Most of [the alchemists] were poor; many all but unknown in their own time, many died and saw no fruit of their labours… Of some the very names are forgotten. But though their names be dead, their works live, and grow and spread over ever fresh gen...
Women were seldom given quality assignments or adequate air time.
The car bomb is the poor man’s air force.
I'm obsessed with fresh breath.
Peace is a fresh flower.
That’s the thing. I’ve never met anyone like you, Tess. You think you’re a no one? You’re so wrong. So wrong. You stand in a room with all the Angelas, even the Ellies. None of them can compare to you. I remember when you started working at t...
I believe that when I die I shall rot, and nothing of my ego will survive. I am not young and I love life. But I should scorn to shiver with terror at the thought of annihilation. Happiness is nonetheless true happiness because it must come to an end...
You are the books you read, the films you watch, the music you listen to, the people you meet, the dreams you have, the conversations you engage in. You are what you take from these. You are the sound of the ocean, the breath of fresh air, the bright...
At an early age, I quit high school at 17 and joined the Air Force.
Dad was in the British Army and my mom was in the Royal Air Force, so both of my parents believed in discipline.
I want all hellions to quit puffing that hell fume in God's clean air.
Harry Block: Between air-conditioning and the Pope, I'll take air-conditioning.
I went to a military school between the ages of six and 12 and later into the air force. You learn discipline and strength of character.
And you are certainly not the pine-scented air. There is just no way that you are the pine-scented air
But most of those to whom Ender's Game feels most important are those who, like me, feel themselves to be perpetually outside their most beloved communities, never able to come inside and feel confident of belonging.
When you feel like you're not making the best of decisions, don't beat yourself up and say that “I never make the right choices.” Choose to say, “I have the wisdom of God and I can make better choices.
At present we are on the outside of the world, the wrong side of the door. We discern the freshness and purity of morning, but they do not make us fresh and pure. We cannot mingle with the splendours we see. But all the leaves of the New Testament ar...
Everyone should wake up and have a fresh-squeezed orange every day. By having a fresh glass of orange juice with American oranges, you are supporting the local economy, you have all the vitamin C you need in a day, and you support the environment bec...
When you see gossamer flying, be sure the air is drying.
I'm a monomaniac with one goal: clean air from clean energy.
The health effects of air pollution imperil human lives. This fact is well-documented.
