“He who draws... ought to take his position so that the eye of the figure he is drawing is on a level with his own... because, generally, figures or people whom you meet in the streets all have their eyes at the same level as yours, and if you make them higher or lower you will find that your portrait will not resemble them.” PeopleIfsEyeLevelsStreetsFiguresPositionOughtHigherModelsDrawsDrawingPortraits Book:The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci Source: The notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
“When I was a boy in the 1930s, the carbon dioxide level was still below 300 parts per million. This year, it reached 382, the highest figure for hundreds of thousands of years.” YearsStillsLevelsBoysMillionsFiguresHighestGlobal WarmingCarbon1930sCarbon Dioxide Author:David Attenborough
“While we were never able to provide 100 percent certainty regarding the disposition of Iraq's proscribed weaponry, we did ascertain a 90-95 percent level of verified disarmament. This figure takes into account the destruction or dismantling of every major factory associated with prohibited weapons manufacture, all significant items of production equipment, and the majority of the weapons and agent produced by Iraq.” AbleLevelsFiguresMajorsWeaponsPercentDestructionAccountsMajorityIraqProductionsSignificantAgentsCertaintyFactoriesDispositionEquipmentItemsDisarmamentWeaponry Author:Scott Ritter
“"Motherboard," for me, has four different levels: the bottom part is the water, vegetation, and growth. The second part is the world with figures and animals; there's chaos and civilization. The third part is the digital zone - these red things are turning into really loud digital sounds. Then the fourth level is like ether and things turning into air. This idea of how we're becoming partly digitalized is really interesting to me.” WorldIdeasDifferentSoundGrowthWaterAnimalInterestingLevelsFourAirFiguresBecomingCivilizationRedThirdsChaosBottomLoudZoneDigitalFourthReally InterestingDifferent LevelsVegetation Author:Ali Banisadr
“Don't let people scare you from a career that may not net you a six figure salary. If you want to be a teacher, teach. But knowing that your salary may only reach a certain level, do all that you can to become the best money manager you can be.” PeopleIfsWantMayCertainLevelsCareersTeachKnowingTeacherFiguresSixManagersScareSalaryBest Money Author:Michelle Singletary
“I don't write songs that don't affect me on some level, because I figure if I am not moved by it, if its not something that I have a longing to celebrate or to be reminded of, if it doesn't affect me, then how can I possibly think it is going to affect somebody else. My touchstone is write something that matters.” IfsThinkingWritingMatterSongLevelsFiguresMovedLongingCelebrateTouchstones Author:Amy Grant
“Without strength and courage it's really hard to perform at the highest levels of international figure skating, because you're alone on the ice and you only have seven minutes over two nights to prove yourself.” TwoHardNightSportsLevelsMinutesFiguresProveHighestSevenInternationalIceSkatingFigure SkatingProving Yourself Author:Scott Hamilton
“The best calculation is the absence of calculation. Once you have attained a certain level of recognition, others generally figure that when you do something, it's for an intelligent reason. So it's really foolish to plot out your movements too carefully in advance. You're better off acting capriciously.” ReasonCertainLevelsActingFiguresMovementIntelligentAbsenceFoolishRecognitionPlotBetter OffCalculations Author:Pablo Picasso
“Instead of giving the effort the level of attention needed, the Air Force has wasted a year doing very little to end our reliance on Russian rocket engines, if the Air Force is unwilling to do what is necessary to meet the 2019 deadline, they are going to have to figure out how to meet our space launch needs without the RD-180 (Russian engine).” IfsNeedsGivingYearsLittlesEndsForceSpaceLevelsEffortAttentionAirFiguresNeededEnginesRelianceRocketsUnwillingDeadlineAir Force Author:John McCain
“Hours and hours passed, with nothing to do but keep the compass on its course and the plane on a level keel. This sounds easy enough, but its very simplicity becomes a danger when your head keeps nodding with weariness and utter boredom and your eyes everlastingly try to shut out the confusing rows of figures in front of you, which will insist on getting jumbled together.” TryingEnoughEyeTogetherCoursesEasySoundHoursLevelsFrontsFiguresDangerSimplicityPlanesBoredomAviationConfusingCompassWearinessGreat AviationNoddingKeel Book:Sky Roads of the World Source: Sky Roads of the World