Explosions – Quotes

There would be no

There would be no population explosion if people who are trying to keep the wolf from the door wouldn’t let the stork fly in through the window. Evan Esar

There is no natural phenomenon that is comparable with the sudden and apparently accidentally timed development of science, except perhaps the condensation of a super-saturated gas or the explosion of some unpredictable explosives. Eugene Wigner

We were eighteen and

We were eighteen and had begun to love life and the world; and we had to shoot it to pieces. The first bomb, the first explosion, burst in our hearts. We are cut off from activity, from striving, from progress. We believe in such things no longer, we believe in the war. – All Quiet … Read more

I do want to

I do want to emphasize that we’ve seen an explosion in the use of Google Maps and Google Earth for education. The earth is a special place. It is our home and it’s why we’re all here. And the ability to see what’s really going on the earth, the good stuff and the bad stuff, … Read more

Shooting someone point blank

Shooting someone point blank still generates an explosion out of the end of a gun, even if the projectile is somehow ineffective. Eric Holmes

The education explosion is

The education explosion is producing a vast number of people who want to live significant, important lives but lack the ability to satisfy this craving for importance by individual achievement. The country is being swamped with nobodies who want to be somebodies. Eric Hoffer

The mass starts into

The mass starts into a million suns; Earths round each sun with quick explosions burst, And second planets issue from the first. Erasmus Darwin

I think that’s such

I think that’s such a beautiful sentiment. Love should only last as long as a very expensive and impractical bikini that looks stunning, but dissolves in the sea within days. So many pop songs tell of this terrible, tiresome love that they want to last forever. But that just makes me think of long-life milk, … Read more

Artemis: Holly, how did

Artemis: Holly, how did you find me? Holly: Oh, I saw a huge explosion and wondered: now, who could that be? Eoin Colfer

All people see fires,

All people see fires, storms, explosions, or landscapes; but how many feel the flames, the lightnings, the whirlwinds, or the harmony? How many have an inner beauty that tinges their melancholy? Emile M. Cioran