“Most people forget that even in Iraq, by the time the air and no-fly zone was established, the air defence system had been removed through the first Gulf war. All of them had been neutralised.” PeopleFirstsWarForgetAirIraqZoneDefenceGulf War Author:Kofi Annan
“For a lot of explosions and stuff like that [in Transformers] you're harnessed to something getting swung in the air or dragged onto something or thrown onto something.” StuffAirThrownExplosions Author:Mark Wahlberg
“I love what I call "re-imagining," where I throw everything up in the air and let it fall in a different way. It's not the most efficient way to write a book, but it's how I find the story.” WayWritingBookDifferentStoriesFallAirDifferent WaysEfficientUp In The Air Author:Megan Chance
“My dad had a couple of professions in mind for me. He either wanted me to be a doctor because he said male doctors make a lot of money, or he wanted me to be a soccer player. Myself, I thought that I would really love being a pilot for the Air Force. I really wanted to be a part of the Air Force.” MindSaidWantedForceLove IsPlayerAirCoupleDadDoctorsMalesMy DadProfessionSoccerPilotsLots Of MoneyAir ForceSoccer Player Author:Wilmer Valderrama
“Should a small business or a large business be able to pollute the water or the air or the food? No, I hope you don't believe that.” ShouldBelieveAbleWaterAirDon't BelieveSmall Business Author:Bernie Sanders
“I couldn't make every song about Texas because it wouldn't be new; it wouldn't be a breath of fresh air.” SongAirBreathsTexasFresh Air Author:Chamillionaire
“[Ronald] Reagan bitterly hated unions and wanted them destroyed. This began with the air controllers' strike and went on from there.” WantedAirUnionsStrikesDestroyedHatedControllers Author:Noam Chomsky
“I grew up speaking English and Punjabi. Just living and working in Punjab and smelling the early morning air and sitting down and having paranthas and lassi and all that was marvellous.” MorningAirGrewGrew UpSittingDown AndSitting DownEarly MorningMarvellousPunjabMorning AirPunjabis Author:Kabir Bedi
“We are blessed with a place that is open to the universe and, despite this, supports this very thin envelope of air we call atmosphere, which holds just the right amount of oxygen for us to breathe.” UniverseSupportAirAmountBlessedBreatheDespiteAtmosphereOxygenEnvelopes Author:Sylvia Earle
“Fortunately, we know more about the problems that we have than in all preceding history. We know now the consequences of the things that we put into the air, into the water - of the way we treat life on Earth.” KnowsWayProblemEarthWaterAirConsequenceTreats Author:Sylvia Earle
“This grandson of an Irish immigrant, after whom I was named, Richard Michael Cawley is my grandfather. I was right that - and I always tell kids that, you know, if my small life represents anything is that if you work hard, you study hard, and you never give up on your dreams and listen to people that care about, you can live those dreams. And for me to be up on the platform standing with my right hand in the air in the presence of my family and our new president [Donald Trump], it just tells me this is a great country. My grandfather was right.” PeopleIfsKnowsGivingCountryHardDreamHandsCareKidsPresidentStudyAirHard WorkTrumpGiving UpStandingMy FamilyYour DreamsImmigrantsPlatformsGrandfatherNever Giving UpMy GrandfatherGreat CountryGrandsonNever Give Up On Your DreamsSmall LifeHands In The Air Author:Mike Pence
“You can see that there is an increase in the volume of freight that moves by air. And so, we have got to solve the problem by making sure that that is done properly.” DoneProblemMovingAirIncreaseSolveVolume Author:Thabo Mbeki
“The problems that are arising at Johannesburg International Airport are because of the growth of volume, not because of inefficiencies at the Airport. But, the growth in movement of goods by air means that cargo capacity needs to be improved. And I am quite certain that we will do it.” NeedsMeanProblemCertainGrowthAirMovementCapacityInternationalGoodsVolumeAirportsInefficiencyCargoJohannesburg Author:Thabo Mbeki
“The territorial body has been polluted by roads, elevators, etc. Similarly, our animal body starts being polluted. Ecology no longer deals with water, flora, wildlife and air only. It deals with the body itself as well. It is comparable with an invasion: technology is invading our body because of miniaturisation.” WellsHas BeensBodyWaterAnimalDealsTechnologyAirEtcEcologyInvasionWildlifeElevatorsInvadingTerritorialFlora Author:Paul Virilio
“France and Germany were opposed to a maritime blockade of the Adriatic Sea without a mandate from the United Nations (UN). So, what we witnessed in Kosovo was an extraordinary war, a war waged solely with bombs from the air.” WarNationsUnitedAirSeaExtraordinaryFranceGermanyBombsUnited NationsMandatesKosovoMaritimeBlockades Author:Paul Virilio
