#descend

The height of the pulleys from the ground was twelve yards, and consequently, when the weights had descended through that distance, they had to be wound up again in order to renew the motion of the paddle. ↗

— James Prescott Joule

#consequently #descended #distance #ground #had

Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon me? ↗

— Walt Whitman

#i #large #me #never #thoughts

When your father directed your mother in 'Orpheus Descending,' the kid's going to be a theater nerd. ↗

— Logan Marshall-Green

#directed #father #going #kid #mother

I shall cheerfully bear the reproach of having descended below the dignity of history if I can succeed in placing before the English of the nineteenth century a true picture of the life of their ancestors. ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

#bear #before #below #century #cheerfully

The people made worse off by slavery were those who were enslaved. Their descendants would have been worse off today if born in Africa instead of America. Put differently, the terrible fate of their ancestors benefitted them. ↗

— Thomas Sowell

#america #ancestors #been #born #descendants

If our future generations were much wilier than us, then it might be them who have led us all this time, to make decisions which fit to their pre-existence, left us live in the world of uncertainty or by faith. ↗

— Toba Beta

#faith #future #uncertainty #faith

Concerned that others were not coming onto the summit and because I had no radio link to those below me, I began to wonder if there were difficulties down the mountain. I made the decision to descend. ↗

— Anatoli Boukreev

#began #below #coming #concerned #decision

I explained I wanted to descend as quickly as possible to camp IV in order to warm myself and gather a supply of hot drink and oxygen in the event I might need to go back up the mountain to assist descending climbers. ↗

— Anatoli Boukreev

#back #back up #camp #climbers #descend

Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life. ↗

— John Updike

#earth #grace #life #rain #sky

Men have to descend from their pedestal and learn how to be more broadminded and spiritual. ↗

— Indra Devi

#descend #how #learn #men #more