“In an atmosphere of uniform density the most distant things seen through it, such as the mountains, in consequence of the great quantity of atmosphere which is between your eye and them, will appear blue. Therefore you should make the building... wall which is more distant less defined and bluer... five times as far away, make five times as blue.” ShouldEyeFiveBuildingWallMountainConsequenceBlueDefinedAtmosphereQuantityFar AwayUniformsDensityBuilding Walls Author:Leonardo da Vinci
“Well, painting today certainly seems very vibrant, very alive, very exiting. Five or six of my contemporaries around New York are doing very vital work, and the direction that painting seems to be taken here - is - away from the easel - into some sort, some kind of wall, wall painting.” WellsKindSeemsTodayTakenFiveAliveNew YorkPaintingWallSix Author:Jackson Pollock
“The first cup caresses my dry lips and throat, The second shatters the walls of my loneliness, The third explores the dry rivulets of my soul Searching for legends of five thousand scrolls. With the fourth the pain of past injustice vanishes through my pores. The fifth purifies my flesh and bone. With the sixth I commune with the immortals. The seventh conveys such pleasure I am overcome. The fresh wind blows through my wings As I make my way to Penglai.” WayFirstsSoulPainPastPleasureFiveLonelinessWindWallThousandThirdsOvercomingWingsInjusticeLipsBlowBonesFleshMy SoulCupsMy WayTeaDryThroatLegendsFourthFifthSoul SearchingCaressCommunesDry Lips Author:Lu Tong
“Bricks will be most serviceable if made two years before using; for they cannot dry thoroughly in less time. When fresh undried bricks are used in a wall, the stucco covering stiffens and hardens into a permanent mass, but the bricks settle and the motion caused by their shrinking prevents them from adhering to it, and they are separated from their union with it. At Utica in constructing walls they use brick only if it is dry and made five years previously, and approved as such by the authority of a magistrate.” IfsYearsMadeTwoUseUsedFiveWallAuthorityMassUnionsPermanentSettlingDryFive YearsTwo YearsBricksCoveringApprovedShrinkingMagistrates Author:Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
“To prove that Wall Street is an early omen of movements still to come in GNP, commentators quote economic studies alleging that market downturns predicted four out of the last five recessions. That is an understatement. Wall Street indexes predicted nine out of the last five recessions! And its mistakes were beauties.” StillsLastsMistakeStudyFiveFourEconomicStreetsMovementWallProveNineRecessionsCommentatorsOmenUnderstatementDownturn Author:Paul Samuelson
“Who and of what import were the men whose bones bulk the Great Wall, the thirty million Mao starved, or the thirty million children not yet five who die each year now? Why, they are the insignificant others, of course; living or dead, they are just some of the plentiful others...And you? To what end were we billions of oddballs born?” MenYearsChildrenEndsDiesCoursesBornMillionsFiveHe ManWallBonesBillionsThirtyInsignificantImportsMaoPlentifulOddballsGreat Wall Book:For the Time Being Source: For the Time Being
“Like everyone is either, "I grew up with it," or "I loved it," or loved them now. And when you watch The Muppet Movie now, it is so current. It's like The Simpsons before The Simpsons. It's not as cynical as The Simpsons would be but it's self-aware and there are a billion jokes, it breaks the fourth wall every five minutes, it's astounding, it's awesome. It's very exciting to be a part of that.” SelfWould BeWatchesBreakFiveMinutesWallGrewGrew UpJokesExcitingCurrentsBillionsCynicalFourthFive MinutesMuppet Author:Nicholas Stoller
“The day I'm in England performing, English security let a man in a Batman suit climb Buckingham Palace. I felt so much safer... Batman was on the wall of Buckingham Palace for five hours. Wouldn't happen in America - three minutes: dead Batman.” MenHappensAmericaThreeFeltHoursFiveMinutesSecurityWallEnglandSuitsPerformingClimbsPalacesBuckingham Palace Author:Christopher Titus
“Democrats are firm believers in the welfare state for their own constituents, whether that's a crack addict mother of five or a Wall Street banker.” StatesMotherFiveStreetsWallDemocratBelieverFirmWelfareCracksAddictBankersConstituentsWelfare State Author:Ann Coulter