"You see, if the height of the mercury [barometer] column is less on the top of a mountain than at the foot of it (as I have many reasons for believing, although everyone who has so far written about it is of the contrary opinion), it follows that the weight of the air must be the sole cause of the phenomenon, and not that abhorrence of a vacuum, since it is obvious that at the foot of the mountain there is more air to have weight than at the summit, and we cannot possibly say that the air at the foot of the mountain has a greater aversion to empty space than at the top."

-- Blaise Pascal

#Believe Quotes #Air Quotes #Feet Quotes

“The sea, the great unifier, is man's only hope. Now, as never before, the old phrase has a literal meaning: we are all in the same boat.”

Source : Speech by Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation Carlos Moedas on the occasion of the signing of the Belém Statement, Lisbon, europa.eu. July 13, 2017.
“I was this person with this weird last name from New York that no one had ever heard of. But my screen test I guess, according to him, was the best. So I got the part, which was incredible.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Heed the spark or you may dread the fire ...”

Source : Miles Franklin (2014). “Some Everyday Folk and Dawn”, p.81, Simon and Schuster
“A semantic definition of a particular set of command types, then, is a rule for constructing, for any command of one of these types, a verification condition on the antecedents and consequents.”

Source : "Assigning Meanings to Programs". Proceedings of Symposium on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 19, p. 21, 1967.
“Woman's success in lifting men out of their way of life nearly resembling that of the beasts who merely hunted and fished for food, who found shelter where they could in jungles, in trees, and caves was a civilizing triumph.”
“The ancient dialogue between reason and the senses is almost always more interestingly and passionately resolved in favor of the senses.”
“Indie world won't have me, and mainstream world treats me like an alien, but here I am still floating between these two worlds.”
“You hurt my feelings." He shoots me a wounded look. "I wasn't aware that you had any.”

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