#atmosphere

What a night it was! The jagged masses of heavy dark cloud were rolling at intervals from horizon to horizon, and thin white wreaths covered the stars. Through all the rush of the cloud river the moon swam, breasting the waves and disappearing again in the darkness. I walked up and down, drinking in the beauty of the quiet earth and the changing sky. The night was absolutely silent. Nothing seemed to be abroad. There was no scurrying of rabbits, or twitter of the half-asleep birds. And though the clouds went sailing across the sky, the wind that drove them never came low enough to rustle the dead leaves in the woodland paths. Across the meadows I could see the church tower standing out black and grey against the sky. ("Man Size In Marble") ↗

— E. Nesbit

#night #sky #wind #beauty

It may well be said that the answer to the question: Of what do the cosmic rays in fact consist before they produce their familiar secondary radiation phenomena in the earth's atmosphere? can only be obtained from numerous measurements in the stratosphere. ↗

— Victor Francis Hess

#atmosphere #before #consist #cosmic #cosmic rays

A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#atmosphere #awe #being #himself #schoolmaster

I don't feel that an atmosphere of debate and total disagreement and argument is such a bad thing. It makes for a vital and alive field. ↗

— Clifford Geertz

#argument #atmosphere #bad #bad thing #debate

I believe the director's primary role is to create an atmosphere where his company can be created. ↗

— Charles Keating

#believe #company #create #created #director

If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#almighty #anything #asked #atmosphere #attempted

We're looking at Earth science, observing our planet. Also space science, looking at the ozone in the atmosphere around our Earth. Also looking at life science. And on a human level, using ourselves as test subjects. ↗

— Laurel Clark

#around #atmosphere #earth #human #level

I love the culture of grilling. It creates an atmosphere that is festive but casual. ↗

— Bobby Flay

#casual #creates #culture #festive #grilling

Over the course of two terms, President Reagan revolutionized the Republican Party and changed the political atmosphere in a way still being felt today. ↗

— William L. Jenkins

#being #changed #course #felt #over

That's a little homage in a way to that and also to create that sort of creepy atmosphere that Hitchcock did. Vertigo was one of his great movies that was shot right here in The City and it's about a woman and the psychological twists and so forth. ↗

— Philip Kaufman

#also #atmosphere #city #create #creepy