Six skilled leatherworkers crafted 12 Signature handbags with perfect proportions and a timeless flair.

So this triptych, these three panels portray the timeless truth that order tends to decay.

I understand this timeless dictum as a statement about the problems, or more exactly the confusions, of consciousness.

There was a time when you played cricket, you played timeless test matches, when you played on till the game got over.

Violinist Sirena Huang gives a technically brilliant and emotionally nuanced performance. In a charming interlude, the 11 year old praises the timeless design of her instrument.

You can't take a timeless test to China and sit through 14 days with no result in the end, or you can't take it all over the world.

Being a visual artist, indeed, I am foremost interested to make art to make art that transcends politics, religion, the question of feminism, and become an important, timeless, universal work of art.

The bankers of the Italian Renaissance also bought works of art because they reminded them of timeless values that transcended quotidian transactions. They saw their acquisitions of paintings and sculptures as a connection to eternity.

We need to get back to showcasing timeless and classic nudity where women, as well as men, feel comfortable and inspired by these images of the female body, Shaw said in a press release announcing the calendar.

This matters in part because cities with a clear ethos can better resist globalization s homogenizing tendencies. It is worrying when countries proclaim their timeless and organic ideals, but affirming a city s particularity can be a sign of health.

These are timeless questions but, in an era of increased and instantaneous communication, centralized, big government bureaucracies are creaking or worse. People want more effective and more affordable government that responds to their concerns, and are demanding that decisions be decentralized.

3. We reaffirm our commitment to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, which have proved timeless and universal. Indeed, their relevance and capacity to inspire have increased, as nations and peoples have become increasingly interconnected and interdependent.

We are convinced that the concepts that Liu and his colleagues put down on paper in December 2008 are both universal and timeless. These ideals respect for human rights and human dignity, and the responsibility of citizens to ensure that their governments respect those rights represent humanity s highest aspirations.

I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions. For over a thousand years, Al Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning, and for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt's advancement.

And yet we also know that the pace of change is faster than ever before, and that governments, businesses, and households are finding it increasingly difficult to keep up. Beneath all of our identifying, quantifying, and mitigating of risk lies the undeniable and timeless truth that the only constant is change.

In our globalized world, many people feel a growing desire for the clear answers and timeless validity offered by straightforward and clear cut identities. When these identities take the form of nationalism or rigidly defined religious or ethnic categories, the consequence, all too often, is brutal and unrestrained violence, whether through terrorism or civil war.

With Myanmar Burma now the in destination for the world s hot money investors, the imperial decrepitude that Lewis described will doubtless soon be transformed, the archaic charm of a fading past demolished for the sake of modern commerce. This tranquil land of timeless faith, over which Buddha s benign statues preside a land of rivers, deep forests, and blood red rubies is now in play for international investors.

This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is our time, to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace to reclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, that out of many, we are one that while we breathe, we hope. And where we are met with cynicism and doubt and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people.