"Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury……" — David Hare
"Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather."
More Barometer Quotes
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- Jealousy is not a barometer by which the depth of love can be read. It merely records the degree of… — Margaret Mead
- Twenty-five, 30 years ago, the barometer of human rights in the United States were black people. That is no longer… — Bayard Rustin
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- You see, if the height of the mercury [barometer] column is less on the top of a mountain than at… — Blaise Pascal
- Artists are often the barometers of society. — Nancy Pearcey