“What happened in Kosovo was the exact reversal of what happened in 'Fortress Europe' in 1943-45. Let me explain. Air Marshall 'Bomber' Harris used to say that 'Fortress Europe' was a fortress without a roof, since the Allies had air supremacy. Now, if we look at the Kosovo War, what do we see? We see a fortress without walls but with a roof! Isn't that disappearance extraordinary?!” IfsLooksWarUsedHappenedAirWallEuropeLet MeExtraordinaryAlliesRoofSupremacyDisappearanceFortressesBombersReversalKosovo Author:Paul Virilio
“Despite the economic disaster that is Russia, there are still air shows taking place in the country.” StillsCountryShowsAirEconomicDisasterRussiaDespite Author:Paul Virilio
“The first time I saw Mikhail Baryshnikov it was like he had an anti-gravity machine in his pants. He would jump and stay in the air for 10 minutes.” FirstsSawsAirMinutesFirst TimeMachinesPantsGravity Author:Gary Busey
“When I was in New York working for [Frederick] Kiesler, at night I listened to Jean Shephard who lasted from 1957 until 1976 and then went off the air. But also I was listening to Long John Nebel. Now, Long John was what Art Bell and George Noory do now.” LongArtNightAirNew YorkListeningArt IsBells Author:Paul Laffoley
“Long John I think went off the air in about '79 or something, so there was a hiatus. That's why I think Art Bell thought there was a spot to be filled. He was doing exactly the same thing.” ThinkingLongArtAirArt IsFilledSpotsBellsHiatus Author:Paul Laffoley
“I remember I used to go to The Laugh Factory and just goof off onstage, and then I'd see Dane Cook. He did a bit about his Mom making the bed in the summertime when he was a kid. He just said "Vroom!" and threw the sheet up in the air and the sheet would just stay over the bed for like a minute and a half. All he had were his arms out, but I could see the sheet. And he didn't do anything. He just kept it there. And I went, "I have to write more."” WritingSaidKidsRememberUsedBitsHalfLaughingAirMinutesArmsMomBedCooksFactoriesSheetsSummertimeUp In The AirGoofs Author:Jay Mohr
“Being a Dodgers fan led to my first Air Force court-martial, but that's another story.” FirstsStoriesForceAirFansCourtAir ForceDodgers Author:George Carlin
“I think it's fine that there are five million people who are watching [politics on TV], and obviously I'm happy they are since they're on the air, and there are a couple hundred thousand people reading The Weekly Standard online, and that's great too, but most Americans aren't engaged that intensely, and are much less partisan.” PeopleThinkingReadingMillionsFiveAirTvsFineCoupleThousandStandardsHundredEngagedOnlinePartisans Author:William Kristol
“I think as we interpret him and frankly as the world learns to interpret Donald Trump, are these just words that are enigmatic things floating on air or are they actually shifts in policy and will they change moment by moment, day by day without any underlying connection to the actual stuff of governance? I don't know.” ThinkingKnowsWorldMomentsStuffAirPolicyTrumpConnectionsFloatingGovernanceEnigmatic Author:David Brooks
“Creativity is a gift, but if you don't know how to use it you might not even know it's there. There's a lot of creativity in the air, but it's meaningless if you're not open to receiving it.” IfsKnowsUseMightCreativityKnow HowAirMeaninglessReceiving Author:Julie Taymor
“When we were kids, you picked up a little paper and put it on a stick; and when you waved it back and forth, you understood the power of air underneath the wings. In that way, a child begins to understand abstraction, poetry, metaphor, symbolism. You play with the materials you have and use your imagination to make them into something else. That what's so sad about having everything on a little screen - it's not physical and dimensional, and that seems backward.” WayChildrenLittlesPlayUseSeemsKidsImaginationAirMaterialsPaperUnderstoodWingsSticksMetaphorScreensAbstractionBack And ForthSymbolismSo Sad Author:Julie Taymor
“It's not as "cheap" as it's put out to be. One predator drone in one day of activity supposedly needs 168 people... to carry out the day's operations... They crash a lot. So when you calculate their costs, consider that the Air Force has said about a third of their drones have crashed.” PeopleNeedsSaidForceAirOne DayCostActivityThirdsOperationsCrashPredatorAir ForceDrones Author:Medea Benjamin
“Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.” InspirationalChildrenMotivationalScienceDeathPeaceCommonAirDyingPlanetsFutureDiversityOur ChildrenBreatheMortalsCherishLinksOur FutureBrotherhoodMy FutureMissilesUnity In DiversityCommon InterestsInspirational DiversityProfiles In CourageCuban Missile CrisisFuture Development Author:John F. Kennedy
“Forget about speech problems just saying the words "brain surgery" sucks the air out of a room.” ProblemForgetRoomsBrainAirSpeechSurgeryJust SayingBrain Surgery Author:Suzy Becker
