Atmosphere Quotes - Page 21

Since the discovery of oxygen the civilised world has undergone a revolution in manners and customs. The knowledge of the composition of the atmosphere, of the solid crust of the earth, of water, and of their influence upon the life of plants and animals, was linked to that discovery. The successful pursuit of innumerable trades and manufactures, the profitable separation of metals from their ores, also stand in the closest connection therewith.

Justus von Liebig

Successful, Animal, Discovery

Justus von Liebig (1859). “Familiar Letters on Chemistry, in its relation to Physiology, Dietetics, Agriculture, Commerce and Political Economy: Edited by John Blyth”, p.5

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I well remember how the thoughts I had up to the time of my discharge from the jail on every occasion were modified immediately after discharge, and after getting first-hand information myself. Somehow or other the jail atmosphere does not allow you to have all the bearings in your mind.

Mahatma Gandhi

Freedom, Jail, Hands

Mahatma Gandhi (2012). “The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas”, p.158, Vintage

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The conquest of the outskirts of the atmosphere, and eventually space, is a revolutionary event, comparable only to the transition of the aquatic animals to the land in geologic times.

Hubertus Strughold

Animal, Space, Land

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The power of authority is never more subtle and effective than when it produces a psychological atmosphere or climate favorable to the life of certain modes of belief, unfavorable, and even fatal, to the life of others.

Arthur Balfour

Climate, Belief, Psychological

Arthur James Balfour (1895). “The Foundations of Belief: Being Notes Introductory to the Study of Theology”

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There are houses whose souls have passed into the limbo of Time, leaving their bodies in the limbo of London. Such was not quite the condition of Timothy's on the Bayswater Road, for Timothy's soul still had one foot in Timothy Forsyte's body, and Smither kept the atmosphere unchanging, of camphor and port wine and house whose windows are only opened to air it twice a day.

John Galsworthy

Wine, Feet, Air

John Galsworthy (2015). “The Forsyte Saga Complete Edition: The Forsyte Saga + A Modern Comedy + End of the Chapter + On Forsyte ‘Change (A Prequel to Forsyte Saga): Complete Nine Novels”, p.658, e-artnow

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A single and distinct luminous body causes stronger relief in the objects than a diffused light; as may be seen by comparing one side of a landscape illuminated by the sun, and one overshadowed by clouds, and illuminated only by the diffused light of the atmosphere.

Leonardo da Vinci

Nature, Travel, Clouds

Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.77, GENERAL PRESS

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When the sun is covered by clouds, objects are less conspicuous, because there is little difference between the light and shade of the trees and the buildings being illuminated by the brightness of the atmosphere which surrounds the objects in such a way that the shadows are few, and these few fade away so that their outline is lost in haze.

Leonardo da Vinci

Nature, Travel, Differences

Leonardo Da Vinci, General Press (2016). “The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci”, p.165, GENERAL PRESS

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... the only other place comparable to these marvelous nether regions, must surely be naked space itself, out far beyond atmosphere, between the stars, where sunlight has no grip upon the dust and rubbish of planetary air, where the blackness of space, the shining planets, comets, suns, and stars must really be closely akin to the world of life as it appears to the eyes of an awed human being, in the open ocean, one half mile down.

William Beebe

Stars, Ocean, Eye

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She once complained that her stories were like 'birds bred in cages,' but that concentrated atmosphere, that claustrophobic hothouse of emotion, was her talent. Her stories were little masterpieces of compression: she succinctly contained whole lifetimes in a few pages, every moment loaded with as much as it could bear.

Katie Roiphe

Bird, Stories, Littles

Katie Roiphe (2007). “Uncommon Arrangements: Seven Portraits of Married Life in London Literary Circles 1910-1939”, p.70, Dial Press

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Yes, love is free; it can dwell in no other atmosphere.

Emma Goldman

Love Is

Emma Goldman (2015). “Anarchism and Other Essays”, p.157, Sheba Blake Publishing

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Our first priority has to be getting our fiscal house in order - and creating an atmosphere for the private sector in job creation.

Bill Huizenga

Jobs, Creating, Order

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Pause before you get home and prepare your heart. A peaceful heart leads to a peaceful atmosphere.

