Atmosphere Quotes - Page 25

• The discussions of every age are filled with the issues on which its leading schools of thought differ. But the general intellectual atmosphere of the time is always determined by the views on which the opposing schools agree. They become the unspoken presuppositions of all thought, and common and unquestioningly accepted foundations on which all discussion proceeds.

  Friedrich August von Hayek

  School, Views, Issues

  "The Counter-Revolution of Science". Book by Friedrich Hayek, Comte and Hegel (pt. 3), 1952.

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• It is through observation and perception of atmosphere that he [the artist] can register the feeling that he wishes his painting to give out.

  Lucian Freud

  Artist, Giving, Feelings

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• I let myself go. I thought little of the houses and trees, but applied colour stripes and spots to the canva... Within me sounded the memory of early evening in Moscow, before my eyes was the strong, colour-saturated scale of the Munich light and atmosphere, which thundered deeply in the shadows.

  Wassily Kandinsky

  Strong, Memories, Eye

  "Kandinsky" by Frank Whitford, Paul Hamlyn Ltd, London, 1967.

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• One hundred percent of the time, no plea bargain, no bail, you're going to the penitentiary - that will change the atmosphere in this culture of violence the president talks about.

  Wayne LaPierre

  President, Bail, Culture

  "Industry - but not NRA - backs some restrictions on guns". www.cnn.com. May 10, 1999.

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• I think size is the most unused quotient in the sculptor's repertoire because it requires lots of commitment and time. To me it's the best tool. With size you get space and atmosphere: atmosphere becomes volume. You stand in the shape, in the zone.

  Michael Heizer

  Commitment, Thinking, Space

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• You have to love writing a song and architecture. You have to give it a form. It is my job to create a sonic landscape. I like to create ambiance and atmosphere. The writing is the intimate part of it. It is a sketch. The production is the whole painting.

  Keren Ann

  Song, Jobs, Writing

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• The club [Real Madrid] has a fantastic set-up with marvellous people. The atmosphere at training is perfect - it's just wonderful

  Ruud van Nistelrooy

  Real, People, Perfect

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• You have these 'hot towers', tropical storm clouds acting like chimneys to carry heat to the upper atmosphere.

  Peter May

  Clouds, Storm, Acting

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• Thus, human beings are now carrying out a large scale geophysical experiment of the kind that could not have happened in the past...Within a few centuries we are returning to the atmosphere and oceans the concentrated organic carbon stored in sedimentary rocks over hundreds of millions of years.

  Roger Revelle

  Ocean, Past, Rocks

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• The greater the charity of the Saints in their heavenly home, the more they intercede for those who are still on their journey and the more they can help them by their prayers; the more they are united with God, the more effective those prayers are. This is in accordance with Divine order, which makes higher things react upon lower things, like the brightness of the sun filling the atmosphere.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Prayer, Home, Journey

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• The poor suffer twice at the rioter's hands. First, his destructive fury scars their neighborhood; second, the atmosphere of accommodation and consent is changed to one of hostility and resentment.

  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Hands, Suffering, Firsts

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• London has the advantage of one of the most gloomy atmospheres in the world.

  Bayard Taylor

  World, London, Advantage

  Bayard Taylor (1869). “Views Afoot; Or, Europe Seen with Knapsack and Staff”, p.306

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• Those who sage as they age view aging not as a hardship but, rather, as a precious gift filled with promise and replete with possibilities. We may age graciously into simplicity and love, allowing the power from our sense of well-being to permeate the atmosphere around us, or we may vault into older age revved up and in high gear.

  Sue Thoele

  Views, Simplicity, Promise

  Sue Patton Thoele (1998). “Freedoms After 50”, p.133, Conari Press

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• We must dispel the negative and harmful atmosphere that has been created by avaricious and unprincipled realtors who engage in "blockbusting." If we had in America really serious efforts to break down discrimination in housing, and at the same time a concerted program of government aid to improve housing for Negroes, I think that many white people would be surprised at how many Negroes would choose to live among themselves, exactly as Poles and Jews and other ethnic groups do.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Thinking, White, America

  Source: www.thedailybeast.com

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• Food from the platter / Water from the rain / The subject and the matter / I'm going home again / Can't sell a leaf to a tree / Nor the wind to the atmosphere / I know where I am meant to be / And I can't be satisfied here

  Lemn Sissay

  Rain, Home, Wind

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• Forgiveness does not mean ignoring what has been done or putting a false label on an evil act. It means, rather, that the evil act no longer remains as a barrier to the relationship. Forgiveness is a catalyst creating the atmosphere necessary for a fresh start and a new beginning.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Forgiveness, New Beginnings, Mean

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.65, Beacon Press

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• You have to be aware of all the latent possibilities that give a work its special character - its atmosphere, its moods, its contrasts.

  Alfred Brendel

  Character, Giving, Special

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• It's a pretty widely-accepted notion that the atmosphere is a ridiculously complex system, and the best we can do with our models is a rough approximation.

  Jamais Cascio

  Accepted, Rough, Notion

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• I believe your atmosphere and your surroundings create a mind state for you.

  Theophilus London

  Believe, Mind, States

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• Radical self-care is quantum, and radiates out into the atmosphere, like a little fresh air. It is a huge gift to the world. When people respond by saying, “Well, isn’t she full of herself,” smile obliquely, like Mona Lisa, and make both of you a nice cup of tea.

  Anne Lamott

  Nice, Air, Self

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• To be continually subject to the breath of slander, will tarnish the purest virtue, as a constant exposure to the atmosphere will obscure the brightness of the finest gold; but in either case, the real value of both continues the same, although the currency may be somewhat impeded.

  Charles Caleb Colton

  Real, Gold, May

  Charles Caleb COLTON (1849). “L.P.”, p.181

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• In a community where public services have failed to keep abreast of private consumption things are very different. Here, in an atmosphere of private opulence and public squalor, the private goods have full sway.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  Community, Opulence, Different

  John Kenneth Galbraith (1998). “The Affluent Society”, p.191, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Vice, like disease, floats in the atmosphere.

  William Hazlitt

  Vices, Disease, Floats

  William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1484, Delphi Classics

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• I'm not a global warming believer. I'm not a global warming denier. I'm a global warming agnostic who believes instinctively that it can't be very good to pump lots of CO2 into the atmosphere but is equally convinced that those who presume to know exactly where that leads are talking through their hats.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Believe, Talking, Hats

  "Carbon Chastity: The First Commandment of the Church of the Environment" by Charles Krauthammer, jewishworldreview.com. May 30, 2008.

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• Liberty of thought soon shrivels without freedom of expression. Nor can truth be pursued in an atmosphere hostile to the endeavor or under dangers which are hazarded only by heroes.

  Felix Frankfurter

  Truth, Hero, Expression

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