“My mother and I definitely got to a point where we had to have a real conversation and talk woman to woman, or daughter to mother, friend to friend - just off the record, clear the air and communicate. I didn't want to drive my mama crazy, but at the same time, I had to do, I had to learn, I had to grow and she understood that. She knows me better than anyone else on the planet so I tried to think about that.” ThinkingKnowsWantRealMotherGrowsClearRecordsAirCrazyPlanetsConversationDaughterUnderstoodCommunicateKnow MeMamaMother DaughterReal ConversationWoman To Woman Author:Queen Latifah
“My interest in culture generally is a comparative one, and I think that's where the word joy, I think, can be applicable. There's joy in actually seeing the relatedness, the connectedness of different cultures or recognising, for instance, your own culture in another or another culture in your own culture and feeling an air to all of them.” ThinkingDifferentFeelingsJoyCultureInterestSeeingAirInstanceConnectednessDifferent Cultures Author:Wole Soyinka
“There was once a great actor named George C. Scott. He was on stage in the Delacourt Theater in Central Park, where they do Shakespeare every summer, and he was playing Shylock in The Merchant of Venice. At one point he took the robes he was wearing and just started flipping them up in the air, out of nowhere. And later, an actor said to him, "What was that, George, what were you doing?" And he said, "They were sleeping." You're always trying to catch them.” TryingSaidActorsSleepAirStageSummerTheaterParksAlways TryingVeniceMerchantsRobesGreat ActorsMerchant Of VeniceUp In The AirCentral ParkShylock Author:Al Pacino
“There's a point in me where it's beyond sad, seeing the state of the world today. It's so screwed up. It's terrible, and it will be getting worse and worse. More concrete everywhere, more pollution, more radioactivity. There's no wilderness left, no pure air. They're chopping the forests down. They're polluting all the oceans.” WorldStatesTodayLeftSeeingAirTerriblePureOceanForestsWildernessConcretePollutionWorld TodayScrewed UpChopping Author:George Harrison
“When you get to the rarefied air that people like Montana and Steve Young and other NFL quarterbacks are breathing, you can't believe the competitive, the cutthroat competitive nature of things.” PeopleBelieveYoungAirBreathingNflQuarterbackMontanaSteve Young Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I frankly don't think there's anybody else in media that understands Trump any better than I do. And I say that with no braggadocio. I say that with no airs of anything. I just factually believe it to be the case.” ThinkingBelieveCasesAirMediaTrump Author:Rush Limbaugh
“In my safe corporate job, I might have made one decision of real significance a year. As an entrepreneur, it feels like I'm making a decision every minute - I have lots of balls in the air, and so yes, sometimes I drop one or two. And for the most part, the balls are made of rubber and they bounce. So instead of carrying one ball very carefully, being worried that I might not be holding it at exactly the right angle, I am juggling hundreds, and I have to remind myself to appreciate all the balls I keep up in the air for every one that gets dropped.” FeelsYearsMadeTwoRealSometimesMightJobsDecisionAirMinutesSafeAppreciateBallsEntrepreneurWorriedCorporateSignificanceAngleBounceRubberJugglingUp In The Air Author:Jane Park
“I heard Nixon speak. He was talking about free enterprise, getting the government off your back, lowering the taxes and strengthening the military. Listening to Nixon speak sounded more like a breath of fresh air. I said to my friend, I said, "What party is he?" My friend said, "He's a Republican." I said, "Then I am a Republican."” SaidGovernmentSpeakPartyTalkingHeardAirMilitaryListeningRepublicanTaxesMy FriendsBreathsEnterpriseStrengtheningFresh AirFree Enterprise Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Historically, very few discoveries were made out of thin air. Most of the greatest insights depended upon the intellectual ecology in which the scientists lived. A certain critical mass of "new findings" occurred, and bright people all over the world found out about it, and several read the tea leaves the same way.” PeopleWorldWayMadeCertainFoundAirFindingsMassIntellectualDiscoveryScientistInsightCriticalTeaEcologyThin AirCritical MassTea Leaves Author:John Medina
“Americans have been good at improvising for a long time, but in the last few decades, we have gotten very sloppy about the rote memorization of facts. That's a discipline issue. You need the rote skill in order to have something to improvise off of, otherwise you are simply playing air guitar.” NeedsLongHas BeensFactsLastsOrderIssuesAirDisciplineSkillsLong TimeGuitarDecadesSloppyImprovisingMemorizationAir Guitar Author:John Medina
