There are many marvellous stories told of Pherecydes. For it is said that he was walking along the seashore at Samos, and… — Diogenes Laertius Copy Share Image
“It may well be on such a night of clouds and cruel colors that there is brought forth upon the earth such… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Earthquakes traveling through the interior of the globe are like so many messengers sent out to explore a new land. The messages… — Reginald Aldworth Daly Copy Share Image
“Yes, an actual full-sized camel. If you find that confusing, just think how the criosphinx must have felt. Where did the camel… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I shall never sleep calmly again when I think of the horrors that lurk ceaselessly behind life in time and in space,… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
It has been said, by engineers themselves, that given enough money, they can accomplish virtually anything: send men to the moon, dig… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
People in Japan have experienced many tsunamis and various earthquakes throughout the ages. — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
Aureliano not only understood by then, he also lived his brother’s experiences as something of his own, for on one occasion when… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
That pit of blackness that lies beneath us, everywhere ... the firmest substance of human happiness is but a thin crust spread… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I do a lot of work with the Red Cross, too. As a reporter, before I went to entertainment news, I tended… — Nancy O'Dell Copy Share Image
Strange and mysterious things, though, aren't they - earthquakes? We take it for granted that the earth beneath our feet is solid… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
The gigantic catastrophes that threaten us today are not elemental happenings of a physical or biological order, but psychic events. To a… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
GNU, n. An animal of South Africa, which in its domesticated state resembles a horse, a buffalo and a stag. In its… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Were a man, whom I know to be honest and opulent, and with whom I live in intimate friendship, to come into… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Earthquakes would be great if they could hit specific areas, like the parent lounge at a children's beauty pageant. — Dana Gould Copy Share Image
Shortly after the 2004 Indonesian earthquake, I read that the earthquake had affected the rotation of the earth, shortening the length of… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
You begin your journey not knowing where it will take you. You have plans, you have dreams, but every now and again… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
History is a great painter, with the world for canvas, and life for a figure. It exhibits man in his pride, and… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
As for earthquakes, though they were still formidable, they were so interesting that men of science could hardly regret them. — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
The social and economic impact of the earthquake is still very present and is contributing to mental health problems, the mother who… — Reggie Fils-Aime Copy Share Image
On behalf of my native Japan, I am grateful to the culinary community and hospitality industry for working together to raise much-needed… — Masaharu Morimoto Copy Share Image
The one thing that I have been struck with, after coming here to Congress is, how many people in Washington, D.C. talk… — Stephen F. Lynch Copy Share Image
At least when the Emperor Justinian, a sky-god man, decided to outlaw sodomy, he had to come up with a good practical… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
The usual designation of the magnitude scale to my name does less than justice to the great part that Dr. Gutenberg played… — Charles Francis Richter Copy Share Image
Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song. Until I heard 'Little Earthquakes' all my lyrics… — Hal Sparks Copy Share Image
