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“I'm an appalling flyer. I get very tense, although I no longer weep uncontrollably for no reason - I just sob if there's turbulence.”

Ifs Reason No Reason Tense Turbulence Flyers

Author:Samantha Bond

“The road toward equality of freedom is not easy, and great cost and danger march alongside us. We are committed to peaceful and nonviolent change, and that is important for all to understand - though all change is unsettling. Still, even in the turbulence of protest and struggle is greater hope for the future, as men learn to claim and achieve for themselves the rights formerly petitioned from others.”

Men Stills Important Easy Struggle Greater Rights Achieve Danger Cost Claims Committed Peaceful Protest March Hope For The Future Turbulence

Book:RFK: collected speeches

Source: RFK: collected speeches

“In economics, when you put together a highly elastic thing and a highly inelastic thing, you create extraordinary potential for turbulence, volatility, and for unstable prices.”

Together Economics Extraordinary Unstable Turbulence Volatility

Author:Adair Turner, Baron Turner of Ecchinswell

“Hence it is that such democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths. Theoretic politicians, who have patronized this species of government, have erroneously supposed that by reducing mankind to a perfect equality in their political rights, they would, at the same time, be perfectly equalized and assimilated in their possessions, their opinions, and their passions.”

Source: The Fœderalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favor of the New Constitution, as Agreed Upon by the Fœderal Convention, September 17, 1787. Reprinted from the Original Text. With an Historical Introduction and Notes

“In times of turbulence and rapid change, you must constantly be re-evaluating yourself relative to the new realities.”

Reality Relative Rapids Turbulence Rapid Change

Author:Brian Tracy

“As pride sometimes is hid under humility, idleness if often covered by turbulence and hurry.”

Ifs Sometimes Humility Pride Covered Idleness Turbulence

Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes

Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes

“My concept is, until you absolutely know the plane is crashing, there's no reason to be afraid. All the turbulence in the world does not mean the plane is crashing. Once it's confirmed, then you can be afraid.”

Knows World Mean Doe Reason Concepts Planes No Reason Turbulence

Author:Nile Rodgers

“Turbulence is the most important unsolved problem of classical physics.”

Important Problem Physics Turbulence Unsolved Problems

Author:Richard P. Feynman

“Turbulence.” This is what pilots announce that you have encountered when your plane strikes an object in midair. You'll be flying along, and there will be an enormous, shuddering WHUMP, and clearly the plane has rammed into an airborne object at least the size of a water buffalo, and the pilot will say, “Folks, we're encountering a little turbulence.” Meanwhile they are up there in the cockpit trying desperately to clean water-buffalo organs off the windshield.”

Trying Littles Water Objects Clean Folks Size Strikes Flying Enormous Planes Pilots Organs Buffalo Clean Water Turbulence Airborne Shuddering Cockpit Water Buffalo

Author:Dave Barry

“From my point of view, the American financial system - including banks and investment banks - is far safer because of capital and liquidity requirements. Despite all the turbulence so far this year, I don't think anyone's questioning our system. And that, obviously, is a good thing.”

Thinking Years Views Good Things Investment Including Financial Point Of View Despite Questioning Requirements Turbulence Financial System Liquidity

Author:Jamie Dimon

“My worst flight was flying between Macau and Osaka in 2007. The turbulence was so bad that the cabin crew were assuming their crash positions. I had more than a bit of a sweat on.”

Bits Worst Position Assuming Flying Flight Sweat Crash Crew Cabins Turbulence Osaka Macau

Author:Greg Rutherford

“Chanting Hare Krishna is a type of meditation that can be practiced even if the mind is in turbulence. You can even be doing it and other things at the same time. That's what's so nice. In my life there's been many times the mantra brought things around. It keeps me in tune with reality, and the more you sit in one place and chant, the more incense you offer to Krishna in the same room, the more you purify the vibration, the more you can achieve what you're trying to do, which is just trying to remember God, God, God, God, God, as often as possible.”

Ifs Trying Mind Reality Remember Rooms Nice Meditation Achieve Type Offers Tunes Vibrations Krishna Mantras Hares Chanting Incense Turbulence Hare Krishna

Author:George Harrison

“Men are losing power in their daily lives, but manliness is still iconic of power. This creates incredible turbulence around masculinity and incredible confusion around gender norms that's only going to accelerate.”

Men Stills Losing Incredibles Gender Confusion Daily Life Masculinity Norm Iconic Accelerate Manliness Turbulence Losing Power

Author:Stephen Marche

“Turbulence is a condition that we all experience during a flight when the plane is bouncing around by competing air currents. By analogy, the economy may bounce around a lot because of competing currents of public moods and investments. One week everyone might be optimistic and then suddenly something happens to turn everyone into pessimists. Investment dries up and investors become risk averse. A sudden piece of good news then turns around the public mood.”

“Once energy problems gain traction, there will be a large new class of economic losers, and consequently a lot of social turbulence.”

Problem Energy Social Class Economic Gains Loser Turbulence Traction New Class

Author:James Howard Kunstler

“When the economic orthodoxy can no longer deliver, political turbulence follows. That doesn't mean the left will win, but it means there is an opportunity to be seized.”

