#periods

Faulkner had an egg carton filled with periods and throughout his writing career, used nearly all of them. ↗

— Kelli Jae Baeli

#periods #punctuation #writing #love

The world has always gone through periods of madness so as to advance a bit on the road to reason. ↗

— Hermann Broch

#always #bit #gone #madness #periods

Borne out of this, starting around the 17th Century was the Baroque era. It is my view that it is one of the architectural peak periods in western civilisation. ↗

— Harry Seidler

#around #baroque #borne #century #civilisation

The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics. ↗

— Ferdinand de Saussure

#critical #demanded #different #embarking #examination

In all the great periods of the drama perfect freedom of choice and subject, perfect freedom of individual treatment, and an audience eager to give itself to sympathetic listening, even if instruction be involved, have brought the great results. ↗

— George P. Baker

#brought #choice #drama #eager #even

I think it's healthy for couples to be away from each other for short periods. ↗

— Liv Tyler

#couples #each #healthy #i #i think

Apart from two periods of intense study, of music between the ages of 12 and 14 and of mathematics between the ages of 14 and 16, I coasted, daydreaming, through most of my school years. ↗

— James W. Black

#apart #between #coasted #daydreaming #i

To act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in accord with the tides. Ignorance of this law results in periods of unreasoning enthusiasm on the one hand, and depression on the other. ↗

— Helena Petrova Blavatsky

#act #action #comes #depression #enthusiasm

This was possible only by dint of extended periods of frequently quite painful reflection and digestion. ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

#dint #extended #frequently #only #painful

Well, there have been periods in the past when prime ministers of Australia and New Zealand were at each others' throats publicly and frequently. That's not productive at all. ↗

— Helen Clark

#been #each #frequently #in the past #ministers