“Particle physics suffers more from being infected by the socio-political mood of the day than from lack of spectacular opportunities for major and profound discoveries.” PoliticalSufferingOpportunityMajorsDiscoveryProfoundPhysicsMoodParticlesSpectacularParticle Physics Author:Leon M. Lederman
“The way that words mutate reminds me of fashions in music. The word--the note--is a constant. But the setting and chord in which it occurs alters with the mood of a nation from major to minor, from the assertive to the mournful and foreboding.” WayNationsFashionMajorsConstantNotesMoodSettingSettingsMinorsChordsAssertiveForeboding Book:Games with Shadows Source: Games with Shadows
“Indeed the worthy housewife was of such a capricious nature, that she not only attained a higher pitch of genius than Macbeth, in respect of her ability to be wise, amazed, temperate and furious, loyal and neutral in an instant, but would sometimes ring the changes backwards and forwards on all possible moods and flights in one short quarter of an hour; performing, as it were, a kind of triple bob major on the peal of instruments in the female belfry, with a skilfulness and rapidity of execution that astonished all who heard her.” KindSometimesCharacterHoursAbilityInterestingWiseHeardGeniusHigherMajorsFemaleInstrumentsWorthyRingsMoodFlightPerformingInstantQuartersLoyalBobExecutionAmazedBackwardsBeing WiseHousewifeFuriousInteresting CharactersCapricious Author:Charles Dickens
“Setting can be something that is a major player in a scene, something that makes the mood leap from the page. But if an author doesn't handle it right, it falls flat or seems overdone. It is a challenge getting it "just right".” IfsSeemsFallChallengesPlayerSceneMajorsPagesMoodHandleSettingSettingsFlatsLeap Author:Kim Smith
“All films created by Walt Disney at the time of his major outpouring of work were carefully crafted to fit scenes, characters, moods and situations. If these elements changed in any way, songs - no matter how good they were - were discarded. Others were written for the new scenes. Many times, character songs were dropped because characters were dropped...sequences were dropped etc.” IfsWayMatterCharacterFilmSongSituationWrittenChangedFitSceneElementsMajorsMoodEtcSequenceDiscardedWalt Author:Richard Sherman
“I don't think I'd call [mood] a major force, but it is important as far as hitting the right notes or nuances with a character or scene.” ThinkingImportantCharacterForceSceneMajorsNotesMoodHittingNuance Author:Donald Ray Pollock