Mean Political Opportunity Winning Left Economic Orthodoxy Turbulence

Author:Alex Nunns

“This landing is gonna get pretty interesting. Define "interesting". "Oh God, oh God, we're all going to die"? [on speakerphone]: This is the captain: we have a little problem with our entry sequence so we may experience some slight turbulence, then explode.”

May Littles Problem Dies Interesting Captains Sequence Entry Landing Turbulence

Author:Joss Whedon

“There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the commuter — the city that is devoured by locusts each day and spat out each night. Third, there is the New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something.”

“but I felt that Tom would drift on forever seeking, a little wistfully, for the dramatic turbulence of some irrecoverable football game”

Littles Games Felt Forever Football Seeking Dramatic Toms Football Game Turbulence Great Gatsby Important Great Gatsby Nick Carraway

Book:The Great Gatsby

Source: The Great Gatsby

“I don't like to fly. I've never been a good flyer. I have a lot of friends that have permanent nail marks in their arms... The moaning that comes from me when there is turbulence. It's awkward for everyone around.”

Arms Mark Permanent Awkward Nails Lots Of Friends Turbulence Moaning Flyers

Author:Sandra Bullock

“I headed towards the mountain, which was an almost irresistible beacon to my storm self. It glowed with heat, pressure, and turbulence—everything a little dust devil like me could want.”

Want Littles Self Mountain Devil Pressure Storm Like Me Dust Heat Irresistible Beacons Turbulence

Book:The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid

Source: The Kane Chronicles, The, Book One: Red Pyramid

“We meant to temporarily disable her," Ian said. "Just a drop. But Natalie slipped during air turbulence. Before we could warn your nose-ringed nanny, she drenched us. Luckily, she allowed us to retrieve the antidote from our carry-on." "That's kindness," Amy said. "I made them agree to give me all their cash," Nellie explained. "That's bribery," Natalie grumbled.”

Giving Made Said Kindness Air Give Me Agree Noses Cash Antidote Amy Nannies Turbulence Bribery

Author:Peter Lerangis

“My God, he couldn't help thinking, how terrible it is to be that age, to have emotions so near the surface that the slightest turbulence causes them to boil over. That, very simply, was what adulthood must be all about -- acquiring the skill to bury things more deeply. Out of sight and, whenever possible, out of mind.”

Thinking Mind Helping Age Causes Emotion Terrible Skills Sight Surface Adulthood Turbulence

Author:Richard Russo

“The truth is there ain’t no relationship in the world that doesn’t hit turbulence.”

World Truth Is Turbulence

Book:This Is How You Lose Her

Source: This Is How You Lose Her

“The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence; it is to act with yesterday's logic.”

Change Danger Logic Yesterday Change Management Organizational Turbulence Culture Change Managing Change Strategic Management

Author:Peter Drucker

“Turbulence is life force. It is opportunity. Let's love turbulence and use it for change.”

Use Opportunity Force Change Turbulence Opportunity To Change

Author:Ramsey Clark

“Democracies have been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their death.”

Source: The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788

“Idleness is often covered by turbulence and hurry. He that neglects his known duty and real employment naturally endeavours to crowd his mind with something that may bar out the remembrance of his own folly, and does any thing but what he ought to do with eager diligence, that he may keep himself in his own favour.”

Source: The Rambler: A Periodical Paper, Published in 1750, 1751, 1752

“A life all turbulence and noise may seem To him that leads it wise and to be praised, But wisdom is a pearl with most success Sought in still waters.”

Life May Stills Seems Success Water Wise Rain Rivers Noise Pearls Turbulence Still Waters

Book:The complete poetical works of William Cowper, with life and critical notice of his writings

Source: The complete poetical works of William Cowper, with life and critical notice of his writings

“My fear of flying starts as soon as I buckle myself in and then the guy up front mumbles a few unintelligible words then before I know it I'm thrust into the back of my seat by acceleration that seems way too fast and the rest of the trip is an endless nightmare of turbulence, of near misses. And then the cabbie drops me off at the airport.”

Knows Way Inspirational Seems Funny Guy Missing Fronts Travel Silly Flying Endless Seats Nightmare Funny Travel Airports Thrust Turbulence Acceleration Buckles Fear Of Flying Near Misses

Author:Dennis Miller

“One who has never known the turbulence of life, in whom the petals of the mysterious flower within have never opened; such a one may seem happy, may seem a saint, his single track mind may impress the multitude with its power - but he is ill equipped for life's true adventure into the infinite.”

Mind May Seems Known Adventure Flower Encouragement Infinite Saint Ill Track Mysterious Multitudes Impress Petals Turbulence

Author:Rabindranath Tagore

“When I meet God, I am going to ask him two questions: Why relativity ? And why turbulence ? I really believe he will have an answer for the first.”

