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fall rain wind
External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty. Charles Dickens
fall mind excess
Minds, like bodies, will often fall into a pimpled, ill-conditioned state from mere excess of comfort.
fall vanity world
He [the miser] falls down and worships the god of this world, but will have neither its pomps, its vanities nor its pleasures for his trouble. Charles Caleb Colton
fall velocity vacuums
The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum.
fall errors giving
Power. like the diamond, dazzles the beholder, and also the wearer; it dignifies meanness; it magnifies littleness; to what is contemptible, it gives authority; to what is low, exaltation. To acquire it, appears not more difficult than to be dispossessed of it when acquired, since it enables the holder to shift his own errors on dependents, and to take their merits to himself. But the miracle of losing it vanishes, when we reflect that we are as liable to fall as to rise, by the treachery of others; and that to say "I am" is language that has been appropriated exclusively to God!
fall giving wife
There is no quality of the mind, or of the body, that so instantaneously and irresistibly captivates, as wit. An elegant writer has observed that wit may do very well for a mistress, but that he should prefer reason for a wife. He that deserts the latter, and gives himself up entirely to the guidance of the former, will certainly fall into many pitfalls and quagmires, like him who walks by flashes of lightning, rather than the steady beams of the sun.
fall errors common
Let us not be too prodigal when we are young, nor too parsimonious when we are old. Otherwise we shall fall into the common error of those, who, when they had the power to enjoy, had not the prudence to acquire; and when they had the prudence to acquire, had no longer the power to enjoy.
fall passion world
You fear the world too much,' she answered gently. 'All your other hopes have merged into the hope of being beyond the chance of its sordid reproach. I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off, one by one, until the master passion, Gain, engrosses you. Have I not?
fall scary house
Around and around the house the leaves fall thick, but never fast, for they come circling down with a dead lightness that is sombre and slow.
airplane thinking artist
Learning to fly an airplane taught me a way of thinking, an approach to problem-solving that was applicable and effective. Pilots are very methodical and meticulous, and artists tend not to be. Chris Carter
airplane pilots way
When you're a pilot, and you know all the ways to survive an airplane crash and how low the chances are, you feel safer. Chloe Grace Moretz
airplane praying ambulance
The only times I'm consistent about praying are when I'm on an airplane or when an ambulance goes by. China Chow
airplane player finest
Players are spoiled by charter airplanes, the finest hotels, a big per diem every day. Chick Hearn
airplane quality rooms
The quality of food is in inverse proportion to a dining room's altitude, especially atop bank and hotel buildings (airplanes are an extreme example). Bryan Q. Miller
airplane journey lunch
Slow travel now rivals the fly-to-Barcelona-for-lunch culture. Advocates savour the journey, travelling by train or boat or bicycle, or even on foot, rather than crammed into an airplane. They take time to plug into the local culture instead of racing through a list of tourist traps. Carl Honore
airplane muslim-faith names
When somebody is flying airplanes into buildings and killing innocent people in the name of God, it makes you question why do they have that interpretation and somebody else has another interpretation, and how many people of Muslim faith would agree with that, and what are the different aspects of different people's religions that is so divisive, rather than being unifying? Madeleine Albright
airplane night jumping
I hope you either take up parachute jumping or stay out of single motored airplanes at night. Charles Lindbergh
airplane science technology
If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.
flying trouble gregarious
Troubles are exceedingly gregarious in their nature, and flying in flocks are apt to perch capriciously.
flying answers pilots
Test pilots have a litmus test for evaluating problems. When something goes wrong, they ask, "Is this thing still flying?" If the answer is yes, then there's no immediate danger, no need to overreact. Alan Bean
flying magic physics
For humans, flying isn't magic, it's physics. Alan Alda
flying monkey
Where's a *!$#&!* Flying Monkey when you need one?
flying fiddle
Flying was as necessary to my business as fiddles and footlights. Charley Pride
flying thunderstorm instruments
In my early days of flying, if you flew on instruments, you were inevitably going to fly in thunderstorms. That was just a part of the business of flying. Arnold Palmer
flying trying kind
I felt a constant, low-flying desperation, the kind you feel when you are trying, trying, trying to get something you will never, ever get. Deb Caletti
flying forget spaceships
I definitely knew how to fly. That's something you don't forget. One spaceship is pretty much like another when it comes to flying. Alan Tudyk
flying cost made
We have made flying so cheap, I'm afraid we are going to make it cheap at any cost. Chesley Sullenberger