Every creative act is a sudden cessation of stupidity.    From LearnThat.org.  [Edward Herbert Land (1909-91).]

A cessation of the thunder.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

The idea of cessation is not so much being calmed down as suddenly being stopped.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shambhala SunSpace » 2009 » April] Reference

And why is it that you keep using the word cessation of hostilities and not a ceasefire?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 30, 2006] Reference

Now the Harper government which was “not aware” of the prisoner detainee transfer cessation, is aware again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Who Is Running The War In Afghanistan? – Update « Unambiguously Ambidextrous] Reference

When they called their cessation of their campaign in 1994 republicans were, de facto, accepting these parameters for talks.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

The update, along with reactions, on the Starlog website says the cessation is 'temporary' but without an ETA for a return to print.    From Wordnik.com.  [April 2009] Reference

The Sanskrit word for cessation is nirodha, and in Tibetan, it is gokpa, which in verb form means “to stop” or “to prevent.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shambhala SunSpace » 2009 » April] Reference

The creative and conservative activity of My Father has known no sabbath-cessation from the beginning until now, and that is the law of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference

In English, the word cessation doesn’t mean much for the vast majority of people.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bringing Buddhism Down to Earth ��� Session Three: Unawareness of Reality] Reference

That’s what the word cessation means -- we can stop our problems, we can get rid of them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bringing Buddhism Down to Earth ��� Session Three: Unawareness of Reality] Reference

Among the first consequences of the cessation were the debarkation at Mostyn, in Scotland, of 3,000 well provided.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics - Volume 2] Reference

"Both delegations showed they want the same thing, namely a cessation of hostilities," Joao Albuquerque, spokesman for the.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The only way to break a filibuster is for three-fifths of the Senate to invoke something called cloture-that is, the cessation of debate.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Audacity of Hope]

The question recurs, moreover, what 'cessation' have we to propose?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference

"mocking," namely, their involuntary "Sabbaths," that is, the cessation of all national movements.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference

And at this point, with the diplomatic efforts under way, there still is no sign of any kind of cessation to the hostilities -- Campbell.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 5, 2009] Reference

AJGaza: European leaders are arriving in Egypt for talks on Israel's unilateral "cessation" of hostilities in the #Gaza Strip.    From Wordnik.com.  [Palestine Blogs aggregator] Reference

'cessation' are interchangeable (which is not the case).    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya Sacred Books of the East, Volume 1] Reference

We provide cessation tools to smokers like nicotine gum and patches.    From Wordnik.com.  [Campaigning for a Healthier America] Reference

But first of all there should be a full cessation of terror activities and incitement.    From Wordnik.com.  ['A Deep Friendship'] Reference

What is your response to Kofi Annan's call for an immediate cessation of all hostilities?.    From Wordnik.com.  ['The Axis of Hatred'] Reference

This fact is reflected in the legal definition of death, the permanent cessation of brain function.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Moment Of Death] Reference

In order to enter to the Road-map, there should be a full cessation of terror, hostilities and incitement.    From Wordnik.com.  ['A Very Fateful Step'] Reference

Once there is a cessation of terror and incitement, I am very much interested in starting the political process.    From Wordnik.com.  ['We Are In A War Here'] Reference

But the conference communiqué insisted that any cessation of hostilities "must be lasting, permanent and sustainable.".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wider War] Reference

He wasn't yet "brain dead," implying a permanent cessation of cerebral function, or "legally dead," i.e., fit to be buried.    From Wordnik.com.  [Back From the Dead] Reference

During the civil war Lebanon lost this role, and has not recovered it -- even now, 10 years after the cessation of hostilities in Lebanon.    From Wordnik.com.  [How To Reshape Lebanon's Image] Reference