“The trade of chemist (fortified, in my case, by the experience of Auschwitz), teaches you to overcome, indeed to ignore, certain revulsions that are neither necessary or congenital: matter is matter, neither noble nor vile, infinitely transformable, and its proximate origin is of no importance whatsoever. Nitrogen is nitrogen, it passes miraculously from the air into plants, from these into animals, and from animals into us; when its function in our body is exhausted, we eliminate it, but it still remains nitrogen, aseptic, innocent.” StillsMatterBodyCertainAnimalTeachCasesAirOvercomingFunctionImportanceRemainsTradePlantNobleInnocentExhaustedChemistAuschwitzRevulsionNitrogen Book:The periodic table Source: The periodic table
“Failure of success is not race-related; it's not socioeconomics-related; it is really predictable, based on principles that are laid down by God the Creator by which we are supposed to function. If we find them and obey them, success becomes inevitable. That's why I was able to move from rats to 40,000 feet in the air in my own aircraft.” IfsAbleMovingMy OwnRacePrinciplesAirFeetFunctionCreatorInevitableRelatedRatsPredictableAircraft Author:Myles Munroe
“Everything on this planet has something to do with music. Music functions in the realm of sculptured air.” AirPlanetsFunctionRealms Author:Frank Zappa
“If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us.” IfsWellsWaterNaturalAliveAirAmountFunctionSoilPositive EnergyBiodiversity Author:David Suzuki
“The function and Navy in any future war will be to support the dominant air arm.” WarSupportAirMilitaryArmsFunctionDominantNavyMilitary Aviation Author:Jimmy Doolittle
“Clarinets, like lawyers, have cases, mouthpieces, and they need a constant supply of hot air in order to function.” NeedsFunnyOrderMusicCasesAirHumorousFunctionHotConstantLawyerClarinetHot AirMouthpiece Author:Victor Borge
“Throw away your 10-function chronometer, heart-rate monitor with the computer printout, training log, high-tech underwear, pace charts, and laboratory-rat-tested-air-injected-gel-lined-mo-tion-control-top-of-the-line footwear. Run with your own imagination.” HeartRunningImaginationLinesAirComputerTrainingFunctionRatePaceRatsTestedLaboratoryUnderwearFootwearHeart Rate Author:Lorraine Moller