that power setting produced an acceleration of over

Emphasis was usually put on the horizontal acceleration factor, for the simple reason that ordinary structures have a built-in safety factor for the vertical…

— Charles Francis Richter

“The same thrust, pushing against a greatly reduced burden, would then yield acceleration that Lio had cheerfully described as 'near-fatal.' 'But it's okay,' he'd…

— Neal Stephenson

The Strandbeest is a self-replicating meme, a brain virus. It infects the student's brain. In fact, the Strandbeest abuse students for their reproduction. For…

— Theo Jansen

Generating ideas is not a problem. Incubation is. Acceleration is.

— Rita Gunther McGrath

To tell the truth, in Pacific 231 I was on the trail of a very abstract and quite ideal concept, by giving the impression…

— Arthur Honegger

As seismologists gained more experience from earthquake records, it became obvious that the problem could not be reduced to a single peak acceleration. In…

— Charles Francis Richter

It is not enough for theory to describe and analyze, it must itself be an event in the universe it describes.

— Jean Baudrillard

Satisfaction, for us, is only a brief thing. The man who acquires wealth does not reach a point where he has enough. Success for…

— Neal Asher

Evolution usually occurs in response to a crisis situation, and we now are faced with such a crisis situation. This is why there is…

— Eckhart Tolle

Things are both getting better and getting worse. The madness is accelerating but an acceleration of the new consciousness is also coming in. However,…

— Eckhart Tolle

If you look at the whole package, with everything Henry has, I don't think you can find that anywhere else. You give him the…

— Dennis Bergkamp

Car love is the sound of a throaty V-8 rumbling and revving, the acceleration throwing you back in the seat - especially when you…

— John Lasseter

Looking to the future I see in the further acceleration of science continuous jobs for our workers. Science will cure unemployment.

— Charles M. Schwab

Music. A meaningless acceleration in the rhythm of celestial experience.

— Anonymous

Thematically, most of my work deals with transition, our culture's constant acceleration, and emotional connection and disconnection through technology.

— Marco Brambilla