#period

Gold and silver are no doubt subject to fluctuations, from the discovery of new and more abundant mines; but such discoveries are rare, and their effects, though powerful, are limited to periods of comparatively short duration. ↗

— David Ricardo

#comparatively #discoveries #discovery #doubt #duration

I think it's really great to be able to stick with a character for a long period of time. It's not like you have one shot, and that's it. ↗

— Christina Ricci

#character #great #i #i think #like

Sometimes, instead of purchasing a commodity out and out, people want to buy only the use of it, for a longer or shorter period. The price paid for such temporary use is commonly called hire. ↗

— John Buchanan Robinson

#called #commodity #commonly #hire #instead

Comics, at least in periodical form, exist almost entirely free of any pretense; the critical world of art hardly touches them, and they're 100% personal. ↗

— Chris Ware

#any #art #comics #critical #entirely

I write about five thousand words a day, when working on a book, about three thousand a day if I'm writing a short story. I take long periods off between projects, when I read a lot, garden, and think about the next book or stories. ↗

— Eric Brown

#between #book #day #five #garden

Day, n. A period of twenty-four hours, mostly misspent. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

#day #hours #misspent #mostly #period

We fought during 'The Wall,' which was an album Waters wrote, based on his family story, we clashed long before that, during the period of the Dark Side and 'Wish You Were Here.' Actually, we never got along. ↗

— Rick Wright

#album #along #based #before #dark

I like the desert for short periods of time, from inside a car, with the windows rolled up, and the doors locked. I prefer beach resorts with room service. ↗

— Anne Lamott

#car #desert #doors #i #inside

Ethical conduct is something that becomes inherent in an organization over a long period of time. ↗

— Lee R. Raymond

#conduct #ethical #inherent #long #long period

I think that taking ballet is one of the best things a girl can do. Period. ↗

— Karlie Kloss

#best #girl #i #i think #period