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Khalif (Caliph) Al-Ma'mun's period of rule (813 - 833 C.E.) may be considered the 'golden age' of science and learning. He had always been devoted… — John Bagot Glubb
And having suffered for part of the war when I was a child. I was too young to really understand what was going on but… — Gerald Scarfe
Remember, 'Rome was not built in a day.' Instant success is never possible. Competence results only from sustained, consistent, self-disciplined effort over an extended period… — Bud Wilkinson
I'm not giving the president a blank check, period. — Jim McDermott
The science of genetics is in a transition period, becoming an exact science just as the chemistry in the times of Lavoisier, who made the… — Wilhelm Johannsen
During critical periods, a leader is not allowed to feel sorry for himself, to be down, to be angry, or to be weak. Leaders must… — Mike Krzyzewski
No period of my life has been one of such unmixed happiness as the four years which have been spent within college walls. — Horatio Alger
Student loans have been helpful to many. But they offer neither incentive nor assistance to those students who, by reason of family or other obligations,… — John F. Kennedy
Sometimes a lengthened period of prosperity melts away in a moment; just as the heat of summer flies before a day of tempest. — Luc de Clapiers
Patience is, therefore, the faculty of enduring a painful sensation, and yet looking confidently and steadily to the period when that sensation shall cease. — Unknown Author
When I was a child in the Navy during World War II, I was perennially grateful to the armed services libraries for having on hand… — James A. Michener
Coaching is about finding a system that works for your players. There are some underlying principles which are applied in any coaching situation but it's… — Hugh McCutcheon
As there is not in human observation proper means for measuring the waste of land upon the globe, it is hence inferred, that we cannot… — James Hutton
The star [Tycho's supernova] was at first like Venus and Jupiter, giving pleasing effects; but as it then became like Mars, there will next come… — Tycho Brahe
[Modern science] passed through a long period of uncertainty and inconclusive experiment, but as the instrumental aids to research improved, and the results of observation… — Thomas George Bonney
We changed our rules. If a player does not have some sot of altercation on or off the court once each month, we fine him...The… — Gregg Popovich
The world has always gone through periods of madness so as to advance a bit on the road to reason. — Hermann Broch
Humans more easily remember or learn items when they are studied a few times over a long period of time (spaced presentation), rather than studied… — Hermann Ebbinghaus
To act and act wisely when the time for action comes, to wait and wait patiently when it is time for repose, put man in… — H. P. Blavatsky
An undertaking of great magnitude and importance, the successful accomplishment of which, in so comparatively short a period, notwithstanding the unheard of unestimable difficulties and… — John By
It is demonstrable from Geology that there was a period when no organic beings had existence: these organic beings must therefore have had a beginning… — William Buckland
The primitive history of the species is all the more fully retained in its germ-history in proportion as the series of embryonic forms traversed is… — Unknown Author
[Young] was afterwards accustomed to say, that at no period of his life was he particularly fond of repeating experiments, or even of very frequently… — Unknown Author
[Pitchblende] consists of a peculiar, distinct, metallic substance. Therefore its former denominations, pitch-blende, pitch-iron-ore, &c. are no longer applicable, and must be supplied by another… — Martin Heinrich Klaproth
All good men wish the entire abolition of slavery, as soon as it can take place with safety to the public, and for the lasting… — Oliver Ellsworth

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