Period Quotes

Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.

The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire.

At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace the savage races throughout the world.

I have never used steroids. Period.

There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived in a way the consciousness of which is so unpleasant to him in later life that he would gladly, if he could, expunge it from his memory.

The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.

The 1st period is won by the best technician. The 2nd period is won by the kid in the best shape. The 3rd period is won by the kid with the biggest heart.

I actually thought that it would be a little confusing during the same period of your life to be in one meeting when you're trying to make money, and then go to another meeting where you're giving it away.

My favorite period is World War II, and I'm in the middle of writing my fourth novel set in that era.

During my participation in the Manhattan Project and subsequent research at Los Alamos, encompassing a period of fifteen years, I worked in the company of perhaps the greatest collection of scientific talent the world has ever known.

A style does not go out of style as long as it adapts itself to its period. When there is an incompatibility between the style and a certain state of mind, it is never the style that triumphs.

The fashion industry has been going crazy. People just aren't shopping as much - period. They're not shopping on weekends, not hanging out in malls. People are just very busy. They don't have the time to pursue shopping as a hobby. People are being cautious with their money as well. They're just not spending as we had probably in the late 80s.

Stress is the number of changes endured, divided by a short period of time. This includes a change of residence, death of family, change in job, etc.

I'm at a period in my life when I'm figuring out my idea of who I am and what I want and how to hold onto love -- all that big stuff. And I'm starting to realize that it can happen at any age. I know people who are in their 50s who are figuring out what they want and who they are, and I think it's great. It's like you're always approaching life as a beginner.

In the first period religious life appears as a form of discipline which the individual or a whole people must accept as an unconditional command without any rational understanding of the ultimate meaning and purpose of that command.

From the very commencement the student should set out to witness the progress and effects of sickness and ought to persevere in the daily observation of disease during the whole period of his studies.

People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.

People have visions of choristers in gowns, but that was never my experience. I'm very proud of that period in my life.

Over a period of a week or two, you want to work out all aspects of your body.

We're going through probably the greatest transformation in American history of any city in this short period of time, ... I just want to savor every moment of it.

It's going to be a tense and difficult year. It's a period of enormous confusion, division in the ranks at the very top, and lack of clarity. Where do they go?

[Evelyn Waugh] was an antique in search of a period, a snob in search of a class.

The whole younger man-older woman relationship does have an expiration period. When [men are] in their 20s, they're pretty focused on their careers and society tells them they can get married later. They find these women who are their intellectual peers but not looking for commitment.

We got off to a textbook first period, played the way we wanted. Unfortunately, for some reason we sat back and it definitely was not the way we wanted to end that game.

According to the Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations on which I have served during the period in question, the largest increase in need during this time, from $8.3 billion to $9.1 billion, has been in transportation and utilities. Transportation needs alone represent $8.1 billion (about 38 percent) of Tennessee's total infrastructure needs.