.
On a long journey, even a straw weighs heavy.
As long as there is one person suffering an injustice; as long as one person is forced to bear an unnecessary sorrow; as long as one person is subject to an undeserved pain, the worship of a God is a demoralizing humiliation. As long as there is one ...
In the long run even a dog will compromise with the cat.
Our old age was in some respects the happiest period of life.
There is a period for hope and one for mourning.
The best decision I ever made, period, was to get into the music business.
The best part about stand-up is that you control everything. Period.
What is without periods of rest will not endure.
Sometimes in writing you have difficult periods and then other times it just flows.
Without self-discipline, success is impossible, period.
In theater, you have a rehearsal period and you know just who to be.
Of all the elements in the periodic table, not a single one is indestructible.
I married a wonderful doctor, and I was very happy - period.
Youth is a period of missed opportunities.
I'm passionate about everything, like my family and friends. Anybody I am talkin' to is gonna be bona fide real. There is no substitution for happiness. Period.
There's a humble beauty about listening to period instruments that I like.
