#spark

Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark. ↗

— Henri Frederic Amiel

#before #flint #force #forth #give

I usually get myself into situations that cause sparks. I mean I'm a girl that likes the storms. I love feeling alive, I love walking out in the cold in my bare feet and feeling the ice on my toes. ↗

— Tori Amos

#bare #bare feet #cause #cold #feeling

Waiting for the spark from heaven to fall. ↗

— Matthew Arnold

#heaven #spark #waiting

If you have anything really valuable to contribute to the world it will come through the expression of your own personality, that single spark of divinity that sets you off and makes you different from every other living creature. ↗

— Bruce Barton

#come #contribute #creature #different #divinity

I do a lot of curiosity buying; I buy it if I like the album cover, I buy it if I like the name of the band, anything that sparks my imagination. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#album cover #anything #band #buy #buying

I believe a lot of our lives are spent asleep, and what I've been trying to do is hold on to those moments when a little spark cuts through the fog and nudges you. ↗

— Rufus Wainwright

#been #believe #cuts #fog #hold

Why be in music, why write songs, if you can't use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life? I believe a lot of our lives are spent asleep, and what I've been trying to do is hold on to those moments when a little spark cuts through the fog and nudges you. ↗

— Rufus Wainwright

#been #believe #cuts #explore #fog

We shall find peace. We shall hear angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds. ↗

— Anton Chekhov

#diamonds #find #hear #peace #see

I have lost my spark, I'm told, and should seek to rekindle it.  Respecting the messenger, I wonder if this is true.  I feel as if my spark endures, but having opened up to the world so bright, perhaps it no longer shines by comparison.  So, without a word, I slip back into seclusion to nurture my beautiful inner glow. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#inner-glow #richelle #richelle-goodrich #spark #beauty

The postdoc explained to me how to distinguish different sorts of particles on the basis of the amounts of energy they deposited in various sorts of detectors, spark chambers, calorimeters, what have you. ↗

— Eric Allin Cornell

#chambers #deposited #detectors #different #distinguish