Capillary Quotes

#1. With whiskey, the capillary bloom was more diffusely rosy than with gin and less purple than with wine. Every university dinner party was a study in blooms.

Jonathan Franzen

#2. Every glass thermometer has subtle variations in the size and shape of the bulb at the bottom and the capillary tube inside, as well as variations in the width of gradations on the side. The compounded effect of these uncertainties is that each thermometer reads temperature slightly differently.

Sam Kean

#3. Bush is quite vulnerable if the Democrats pick the right issues. So far, though, they've shown their usual tendency to go for the capillary.

Glenn Reynolds

#4. The dread that had been rising all morning rose higher in his throat as if by capillary action.

Anthony Doerr

#5. Shame on you! Think what this child has done! You might not have more courage, but you should be ashamed to show less.

Philip Pullman

#6. Is there a reason why you're standing there, staring out the window and watching the neighbors? Are we preparing to kill them and drag them down to the basement and bury them alive?

R.L. Mathewson

#7. I think the worst and most insidious procrastination for me is research. I will be looking for some bit of fact or figure to include in the novel, and before I know, I've wasted an entire morning delving into that subject matter without a word written.

James Rollins

#8. I begin by considering an effect.

Maurice Ravel

#9. Image is the most important thing about someone's career and longevity.

Jessica Simpson

#10. The irony is that what was supposed to be a great vulnerability of Hillary Clinton , which the Iraq war vote which she has acknowledged was a terrible mistake, has lent an aura of strength in a funny way.

Joe Conason

#11. To me, hip-hop's been dead for years. We all should know that. With that being said, then, the object of the game now is to make money off of exploiting it. That's what it's all about - get this money. That's basically what I'm saying.

Nas

#12. You can transcend all negativity when you realize that the only power it has over you is your belief in it. As you experience this truth about yourself you are set free.

Eileen Caddy

#13. Gallantry thrives most in the atmosphere of the court.

Suzanne Curchod

#14. Until box lacrosse grows in the United States, it'll continue to be this way.

Bill Tierney

#15. Find the courage to seek out your big dream, regardless of what anyone else says or thinks.

Oprah Winfrey

#16. I wanted to be a film student again, as a man in my 60s. To go someplace alone and see what you can cook up, with non-existent budgets. I didn't want to be surrounded by comforts and colleagues, which you have when when you're a big time director. I wanted to write personal works.

Francis Ford Coppola