Firsts Believe Two Asks Answers Last Words Relativity Turbulence

Author:Werner Heisenberg

“I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power, than by violent and sudden usurpations; but, on a candid examination of history, we shall find that turbulence, violence, and abuse of power, by the majority trampling on the rights of the minority, have produced factions and commotions, which, in republics, have, more frequently than any other cause, produced despotism.”

Source: Selected Writings of James Madison

“The person who is working on his or her family history fits the description of one who is fulfilling his or her duty. I know the effort, I know the expense. I know the difficulties through which one may go to uncover one name. I know our Heavenly Father is aware of these efforts. And those for whom we perform sacred ordinances are aware of our efforts. Oftentimes, in a miraculous way, there shall appear before us a clear pathway through a field of turbulence.”

“Science is like a love affair with nature; an elusive, tantalising mistress. It has all the turbulence, twists and turns of romantic love, but thats part of the game.”

Happiness Turns Games Affair Romantic Love Twists Mistress Love Affair Elusive Turbulence Twists And Turns

Author:Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

“Coaching is like flying an airplane, there is going to be a lot of turbulence, but your job is to land the plane safely.”

Jobs Land Flying Planes Coaching Airplane Turbulence

Author:Chuck Daly

“The 7 Principles for Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desires 1. You are a ripple in the fabric of the cosmos 2. Through the mirror of relationships you discover your nonlocal self 3. Master your inner dialogue 4. Your intent weaves the tapestry of the universe 5. Harness your emotional turbulence 6. Celebrate the dance of the cosmos 7. Access the conspiracy of improbabilities Living synchrodestiny & spontaneous fulfillment of desires.”

“The techniques I developed for studying turbulence, like weather, also apply to the stock market”

Study Technique Weather Turbulence

Author:Benoit Mandelbrot

“After the turbulence of death, moral principles and even religious proofs are called into question.”

Religious Moral Principles Proof Moral Principles Turbulence

Author:Salvatore Quasimodo

“A lot of my work has been about the unexpected—that kind of wanting to be the heroine and yet wanting to kill the heroine at the same time. That kind of dilemma—that push and pull—is the underlying turbulence that I bring to each of the pieces that I make.”

Kind Has Beens Pieces Unexpected Dilemma Heroines Turbulence

Author:Kara Walker

“When the turbulence of distracting thoughts subside and our mind becomes still, a deep happiness and contentment naturally arises from within.”

Mind Stills Happy Arise Contentment Peace Of Mind Distraction Being Happy True Happiness Turbulence Peace And Quiet Deep Happiness

Book:The New Meditation Handbook: Meditations to Make Our Life Happy and Meaningful

Source: The New Meditation Handbook: Meditations to Make Our Life Happy and Meaningful

“When the mind is turbulent, uncontrolled and restless, it is like a pond of water that is filled with mud. Therefore when we look within ourselves, all we perceive is the mud of our material conceptions of life. But when the mind is still through discipline, and through yoga, it is like a pond that has no waves and no turbulence. Then we can perceive through that crystal clear water the eternal nature of our soul.”

Mind Looks Stills Soul Water Clear Materials Discipline Eternal Yoga Filled Wave Perceive Conception Mud Restless Crystals Ponds Turbulence Clear Water

Author:Radhanath Swami

“Weak minds lead to weak actions. A strong, disciplined mind, which anyone can cultivate though daily practice, can achieve miracles. If you want to live life to the fullest, care for your thoughts as you would your most prized possessions. Work hard to remove all inner turbulence. The rewards will be abundant.”

“In a time of turbulence and change, it is more true than ever that knowledge is power.”

Knowledge Is Power Turbulence

Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962

“If drink sales are falling off, we get the pilots to engineer a bit of turbulence. That usually spikes sales.”

Ifs Fall Bits Drink Pilots Engineers Turbulence Falling Off

Author:Michael O'Leary

“To fly, we have to have resistance. It's all about turbulence. Reacting to images of wave patterns in fluid motion.”

Wave Patterns Resistance Flight Fluid Reacting Turbulence

Author:Maya Lin

“Serenity of spirit and turbulence of action should make up the sum of a man's life.”

Men Life Inspirational Should Motivational Action Funny Spirit Serenity Turbulence

Author:Vita Sackville-West

“Flying is awful, there's nothing to do when you're up in the air. I bloat up, my skin gets dry, and when we hit turbulence, I'm terrified.”

Air Skins Flying Awful Dry Terrified Turbulence Up In The Air

Author:Daniela Pestova

“Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness, natives give it solidity and continuity, but the settlers give it passion.”

Giving Passion Cities New York City Continuity Restlessness Turbulence Settlers Solidity

Book:Here is New York

Source: Here is New York

“Floyd Skloot’s Revertigo is a beautifully-written, moving account of one man’s off kilter life. Who would have imaged a memoir exploring months of extreme vertigo and decades of neurological turbulence would be filled with so much joy and optimism? This gentle, wise, and perceptive memoir never fails to surprise.”

Men Would Be Moving Joy Wise Failing Written Months Optimism Accounts Filled Surprise Extremes Decades Memoir Gentle One Man Exploring Turbulence Vertigo

Author:Dinty W. Moore