“The spectral density of black body radiation ... represents something absolute, and since the search for the absolutes has always appeared to me to be the highest form of research, I applied myself vigorously to its solution.” BodyFormScienceBlackHighestSolutionsResearchAbsolutesRadiationBiographiesDensity Author:Max Planck
“The black middle-class in America is a prosperous community that is now larger in absolute terms than the black underclass. Does its existence not suggest that economic adversity is the result of failures of individual character rather than the lingering after-effects of racial discrimination and a slave system that ceased to exist well over a century ago?” WellsDoeCharacterAmericaIndividualBlackTermCommunityResultsExistenceClassEconomicMiddleEffectsCenturyAbsolutesAdversitySlaveDiscriminationMiddle ClassProsperousLingeringRacial Discrimination Author:David Horowitz
“I instinctively dress a bit tougher because I've spent a lot of time in the U.S. and I realised there was a certain image projected of me here. I've always been an absolute rebel. When I was in my teen years I had piercings and wore all black.” YearsCertainBitsBlackAbsolutesDressesRebelRealisedPiercingsAll Black Author:Ellie Goulding
“In a culture defined by shades of gray, I think the absolute black and white choices in dark young adult novels are incredibly satisfying for readers.” ThinkingYoungChoicesCultureBlackDarkWhiteNovelReaderAdultsAbsolutesYoung AdultDefinedGrayShadeSatisfyingBlack And WhiteShades Of Gray Author:Maggie Stiefvater
“For watching sports, I tend to drink Guinness; early evenings always begin well with a Grey Goose and tonic with plenty of lime; and on a cold winters night, theres nothing quite like a glass of Black Maple Hill... an absolute peach of a bourbon.” WellsNightSportsBlackColdDrinkAbsolutesWinterGlassesEveningPlentyHillsGreyGeesePeachesMapleBourbonLimesWinter ColdGuinnessWinter NightWatching Sports Author:Martin Bashir
“Adolescents' immature thinking makes it difficult for them to process the divorce. They tend to see things in black-and-white terms and have trouble putting events into perspective. They are absolute in their judgments and expect perfection in parents. They are likely to be self-conscious about their parent's failures and critical of their every move. They have the expectations that parents will keep them safe and happy and are shocked by the broken covenant. Adolescents are unforgiving.” ThinkingSelfMovingProcessParentDifficultBlackTermWhiteTroubleEventsBrokenPerspectiveSafeJudgmentExpectationsConsciousPerfectionAbsolutesDivorceCriticalBlack And WhiteShockedSelf ConsciousCovenantImmatureUnforgiving Book:Reviving Ophelia Source: Reviving Ophelia
“My own sense of the world is that very little is absolute or black and white or easily understood. I suppose in all my writing I'm trying to cast the reader into this spiritually ambivalent dream world, which hopefully mirrors more honestly the complex reality we find ourselves in.” WorldWritingTryingLittlesDreamRealityBlackMy OwnWhiteReaderUnderstoodAbsolutesMirrorsComplexesCastsHonestlyHopefullyBlack And WhiteDream WorldAmbivalent Author:Andre Dubus