“My brother had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada Territory--an office of such majesty that it concentrated in itself the duties and dignities of Treasurer, Comptroller, Secretary of State, and Acting Governor in the Governor's absence. A salary of eighteen hundred dollars a year and the title of "Mr. Secretary," gave to the great position an air of wild and imposing grandeur. I was young and ignorant, and I envied my brother.” YearsBookStatesYoungActingAirPositionBrotherDutyOfficeHundredDignityDollarsAbsenceIgnorantTitlesMy BrotherTerritoryGovernorsSecretaryMajestySalaryGrandeurEighteenImposingEnviedNevadaTreasurer Book:10 Books in 1 Source: 10 Books in 1
“Once every hundred years, the Los Angeles smog rolls away for a single night, leaving the air as clean as interstellar space. That way the gods can see if Los Angeles is still there. If it is, they roll the smog back so they won't have to look at it.” IfsWayYearsLooksStillsHomeNightSpaceAirTravelHundredCleanLeavingLos AngelesInterstellarSmog Author:Larry Niven
“The rich, sweet smell of the hayricks rose to his chamber window; the hundred perfumes of the little flower-garden beneath scented the air around; the deep-green meadows shone in the morning dew that glistened on every leaf as it trembled in the gentle air: and the birds sang as if every sparkling drop were a fountain of inspiration to them.” IfsLittlesInspirationNatureMorningRichAirSweetFlowerBirdHundredGardenWindowGreenRoseSmellGentleLeafsFountainPerfumeChamberDewMeadowsSparklingFlower GardenMorning Dew Book:The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club Source: The posthumous papers of the Pickwick Club
“At this very moment,... the most frightful horrors are taking place in every corner of the world. People are being crushed, slashed, disembowelled, mangled; their dead bodies rot and their eyes decay with the rest. Screams of pain and fear go pulsing through the air at the rate of eleven hundred feet per second. After travelling for three seconds they are perfectly inaudible. These are distressing facts; but do we enjoy life any the less because of them? Most certainly we do not.” PeopleWorldMomentsFactsBodyEyePainSufferingThreeEnjoyAirFeetHorrorHundredRateCornersSecondsSympathyScreamApathyDecayEnjoy LifeCrushedElevenDistressingCorners Of The World Author:Aldous Huxley
“You can't stop everything from happening. But we've gotten to a point where we're certainly trying. If a car doesn't have four hundred air bags in it, then it's no good.” IfsTryingFourAirCarHappeningsHundredBags Author:Clint Eastwood
“Actually, if you go back to what Marx said in The Communist Manifesto over a hundred years ago, when in talking about the constant revolutions in technology, he ended that paragraph by saying, "All that is sacred is profaned, all that is solid melts into air, and men and women are forced to face with sober senses our conditions of life and our relations with our kind." We're at that sort of turning point in human history.” IfsMenYearsHumansKindSaidFacesTalkingTechnologyAirConditionsRevolutionHundredMen And WomenYears AgoRelationSacredConstantSensesCommunistSoberHuman HistoryParagraphTurning PointsManifestosCommunist Manifesto Author:Grace Lee Boggs
“We've only had aircrafts for a hundred years, and yet look at us. So, I've become absolutely fascinated by this strange, bizarre world of airports, air travel and transportation. It's interesting.” WorldYearsLooksInterestingAirStrangeHundredFascinatedBizarreAirportsTransportationAircraftAir Travel Author:Dallas Campbell
“Raw, naked truth exchanged between the black man and the white man is what a whole lot more of is needed in this country - to clear the air of the racial mirages, cliches, and lies that this country's very atmosphere has been filled with for four hundred years.” MenYearsHas BeensCountryWholeLyingBlackWhiteClearFourAirNeededHundredFilledNakedAtmosphereWhite ManClicheMirages Author:Alex Haley
“People think its hard to travel to the airports. 9/11 has made our travel difficult, with the security laws and that. As far as comparing what we do to driving 3,000 miles a week, making fifty bucks a night, sometimes one hundred bucks a night, its a lot different. Guaranteed contracts, first class air fare, Hilton hotels in London, Champaign. Waddaya want? What more could you ask for!” PeopleThinkingWantFirstsMadeDifferentSometimesHardLawNightAsksDifficultClassAirWeekSecurityHundredLondonDrivingMilesCompareFiftyHotelContractsAirportsBucksFirst Class Author:Ric Flair
“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