Seismologists Quotes

#1. The configuration of the ocean-floor is of great interest to seismologists studying the movements of the Earth's crust. Oceanographers are also able to explain certain peculiarities of ocean currents by the contour of the ocean-bed. But enormous areas are still unexplored.

Paul J. H. Schoemaker

#2. It's such a no-no. Seismologists won't even talk about it!

Kate Delaney

#3. Earthquakes traveling through the interior of the globe are like so many messengers sent out to explore a new land. The messages are constantly coming and seismologists are fast learning to read them.

Reginald Aldworth Daly

#4. As seismologists gained more experience from earthquake records, it became obvious that the problem could not be reduced to a single peak acceleration. In fact, a full frequency of vibrations occurs.

Charles Francis Richter

#5. But pinning a size on an earthquake remains such a convoluted process that seismologists break out in a sweat trying to explain it to a layperson.

Sandi Doughton

#6. I read somewhere that if you're going through Hell, keep going. It's the only way past it.

Belle Aurora

#7. To discover what you really believe, pay attention to the way you act
and to what you do when things don't go the way you think they should. Pay attention to what you value. Pay attention to how and on what you spend your time. Your money. And pay attention to the way you eat.

Geneen Roth

#8. Without comedy as a defense mechanism I wouldn't be able to survive.

Garry Shandling

#9. We must have our say, not through violence, aggression or fear. We must speak out calmly and forcefully. We shall only be able to enter the new world era if we agree to engage in dialogue with the other side.

Tahar Ben Jelloun

#10. The Socratic demonstration of the ultimate unity of tragic and comic drama is forever lost. But the proof is in the art of Chekhov.

George Steiner

#11. To look at the issue of life and abortion, actually we're moving in that direction where most Americans oppose most abortions.

Barack Obama

#12. Just skate for fun, don't pick up a skateboard because you want to be a pro one day. Don't forget why you started skating in the first place.

Steve Caballero

#13. I often find that when a ruthless editor forces me to trim an article to fit into a certain number of column-inches, the quality of my prose improves as if by magic. Brevity is the soul of wit, and of many other virtues in writing.

Steven Pinker

#14. The soap in the bathroom, the flowers in the garden, the book on the bedside table are all strong symbols of a life in progress. You look at these details and a world unfolds.

Charlotte Moss

#15. If you want to improve the world, start by making people feel safer.

Stephen Porges

#16. Art, after all, is traditionally displayed against vacancies: paintings on dun walls, sculptures in empty spaces, music in quiet halls.

John Hart