“The trouble with the contemporary generation is that it has not read the minutes of the last meeting.”

“For whoever has what he has from the God himself clearly has it at first hand; and he who does not have it from the God himself is not a disciple. Let us assume that it is otherwise, that the contemporary generation of disciples had received the condition from the God, and that the subsequent generations were to receive it from these contemporaries – what would follow?”

“In order to have a change of fortune at the last minute, you have to take your fortune to the last minute.”

“They say in the military that a good battle plan can last as long as five minutes in real fighting. After that, it comes down to if the general is favored by fate and the spirits.”

“Unlike many of my contemporaries, I never write books for my fellow professors to read. I have no interest in the academic audience at all. I'm interested in Joe Doakes. A general audience can read any book I write – and they do.”

“There is always time for another last minute”

“I meet a person, and in my mind I'm saying three minutes; I give you three minutes to show me the spark.”

“Last Minute:
I have to buy all my presents at the last minute, she said, or I get too excited & just give them away.”

“Avoiding Procrastination: Doing things at the last minute is much more expensive than just before the last minute. Deadlines are really important: establish them yourself!”

“I took a speed reading course and read 'War and Peace' in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.”