Jim Burns

Home, Heart, Peaceful

Jim Burns, Doug Fields (2014). “Getting Ready for Marriage: A Practical Road Map for Your Journey Together”, p.92, David C Cook

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I want to be on the field. It's a better place to talk to the guys. It's a relaxed atmosphere. You want to make sure you know what's going on, not just with the hitters.

Don Mattingly

Guy, Want, Fields

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How could I tell the doctor what was wrong with me? I didn't understand it myself. I couldn't articulate the pain; it was the pain of nothingness. My fear was of the weather, the atmosphere, the very air. What good did safety tips do me now? 'Avoid water, metal objects, rooftops; stay off the telephone in a storm, don't think glass can protect you; even if a storm was 8 miles away, you're still not safe from a strike. Avoid life perhaps that was the answer. The number one safety tip, stay away from it all.

Alice Hoffman

Pain, Fear, Thinking

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A truly good book attracts very little favor to itself. It is so true that it teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down and commence living on its hint. When I read an indifferent book, it seems the best thing I can do, but the inspiring volume hardly leaves me leisure to finish its latter pages. It is slipping out of my fingers while I read. It creates no atmosphere in which it may be perused, but one in which its teachings may be practiced. It confers on me such wealth that I lay it down with regret. What I began by reading I must finish by acting.

Henry David Thoreau

Regret, Book, Teaching

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It seemed to be a makeshift replacement for love, absenting oneself from stifling atmospheres, because love basically was a torrential storm of feeling; it thrived only in partnership with laughing generosity and truthfulness.

Bessie Head

Generosity, Laughing, Feelings

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Out of all the neighborhoods in Manhattan, Soho in particular had the charged atmosphere of a movie set, populated with passersby who looked like extras from Central Casting, so perfectly did they fit into this environment. There was the feeling of everything being not quite real, or too perfectly cliched to actually be true, and it began to rain in a fine, misty drizzle from a black patent leather sky.

Candace Bushnell

Real, Rain, Sky

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Begin with art, because art tries to take us outside ourselves. It is a matter of trying to create an atmosphere and context so conversation can flow back and forth and we can be influenced by each other.

W. E. B. Du Bois

Art, Trying, Matter

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NASA is moving the space program to Starkville because it has no atmosphere.

Skip Bertman

Moving, Space, Nasa

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My work is a fusion of personal experiences and influences - moody atmospheres, victorian-inspired couture, and timeless elements all laced with clandestine symbolism. The figures I paint exist in their own esoteric realm and time, and each painting offers a glimpse into their anomalous world.

Lori Earley

Symbolism, Fusion, Glimpse

Artist Statement, www.loriearley.com.

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There is no clear distinction anywhere on the Earth's surface between living and nonliving matter. There is merely a hierarchy of intensity going from the 'material' environment of the rocks and the atmosphere to the living cells.

James Lovelock

Life, Rocks, Cells

James Lovelock (2000). “The Ages of Gaia: A Biography of Our Living Earth”, p.39, Oxford University Press, USA

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The atmosphere in which social legislation is considered is not a friend of truth.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Politics, Social, Legislation

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That planet has a considerable but moderate atmosphere. So that the inhabitants probably enjoy a situation in many respects similar to ours.

William Herschel

Mars, Planets, Enjoy

William Herschel (2013). “The Scientific Papers of Sir William Herschel”, p.156, Cambridge University Press

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In our rough and rugged individualism, we think of gentleness as weakness, being soft and virtually spineless. Not so! Gentleness includes such enviable qualities as having strength under control, being calm and peaceful when surrounded by a heated atmosphere, emitting a soothing effect on those who may be angry or otherwise beside themselves, and possessing tact and gracious courtesy that causes others to retain their self-esteem and dignity. Instead of losing, the gentle gain. Instead of being ripped off and taken advantage of, they come out ahead!

Charles R. Swindoll

Self Esteem, Taken, Thinking

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When I created Chipotle in 1993, I had a very simple idea: Offer a simple menu of great food prepared fresh each day, using many of the same cooking techniques as gourmet restaurants. Then serve the food quickly, in a cool atmosphere. It was food that I wanted, and thought others would like too. We've never strayed from that original idea. The critics raved and customers began lining up at my tiny burrito joint. Since then, we've opened a few more.

Steve Ells

Simple, Ideas, Cooking

"How Chipotle Became The Gold Standard Of Mexican Fast-Food" by Kal Gullapalli, www.businessinsider.com. January 21, 2011.

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