Humidity Quotes - Page 2

• In fact, the whole thing about prohibition is this: it isn't the initial cost, it's the humidity.

  Sinclair Lewis

  Cost, Facts, Prohibition

  Sinclair Lewis (2015). “Babbitt”, p.91, Penguin

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• They carried the sky. The whole atmosphere, they carried it, the humidity, the monsoons, the stink of fungus and decay, all of it, they carried gravity.

  Tim O'Brien

  Sky, Atmosphere, Decay

  Tim O'Brien (2009). “The Things They Carried”, p.14, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• How much we have to hydrate out here in this kind of heat and humidity. I think the most I have ever taken down in one day of fluids is five gallons - a gallon per match. If we didn't replace our fluids, we would probably keel over and die.

  Karch Kiraly

  Taken, Thinking, Heat And Humidity

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• A fountain is the memory of nature, this marvelous sound of a little river in the mountains translated to the city. For me, a fountain doesn't mean a big jet of water. It means humidity, the origin of life.

  Jaume Plensa

  Memories, Mean, Origin Of Life

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• August used to be a sad month for me. As the days went on, the thought of school starting weighed heavily upon my young frame. That, coupled with the oppressive heat and humidity of my native Washington, D.C., only seemed to heighten the misery.

  Henry Rollins

  School, August, Heat And Humidity

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• Store spices in a cool, dark place, not above your stove. Humidity, light and heat will cause herbs and spices to lose their flavor.

  Rick Tramonto

  Dark, Light, Spices

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• I have divers times endeavoured to see and to know, what parts the Blood consists of; and at length I have observ'd, taking some Blood out of my own hand, that it consists of small round globuls driven through a Crystalline humidity or water.

  Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

  Science, Blood, Hands

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• The Ironman World Championship is the hardest race I've competed in. Not only do the elements (heat, wind, humidity) make it grueling, but the quality of the field makes it a true test.

  Timothy O'Donnell

  Race, Wind, Quality

  "Triathlon Gear". Interview with Chris Aung-Thwin, www.askmen.com. December 29, 2013.

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• You've probably heard the term, 'red flag warning.' That means there are extreme conditions. Low humidity, high temperatures. The fuels are extremely dry and volatile. We classify those in East Tennessee as 'fire days' so if your fire class day is a 1, it's relatively low. A class 5 day would be an extremely high danger day. A day like Sunday would be a 4 or a 5.

  Bruce Miller

  Mean, Sunday, Fire

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