“Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the English that of the sea, to the Germans that of--the air!” GivenAirSeaLandEnglandPossessionEmpiresProvidence Book:Critical and Miscellaneous Essays ... Source: Critical and Miscellaneous Essays ...
“The English, a spirited nation, claim the empire of the sea; the French, a calmer nation, claim that of the air.” NationsAirSeaClaimsPossessionEmpiresSpiritedCalmer Author:Louis XVIII of France
“The Roman Empire controlled the world because it could build roads . . . the British Empire was dominant because it had ships. In the air age we were powerful because we had airplaines. Now the Communists have established a foothold in outer space.” WorldAgeSpacePowerfulAirFutureBritishShipsEmpiresControlledCommunistDominantPredictionsRoman EmpireOuter SpaceBritish Empire Author:Lyndon B. Johnson
“I perceived that I was on a little round grain of rock and metal, filmed with water and with air, whirling in sunlight and darkness. And on the skin of that little grain all the swarms of men, generation by generation, had lived in labour and blindness, with intermittent joy and intermittent lucidity of spirit. And all their history, with its folk-wanderings, its empires, its philosophies, its proud sciences, its social revolutions, its increasing hunger for community, was but a flicker in one day of the lives of the stars.” MenLittlesPhilosophyJoySpiritSocialStarsWaterCommunityDarknessGenerationsAirRocksRevolutionProudOne DaySkinsRoundsHungerFolksWanderEmpiresLabourMetalsGrainSunlightBlindnessLight And DarknessLight And DarkFlickerSwarmsLuciditySocial RevolutionOlafIntermittent Book:To the End of Time Source: To the End of Time
“It was luxuries like air conditioning that brought down the Roman Empire. With air conditioning their windows were shut, they couldn't hear the barbarians coming.” AirWindowLuxuryEmpiresConditioningBarbariansRoman EmpireAir ConditioningRoman Civilization Author:Garrison Keillor