“Of course the issue of ending war, and creating prosperity; they're overarching issues all the time. But right now, the challenge to this generation I believe is the climate crisis. It's a national security issue, it's a health issue in terms of clean air, it's a competitiveness issue in terms of innovation and it's a moral issue to preserve the planet for the next generation.” BelieveWarCoursesNextI BelieveTermChallengesMoralIssuesGenerationsAirSecurityPlanetsRight NowCreatingInnovationCrisisCleanClimateProsperityPreservesNational SecurityNext GenerationThis GenerationCompetitivenessMoral IssuesHealth IssuesClean Air Author:Nancy Pelosi
“The times that we are in, it's something that you can only feel in the air. You don't even have to talk about it. You don't need the news or the Internet to watch it. You can walk outside and just feel it.” NeedsFeelsWalksWatchesAirInternetNews Author:Kendrick Lamar
“I'm always concerned about marketing or commercial philosophies. I can't feel good about having my name on a bottle of perfume that comes from a factory making perfume with all the same ingredients as every other perfume. I can't feel good about a factory overseas polluting the air for something with my name on it. I'm okay with music - because it's digital or a CD. My music is my emotion in a bottle. But how is a perfume supposed to reflect me? How is a sweatshirt supposed to represent me?” FeelsI CanPhilosophyNamesEmotionAirMusic IsConcernedOkayMarketingFeel GoodDigitalIngredientsBottlesFactoriesPerfumeCdsSweatshirts Author:Nelly Furtado
“The episode of The Fresh Prince in Bel-Air when Will Smith's father disses him. That's sadder than when Mufasa died.” FatherAirDiedEpisodesFresh Prince Author:Berhan Ahmed
“In America there are people advocating for trans rights and people like Vice President Pence, who is vehemently opposed. In Pakistan, too, you have all kinds of folks - from flamboyant gay fashion designers and female Air Force pilots to the Taliban. A cross-dressed man used to be the top TV talk show host. It was actually quite radical. So the diversity of these societies is often lost on people.” PeopleMenKindShowsAmericaUsedLostForcePresidentRightsAirFashionTvsGayDiversityFemaleCrossesFolksVicesAll KindsUsed To BeRadicalDesignerHostPilotsPakistanTransTalibanVice PresidentAdvocatingFashion DesignerAir ForceTalk ShowsFlamboyant Author:Mohsin Hamid
“There are lots of grounds for hope in Israeli society. We are seeing Israelis getting fed up with war, looking for solutions. The youngest soldiers are refusing to serve in the Occupied Territories. Some are volunteering for army combat units but are refusing to serve in the Occupied Territories. We have the elite of the Israeli army, the air force pilots, some of them refusing orders which they consider illegal.” WarOrderForceSeeingAirSolutionsArmySoldierIllegalFedsTerritoryCombatPilotsElitesUnitsVolunteerIsraeliAir ForceFed UpIsraeli Army Author:Uri Avnery
“Without regard to whether some place is wealthy or poor, everybody should have the chance at clean air and clean water.” ShouldWaterChancePoorAirShould HaveRegardCleanWealthyClean WaterClean Air Author:Barack Obama
“The old idea that some genius pulls all of this stuff out of the air is ridiculous. As Ridley pointed out, the only way Edison could invent the lightbulb is because all the elements had been developed before. That's obvious it wasn't just his genius - 20 others developed it at the same time. And that's true for almost every invention and discovery.” WayIdeasStuffAirGeniusElementsDiscoveryObviousRidiculousInventionOld Ideas Author:Charles Koch
“The script is a starting point, not a fixed highway. I must look through the camera to see if what I've written on the page is right or not. In the script, you describe imagined scenes, but it's all suspended in mid-air. Often, an actor viewed against a wall or a landscape, or seen through a window, is much more eloquent than the lines you've given him. So then you take out the lines. This happens often to me and I end up saying what I want with a movement or a gesture.” IfsWantLooksEndsHappensActorsGivenLinesWrittenAirMovementWallScenePagesWindowCamerasStartingScriptsLandscapeFixedGesturesHighwaysEloquentStarting PointSuspended Author:Michelangelo Antonioni
“We have long had emigration in Ireland. But the nature of emigration has changed. With ferries to Britain and the continent, as well as air travel, emigration isn't the cutoff it used to be. In addition, some of our young people are being educated to levels beyond our present capacity to provide the jobs they are qualified to do. So they go abroad. Many want to come back, especially when they have children they would want to be raised in the Irish society and in the Irish educational system.” PeopleWantWellsChildrenLongJobsYoungUsedLevelsCuttingAirChangedCapacityRaisedEducationalEducatedUsed To BeBritainIrelandContinentsQualifiedEducational SystemAir TravelFerryEmigration Author:Mary Robinson