Electricity Quotes

426 Electricity quotes by 350 unique authors

Surrealism could not be made up. It was the very electricity of the real. — Lorrie Moore
Science knows the qualities of electricity, but not its real essence. — Mahmoud Mohammed Taha
There are two things that people [are surrounded by and] avoid trying to understand. One is music, and the other is electricity. — Frank Oppenheimer
The foundation is being laid for the emergence of both wind and solar cells as cornerstones of the new energy economy. World wind generating capacity… — Lester R. Brown
Solar power is one of the most hopeful technologies but still produces about 0.01 percent of U.S. electricity. The U.S. allocates just $159 million for… — Nicholas D. Kristof
It is with roses and locomotives (not to mention acrobats Spring electricity Coney Island the 4th of July the eyes of mice and Niagara Falls)… — E E Cummings
[I predict] the electricity generated by water power is the only thing that is going to keep future generations from freezing. Now we use coal… — Charles Proteus Steinmetz
Necessity, like electricity, is in ourselves and all things, and no more without us than within us. — Philip James Bailey
We continue to go from crisis to crisis, whether it is electricity or whether it is gas prices. We need comprehensive solutions, not patchwork crisis… — Scott McClellan
Those who would legislate against the teaching of evolution should also legislate against gravity, electricity and the unreasonable velocity of light, and also, should introduce… — Luther Burbank
The outer is easier, and the outer is objective. For example, one man, Thomas Alva Edison, discovers electricity and the whole of humanity uses it;… — Rajneesh
He had that rare weird electricity about him - that extremely wild and heavy presence that you only see in a person who has abandoned… — Hunter S. Thompson
Here's the truth: People, even regular people, are never just any one person with one set of attributes. It's not that simple. We're all at… — Jonathan Nolan
I had a very simple, unremarkable and happy life. And I grew up in a very small town. And so my life was made up… — Ishmael Beah
I never thought I'd spend all my life with Gary. I suppose I was quite cynical about marriage. But with Jude, I knew right from… — Sadie Frost
People always fear change. People feared electricity when it was invented, didn't they? People feared coal, they feared gas-powered engines... There will always be ignorance,… — Bill Gates
Almost every way we make electricity today, except for the emerging renewables and nuclear, puts out CO2. And so, what we're going to have to… — Bill Gates
The ecological impact of book manufacture and traditional book marketing - I think that should really be considered. We have this industry in which we… — William Gibson
An energy tax punishes senior citizens, it punishes rural Americans, if you use electricity it punishes you. This bill will increase your cost of living… — Newt Gingrich
For industry to settle in a country, you first need electricity; for electricity, you need some trained workers; for trained workers, you need some schools;… — Evan Davis
What the world needs is a small, compact, flexible fusion technology that could make electricity where and when it is needed. The existing fusion program… — Freeman Dyson
I am an expert of electricity. My father occupied the chair of applied electricity at the state prison. — W.C. Fields
We can summarize electricity, magnetism and gravity into equations one inch long, and that's the power of field theory. And so I said to myself:… — Michio Kaku
Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more durable; the… — Stephen Leacock
And when these advances are made, hydrogen can fill critical energy needs beyond transportation. Hydrogen can also be used to heat and generate electricity for… — Dan Lipinski

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