“The advantage of pure, and the disadvantage of impure air are experienced each time we breathe, and all who understand the causes of disease know that an impure atmosphere is most unfavourable to the enjoyment of health, and an efficient cause to shorten human existence within the natural life of man. It is therefore most desirable that decisive measures should be devised and generally adopted to ensure to all a pure atmosphere, in which to live during their lives.” KnowsMenShouldHumansCausesNaturalExistenceAirPureDiseaseAdvantageBreatheAtmosphereEnjoymentEfficientDesirableAdoptedDisadvantagesHuman ExistenceNatural Life Author:Robert Owen
“When you go to Washington now, you can feel a sense of fear in the air - the fear to do anything, or say anything, that might affect the polls, or give the other side an advantage, or offend a special interest.” GivingFeelsMightSidesInterestAirSpecialAdvantageSay AnythingPollsSpecial Interests Author:Michael Bloomberg
“High buildings have no genuine advantages, except in speculative gains for banks and land owners. They are not cheaper, they do not help create open space, they destroy the townscape, they destroy social life, they promote crime, they make life difficult for children, they are expensive to maintain, they wreck the open spaces near them, and they damage light and air and view.” ChildrenHelpingLightSocialDifficultSpaceViewsAirLandCrimeBuildingGainsAdvantageGenuineDamageExpensiveOwnersWrecksCheaperSocial LifeOpen Spaces Book:A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction Source: A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction
“Air power is new to all our countries. It brings advantages to some and weakens others; it calls for readjustment everywhere.” CountryAirAdvantageOur CountryAir Power Author:Charles Lindbergh
“It is an advantage to all narrow wisdom and narrow morals that their maxims have a plausible air; and, on a cursory view, appear equal to first principles. They are light and portable. They are as current as copper coin; and about as valuable.” FirstsLightViewsMoralPrinciplesAirEqualAdvantageCurrentsValuableCoinsMaximsPlausibleCopper Book:Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and Speeches Source: Edmund Burke: Selected Writings and Speeches
“Today knowledge is free. It's like air, it's like water... There's no competitive advantage to knowing more than the person next to you. The world doesn't care what you know. What the world cares about is what you can do with what you know.” KnowsWorldPersonsCareTodayNextWaterCan DoKnowingAirAdvantageCompetitive AdvantageKnowing More Author:Tony Wagner
“I had a hole in my voice. It's an area in the voice where it's air. It's just - there's no - it's just very airy. And my classical teachers were just so frustrated with me because I would have these deep, low notes that were really strong, and the higher register was strong, but right in that middle area, it was really hard. It was like a passage. And many singers go through this and work it out. But I realized in jazz, I could just take advantage of that and take advantage of having a voice that was very different in different areas.” DifferentHardStrongVoiceTeacherAirMiddleHigherLowsAdvantageAreasJazzNotesSingersI RealizedHolesWorking ItPassagesFrustratedRegisterAiry Author:Cecile McLorin Salvant
“Cities with clean air gain an economic advantage, because where people want to live and work, businesses want to invest.” PeopleWantCitiesAirEconomicGainsAdvantageCleanClean Air Author:Michael Bloomberg