Atmosphere Quotes - Page 30

• Jowett, in his day, did probably more than any other single man to let some fresh air into the exhausted atmosphere of the [Oxford] common rooms, and to widen the intellectual horizons of the place.

  Benjamin Jowett

  Men, Air, Oxford

  "Asquith". Book by Roy Jenkins, p. 22, 1964.

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• The advantage of pure, and the disadvantage of impure air are experienced each time we breathe, and all who understand the causes of disease know that an impure atmosphere is most unfavourable to the enjoyment of health, and an efficient cause to shorten human existence within the natural life of man. It is therefore most desirable that decisive measures should be devised and generally adopted to ensure to all a pure atmosphere, in which to live during their lives.

  Robert Owen

  Men, Air, Disease

  "The Book of the New Moral World, Vol. 3". Book by Robert Owen, 1836-1844.

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• The normal present connects the past and the future through limitation. Contiguity results, crystallization by means of solidification. There also exists, however, a spiritual present that identifies past and future through dissolution, and this mixture is the element, the atmosphere of the poet.

  Novalis

  Spiritual, Mean, Past

  "Blüthenstaub". Book by Novalis, 1798.

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• When, about fifteen years ago, I walked into Arshile's studio for the first time, the atmosphere was so beautiful that I got a little dizzy and when I came to, I was bright enough to take the hint immediately. If the bookkeepers think it necessary to make sure of where things and people came from, well then, I came from 36 Union Square. I am glad that it is about impossible to get away from his powerful influence.

  Willem de Kooning

  Beautiful, Powerful, Thinking

  ART news, Volume 47, No. 9, January 1949.

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• There is nothing more pitiable than a soulless, sapless, shriveled church, seeking to thrive in a worldly atmosphere, rooted in barren professions, bearing no fruit, and maintaining only the semblance of existence; such a church cannot long survive.

  George C. Lorimer

  Long, Church, Fruit

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 147), 1895.

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• Not only did waging war against Hitler fail to save the Jews, it may be that the war itself brought on the Final Solution of genocide. This is not to remove the responsibility from Hitler and the Nazis, but there is much evidence that Germany's anti-Semitic actions, cruel as they were, would not have turned to mass murder were it not for the psychic distortions of war, acting on already distorted minds. Hitler's early aim was forced emigration, not extermination, but the frenzy of it created an atmosphere in which the policy turned to genocide.

  Howard Zinn

  War, Responsibility, Psychics

  Howard Zinn (2011). “The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy”, p.248, Seven Stories Press

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• There is what might be called a Catch-22 of hazardous occupations: The more hazardous the job, the more men; the more men, the less we care about making the job safer. The Catch-22 of hazardous occupations creates a 'glass cellar' which few women wish to enter. Women are alienated not just out of the fear of being hurt on the job, but by an atmosphere that can make a hazardous job more hazardous than it needs to be.

  Warren Farrell

  Hurt, Jobs, Men

  "Why Men Earn More". Book by Warren Farrell, 2005.

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• Humor could not flourish in a wholly serious and rational atmosphere.

  Raymond Smullyan

  Serious, Rational

  Raymond M. Smullyan, Jason Rosenhouse (2014). “Four Lives: A Celebration of Raymond Smullyan”, p.273, Courier Corporation

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• The mathematical thermology created by Fourier may tempt us to hope that, as he has estimated the temperature of the space in which we move, me may in time ascertain the mean temperature of the heavenly bodies: but I regard this order of facts as for ever excluded from our recognition. We can never learn their internal constitution, nor, in regard to some of them, how heat is absorbed by their atmosphere. We may therefore define Astronomy as the science by which we discover the laws of the geometrical and mechanical phenomena presented by the heavenly bodies.

  Auguste Comte

  Moving, Mean, Order

  Auguste Comte (1853). “The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte”, p.138

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• I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.

  Akio Morita

  Believe, Growth, Reason

  "Made in Japan : Akio Morita and Sony" by Akio Morita, Edwin M. Reingold, Mitsuko Shimomura, (p. 146), 1986.

