#length

When I speak of "cycles," I am referring to lengthy intervals of relative homogeneity, if not in the resolving of problems, than at least with respect to the consistency of their capacity to productively irritate. ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

#capacity #consistency #cycles #homogeneity #i

According to USA today, the average length of an attention span of a man in America is 23 minutes. ↗

— Robert Fripp

#america #attention #attention span #average #length

The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder. ↗

— Alfred Hitchcock

#bladder #directly #endurance #film #human

It is not possible for civilization to flow backwards while there is youth in the world. Youth may be headstrong, but it will advance it allotted length. ↗

— Helen Keller

#allotted #backwards #civilization #flow #headstrong

I tell myself that God gave my children many gifts - spirit, beauty, intelligence, the capacity to make friends and to inspire respect. There was only one gift he held back - length of life. ↗

— Rose Kennedy

#beauty #capacity #children #friends #gave

The first year with ABT I learned 13 new roles. Most were lengthy ballets, more complicated than I was used to. I have suffered from tendinitis since I was 13, and it flared up again until the pain was paralyzing. There were times I prayed I'd be sick so I wouldn't have to go on. ↗

— Gelsey Kirkland

#ballets #complicated #first #go #i

Having proceeded to this length, for which they are now ripe, we shall have a formidable rebellion against reason, the principle of all government, and against the very name of liberty. ↗

— Henry Knox

#formidable #government #having #length #liberty

We started at once to dig our trenches, half of my platoon stepping forward abreast, the men being placed an arm's length apart. After laying their rifles down, barrels pointing to the enemy, a line was drawn behind the row of rifles and parallel to it. ↗

— Fritz Kreisler

#after #apart #arm #barrels #behind

I'm the guy that has written at great length about exactly how we should profoundly reform Social Security. If I were afraid of going after entitlements, I wouldn't have done that, I wouldn't have put Medicaid reform in this budget, I wouldn't have called for the reductions in spending, which people will scream about, but I think are necessary. ↗

— Pat Toomey

#afraid #after #budget #called #done

For as long as one has no further point of reference, apart from the position of the maximum, the wavelength thus remains uncertain by an integral factor. ↗

— Max von Laue

#factor #further #integral #long #maximum