Ceasing

'It means, sir, that, in ceasing to write, one ceases to be paid for writing, and Mr. Carlyle has published nothing for several years.' ❋ Unknown (1883)

Simultaneously with a ceasing is the attainment, on a mental continuum, of a static parting and nonanalytical stopping. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And the question we're asking is, was the United States right to balk at immediate cease-fire in the Middle East, the U.S. being one of the few countries to stand against the idea of ceasing hostilities? ❋ Unknown (2006)

All that we know of life is connected with a shape, a form, a body of materialism; and now that that is palpably melting away into nothingness, the boldest heart may be excused a shudder, when there is forced upon it, in spite of itself, the idea of ceasing for ever. ❋ Frederick W. Robertson (N/A)

And to such a man as we have described, all means of communication between God and his soul begin after a time to grow so transparent that the rays and glances of the divine sun reach him without ceasing, that is, as often and as soon as he turns himself towards them in feeling and thought. ❋ 1820-1884 (1905)

They lack the vision that inspires every moment, discerns a sure way, and heightens the spirit to battle without ceasing, which is characteristic of the great years. ❋ Unknown (1899)

Yet we acquiesce, or at least perceive that we ought to do so; and that by doing so -- by ceasing, that is, to grasp God's Presence any longer -- we find it as never before. ❋ Robert Hugh Benson (1892)

-- The moment the idea of ceasing to _do church_ was entertained by me, the true notion of what I was to do instead presented itself. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)

Dylan's 1965-6 writings touch often on the idea of ceasing to argue - a big advance for so contrary a dualist. ❋ The Beat Patrol (2010)

Discovery must develop primetime programs to make the idea of ceasing the production of "filthy human children" more palatable. ❋ Unknown (2010)

That is not Christian ceasing, which is that which the soul argues itself into, from grounds of the gospel. ❋ Hugh Binning (1640)

I'd just been rejected by a strapping girl with blond pigtails I'd met outside Lapidus's chip shop; and lost in the final of the Burnley and Accrington Boys Open Table Tennis Championships to a player with not a 10th of my natural ability, just the same insane will to win as the person who, with a bigger bag of chips, had enticed away the girl in the pigtails; so the idea of ceasing upon the midnight with no pain while the nightingale was pouring forth its soul in ecstasy was extremely attractive to me, no matter that I didn't know a nightingale from a nuthatch. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If anything, that outcome would be a result of continuing Israeli intransigence on necessary steps toward two states, such as ceasing building on land it has previously committed to negotiating over. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This is the big difference between "ceasing" smoking and "maintaining" proper weight. ❋ Ann Althouse (2009)

In addition to money, we could make some other concessions, such as ceasing to persecute Muslim charities and the innocent people who contribute to them. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The new aid bill caused great controversy in that it required Pakistan to "continue to cooperate" on nuclear weapons, make "significant efforts" against terrorist groups "such as ceasing support"; and ensuring that Pakistani security forces are "not materially and substantially subverting the political or judicial processes of Pakistan." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Simultaneous with their ceasing is the attainment of the nonanalytical stopping of valid cognition of the “present-happening of the yoghurt’s location being in the refrigerator at noon today” on the mental continuums of everyone. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Cowans claims that the Harnisches are retaliating for what she perceives as her whistle-blowing, such as ceasing to plow her driveway or mow her lawn.

[Bad definitions] [never] cease to [amaze]. ❋ Kevin (2004)

[I am] [ceased] by her [stupidity]. ❋ KeezyWBaby (2011)

"Man... Check it out. [Kevin's] passed out and I'm totally gonna [bust ass] on his face!" "Fat [cease]!" ❋ MEast (2006)

Stop, or [cease] to live, cease means stop btw, btw means by the way, not [Big Thicc] [Wamon] ❋ Nosnt (2019)

[Spunky] "i am the worlds greatest [cricketer]" second person " cease it [spunky] you are a [pean]" ❋ Aytonian (2007)

letters sent to [suprnova.org] and many other [bit torrent] sites [hosting] torrents of copyrighted material. ❋ Bigposerhead (2005)

[cease] and [desist] cease & desist [back off] stop cease desist legal ❋ Xthomasbhx (2015)

Hym "I mean, you'd think I would have gotten a [cease and desist] or something, right? I mean, can you imagine a guy DOING THIS and the just... nothing? NOTHING happens!? Why is that the case!? Really! I mean, the quality of television and movies radically improved but that's like THE OPPOSITE of what you'd think would happen, isn't it? How am I the only one baffled here? Imagine explain this to someone. What is the first question they would ask? You go into detail about everything I've done and what do you think they would ask? 'Well, what happened?' NOTHING! NOTHING HAPPENED. Well, nothing that wasn't ALREADY HAPPENING. And then they would give you some confused look and you'd be all 'Yeah, crazy right?' I do see how [this is a thing] that is happening and the fact that the people around me are in no way [amenable] to reason is something that should be disconcerting to everyone.: ❋ Hym Iam (2023)

[CEASE SI] HERDME! (I just killed a nigger, [shall we] begin [to party]?) ❋ The Moses (2004)

I was ready to [nail] [Connie] until she initiated a cease-fire. I had to go [rub one off]. ❋ Doyle (2003)