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• I love the creative process of the research, development, but I love also when it comes to reality, it has to be an experience. I don't care if it is an experience while you are trying something on, whether you are in a physical place, or whether you are online kind of playing, I love that you can create stories and atmospheres wherever you are.

  Christopher Bailey

  Reality, Creative, Trying

  Source: www.theblondesalad.com

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• The technological overflow from scientific research has brought scientific research this bad name about carrying an irresponsibility and an alienation from God - because scientific research has led to things like the atom bomb, it's led to problems with depletion of ozone in the Earth's atmosphere, or at least it's revealed those problems.

  George Coyne

  Ozone, Names, Atoms

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Chaos is hateful. That indeterminate nature of war brings a really unsettling atmosphere to life.

  Herbert

  War, Hateful, Chaos

  Interview with Nitsuh Abebe, pitchfork.com. November 10, 2008.

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• I think wherever we are, we can create an atmosphere of openness and trust, where women and those who feel marginalized feel safe to speak the truth of their lives.

  Terry Tempest Williams

  Thinking, Safe, Speak

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I like to put perfume on my pulse points, but I also love the way you can sense it - there is an atmosphere that comes from releasing a scent in to the world - it's a primal thing. I spray around me, not just on me, and it lingers in the room after I leave.

  Cate Blanchett

  Pulse, World, Scent

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• The spirit of sacrifice and selflessness of the defence forces is an inspiration for all Indians. Strong armed forces are necessary for an atmosphere of peace, amity, harmony and brotherhood in the country.

  Narendra Modi

  Country, Strong, Inspiration

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• I played maybe one and a half games of Little League. The whole atmosphere of anxious parents and more anxious children was just too much for me.

  Harrison Ford

  Children, Games, League

  "42 Interview with Harrison Ford, Chadwick Boseman & Brian Helgeland". www.moviesonline.ca.

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• I had the same manager as Frank Sinatra, so I got to meet him and he truly impressed me. He had this magical aura - the whole atmosphere in the room changed when he walked in.

  Tony Blackburn

  Auras, Rooms, Changed

  The MIRROR Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. November 25, 2007.

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• I try to pick music for a diner that doesnt involve a lot of lyrics, so you're not paying attention to that. As long as it doesnt dominate the party, it should be more atmosphere music. When I'm by myself, I never play music.

  Amy Sedaris

  Party, Play, Long

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• There is a war going on. All talk of a Christian's right to live luxuriously "as a child of the King" in this atmosphere sounds hollow - especially since the King himself is stripped for battle.

  John Piper

  Christian, Kings, Children

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• We have not been men of prayer. The spirit of prayer has slumbered among us. The closet has been too little frequented and delighted in. We have allowed business, study or active labor to interfere with our closet-hours. And the feverish atmosphere in which both the church and the nation are enveloped has found its way into our prayer closets.

  Bonar Law

  Prayer, Men, Church

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• Prayer is the natural and joyous breathing of the spiritual life by which the heavenly atmosphere is inhaled and then exhaled in prayer.

  Andy Murray

  Spiritual, Prayer, Breathing

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• The nation can prosper and be happy only when education develops in an atmosphere of Truth, Love and Reverence.

  Sai Baba

  Educational, Truth Love, Reverence

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• The flapping of a single butterfly's wing today produces a tiny change in the state of the atmosphere. Over a period of time, what the atmosphere actually does diverges from what it would have done. So, in a month's time, a tornado that would have devastated the Indonesian coast doesn't happen. Or maybe one that wasn't going to happen, does.

  Ian Stewart

  Butterfly, Wings, Atheism

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• While sticks and stones break bones, words can never hurt? Manifestly untrue. Politics everywhere are holistic, interconnected, and the rhetoric of right or left can produce toxic atmospheres in which lunacy thrives.

  Phillip Adams

  Leadership, Hurt, Stones

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