Quotes by Earthquakes I like the way Mahler wandered about in his music and still retained his passion. He must have looked like an earthquake walking down the street. Charles Bukowski mahler passion earthquakes A bad earthquake at once destroys the oldest associations: the world, the very emblem of all that is solid, has moved beneath our feet like a crust over a fluid; one second of time has conveyed to the mind a strange idea of insecurity, which hours of reflection would never have created. Charles Darwin reflection earthquakes ideas The earthquake, however, must be to every one a most impressive event: the earth, considered from our earliest childhood as the type of solidity, has oscillated like a thin crust beneath our feet; and in seeing the laboured works of man in a moment overthrown, we feel the insignificance of his boasted power. Charles Darwin feet earthquakes men Only fools, liars, and charlatans predict earthquakes Charles Francis Richter fool liars earthquakes If one introduces the concept of energy of an earthquake then that is a theoretically derived quantity. Charles Francis Richter introducing energy earthquakes The most remarkable feature about the magnitude scale was that it worked at all and that it could be extended on a worldwide basis. It was originally envisaged as a rather rough-and-ready procedure by which we could grade earthquakes. We would have been happy if we could have assigned just three categories, large, medium, and small; the point is, we wanted to avoid personal judgments. It actually turned out to be quite a finely tuned scale. Charles Francis Richter judgment three earthquakes In every area of the world where there is earthquake risk, there are still many buildings of this type; it is very frustrating to try to get rid of them. Charles Francis Richter risk earthquakes trying The usual designation of the magnitude scale to my name does less than justice to the great part that Dr. Gutenberg played in extending the scale to apply to earthquakes in all parts of the world. Charles Francis Richter names earthquakes science 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 records vibrations earthquakes [In plotting earthquake measurements] the range between the largest and smallest magnitudes seemed unmanageably large. Dr. Beno Gutenberg then made the natural suggestion to plot the amplitudes logarithmically. Charles Francis Richter nature earthquakes science It takes an earthquake to remind us that we walk on the crust of an unfinished planet. Charles Kuralt unfinished planets earthquakes Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done. Christian Nestell Bovee warrior greatness earthquakes Huge events take place on this earth every day. Earthquakes, hurricanes, even glaciers move. So why couldn't he just look at me? Claire Danes broken-heart earthquakes moving Small earthquake in Chile. Not many dead. Claud Cockburn humor earthquakes funny In the middle of my third Hollywood picture The Magician, the earthquake hit Hollywood. Not the real earthquake. Just the talkies. Conrad Veidt hollywood real earthquakes Avoid Arguments Like Rattlesnakes And Earthquakes Dale Carnegie rattlesnakes argument earthquakes I couldn't help but be impressed by the magnitude of the earthquake. Dan Quayle magnitude helping earthquakes TV commercials make parenting look like there are going to be good days and bad days - like, it'll be this gentle wave, like you'll have a blissed-out, really wonderful day or two, and then, you know, then you'll have an issue. And what parenting is, is kind of earthquake. Dan Savage good-day bad-day earthquakes Earthquakes would be great if they could hit specific areas, like the parent lounge at a children's beauty pageant. Dana Gould parent earthquakes children Tears are curious things, for like earthquakes or puppet shows, they can occur at any time, without any warning and without any good reason. Daniel Handler tears warning earthquakes «1234567891011»