#surface

Beauty, like ice, our footing does betray; Who can tread sure on the smooth, slippery way: Pleased with the surface, we glide swiftly on, And see the dangers that we cannot shun. ↗

— John Dryden

#betray #cannot #dangers #does #footing

From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structure is as brittle as its surface is hard. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

#curtain #hard #iron #iron curtain #reminders

No man but feels more of a man in the world if he have a bit of ground that he can call his own. However small it is on the surface, it is four thousand miles deep; and that is a very handsome property. ↗

— Charles Dudley Warner

#call #deep #feels #four #ground

After about 20 years of marriage, I'm finally starting to scratch the surface of what women want. And I think the answer lies somewhere between conversation and chocolate. ↗

— Mel Gibson

#after #answer #between #chocolate #conversation

Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling. ↗

— Andre Gide

#die #falling #fish #rise #surface

Grass is a surface I have always loved, Wimbledon is a tournament I have always loved. ↗

— Steffi Graf

#grass #i #loved #surface #tournament

It must be born in mind that one does not see directly - as is the case in the exploration of the surface of the brain - where the electrodes are attacking. ↗

— Walter Rudolf Hess

#born #brain #case #directly #does

Only around 2% of the earth's surface is cultivatable land. ↗

— Susan George

#earth #land #only #surface

In science there are no 'depths'; there is surface everywhere. ↗

— Rudolf Carnap

#everywhere #science #surface

The removal of an electron from the surface of an atom - that is, the ionization of the atom - means a fundamental structural change in its surface layer. ↗

— Johannes Stark

#change #electron #fundamental #ionization #layer