“From the gardener's point of view, November can be the worst month to be faced: Nature is winding things down, the air is cold, skies are gray, but usually the final mark of punctuation to the year as yet to arrive - the snow; snow that covers all in the garden and marks a mind-set for the end of a year's activity. There is little to do outside except to wait for longer days in the new year and the joys of coming holidays.” YearsMindLittlesEndsJoyWaitingViewsAirSkyWorstMonthsColdActivityGardenMarkFinalsPoint Of ViewSnowHolidayGrayNew YearGardenerNovemberMind SetPunctuationLonger Days Author:H. Peter Loewer
“We've proven to be quite flexible and adept in the way that we've changed what was the original pattern of air activities into something that's now very focused on the battlefield.” WayAirChangedActivityOriginalsPatternsFocusedProvenFlexibilityFlexibleBattlefieldsAdept Author:Wesley Clark
“When you think of painting as painting it is rather absurd. The real world is before us - glorious sunlight and activity and fresh air, and high speed motor cars and television, all the animation - a world apart from a little square of canvas that you smear paint on.” ThinkingWorldLittlesRealAirCarTelevisionPaintingActivityPaintSpeedAbsurdGloriousReal WorldSquaresSunlightCanvasAnimationMotorFresh AirHigh SpeedWorlds ApartMotor Cars Author:Wayne Thiebaud
“In my photographic work I'm generally attracted to places that contain memories, history, atmospheres and stories. I'm interested in the places where people have lived, worked and played. I look for traces of the past, visual fingerprints, evidence of activities - they fire my imagination and connect into my own personal experiences. Using the analogy of the theater, I would say that I like to photograph the empty stage, before or after the performance, even in between acts. I love the atmosphere of anticipation, the feeling in the air that events have happened, or will happen soon.” PeopleLooksStoriesFeelingsHappensPastImaginationMemoriesMy OwnFireHappenedAirStageEventsActivityEvidenceEmptyPerformancesTheaterPhotographerPhotographAtmosphereVisualsAnticipationMy ImaginationAnalogiesPersonal ExperiencesFingerprintsEmpty Stage Author:Michael Kenna
“Weekdays, New York City's financial district bustles with activity. Its streets are rivers of rushing humanity, its air is thick with the sounds of traffic.” HumanitySoundCitiesAirStreetsNew YorkActivityRiversFinancialNew York CityThickTrafficRushingBustleWeekdays Author:Jennifer Dunning
“perhaps these men in the House Caucus Room [Committee on Un-American Activities] are determined to spread silence: to frighten those voices which will shout no, and ask questions, defend the few, attack cruelty and proclaim the rights and dignity of man. ... America is going to look very strange to Americans and they will not be at home here, for the air will slowly become unbreathable to all forms of life except sheep.” MenLooksHomeAmericaFormAsksHouseVoiceRoomsSilenceRightsAirStrangeActivityDignitySpreadDeterminedCrueltyCensorshipSheepCommitteesCaucus Author:Martha Gellhorn
“Why do you beat the air and run in vain? Every occupation has a purpose, obviously. Tell me then, what is the purpose of all the activity of the world? Answer, I challenge you! It is vanity of vanity: all is vanity.” WorldRunningChristianPurposeChallengesAnswersAirActivityBeatsVanityVainOrthodoxOccupation Author:Saint John Chrysostom
“The activities and effects of the Fire and Air elements in the astral sphere call forth the astral-electric fluid, and the activities and effects of the Water and Earth elements call forth the astral-magnetic fluid. The spirit-beings use these fluids to create the effects or rather the causes in our physical world. The Akasha Principle of the astral sphere maintains the harmonious equilibrium of the elements in the entire astral sphere.” WorldUseEarthSpiritCausesWaterPrinciplesFireMagicAirEffectsActivityElementsMysticismSpheresElectricFluidHarmoniousEquilibriumMagnetic Author:Franz Bardon
“For me, when I am on the wire, I do not have a problem of eliminating or blocking fear. I do not really feel fear, although it is a fearful activity to walk in thin air, as I do without any safety device, but I am not fearful.” FeelsProblemWalksAirActivitySafetyBlockDevicesFearfulWireEliminatingThin Air Author:Philippe Petit
“The reason I invest in technology is it's the only work humans do that actually is creative. All other types of economic activity are just moving money from one pool to another, whereas technology is what allows us to create value out of thin air.” HumansReasonMovingValuesTechnologyCreativeAirEconomicTypeActivityPoolThin Air Author:D.A. Wallach
“If we clear the air of the fog of catchwords which surround the conduct of war, and grasp that in the human will lies the source and mainspring of all conflict, as of all other activities of man's life, it becomes clear that our object in war can only be attained by the subjugation of the opposing will. All acts, such as defeat in the field, propaganda, blockade, diplomacy, or attack on the centres of government and population, are seen to be but means to that end.” IfsMenHumansMeanWarEndsGovernmentLyingClearAirFieldsObjectsSourceActivityConflictDefeatPopulationPropagandaSurroundCentreFogDiplomacyOpposingSubjugationHuman WillBlockades Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“Buddha activity doesn't mean radiating light and elevating yourself up a thousand feet in the air. That's not the point. The point is, as Zen is always saying - and Tibetans understand this also very well - every activity becomes perfect Buddha activity.” WellsMeanLightPerfectAirFeetThousandActivityTibetanElevating Author:Tenzin Palmo
“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