"The wind, as a direct motive power, is wholly inapplicable to a system of machine labour, for during a calm season the whole business of the country would be thrown out of gear. Before the era of steam-engines, windmills were tried for draining mines; but though they were powerful machines, they were very irregular, so that in a long tract of calm weather the mines were drowned, and all the workmen thrown idle."

-- William Stanley Jevons

#Country Quotes #Powerful Quotes #Wind Quotes

“I prepare for a shoot by saturating my brain with images that have different moods or expressions.”
“But the trek that starts with the feet always rises in time to the head. There had never been any of mankind's that didn't.”

Source : Hortense Calisher (1983). “Mysteries of motion”, Doubleday
“You can't trust the 'specials' like the old time 'coppers' When you can't find your way home.”
“We all wake up in the morning wanting to live our lives the way we know we should. But we usually don't, in small ways. That's what makes a character like Batman so fascinating. He plays out our conflicts on a much larger scale.”
“A lot of people find themselves in the entertainment business - or perhaps society steers them toward it - because they're beautiful.”
“There is no basis for the ardent hopes and positive statements made as to the safe and successful use of the dirigible balloon or flying machine, or both, for commercial transportation or as weapons of war.”
“The truth is always simpler than you can imagine.”
“I am pleased with the exhibition... everything on display was sold for a good price to decent people. It has been a long time since I believed that you could educate public taste...”

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