Ground Quotes - page 11

You can power the entire U.S. vehicle fleet with 73,000 to 145,000 five-megawatt wind turbines. That would take between one and three square kilometers of footprint on the ground. (Mark Z. Jacobson)
Crowds of questions stream through me like lines of people exiting a soccer ground or a concert. They push and shove and trip. Some make their way around. Some remain in their seats, waiting for their opportunity. View quote
Markus Zusak
You can do anything when it's not real. When it is real, nothing breaks your fall. Nothing gets between you and the ground. View quote
Markus Zusak
I won't tell you how I managed to break in, since I don't want the authorities figuring out, but let's just say that if you're going to make a gate, make sure it reaches all the way to the ground. View quote
Meg Cabot
Government funding that's coming from the United States is making a huge difference on the ground in the developing world. It's really palpable - it's making a huge difference saving lives. View quote
Melinda Gates
The rule I use is, If it doesn't come out of the ground looking the way it looks when you eat it, be careful. View quote
Mehmet Oz
For me, relationships are the real action movies. Bombs are exploding every day and the kitchen is Ground Zero. View quote
Michelle Williams
This may be a dream, but I'll say it anyway: I was supposed to be married last year, and I bought a gown. When I meet Nelson Mandela, I shall put on this gown and have the train of it removed and put aside, and kiss the ground that he walks on and then kiss his feet. View quote
Nina Simone
I miss her all the time. I know in my head that she has gone. the only difference is that I am getting used to the pain. It's like discovering a great hole in the ground. To begin with, you forget it's there and keep falling in. After a while, it's still there, but you learn to walk round it. View quote
Rachel Joyce
I don't like you two going off on you won. Just remember: behave. If I hear about any funny business, I will ground you until the Styx freezes over. View quote
Rick Riordan
Stand your ground!" Stheno yelled. "I've got free samples! (Rick Riordan)
Jumping out a window five hundred feet above ground is not usually my idea of fun. Especially when I'm wearing bronze wings and flapping my arms like a duck. View quote
Rick Riordan
Hey!" I screamed, waving the jacket, running to one side of the monster. "Hey, stupid! Ground beef! View quote
Rick Riordan
A battle can be won before it's ever fought by choosing the right ground. View quote
Rick Riordan
Some people say "if we split up, we can cover more ground"-with blood. View quote
Seth Grahame-Smith
Falling in love was like falling off a cliff. It felt pretty much like flying until you hit the ground. View quote
Cinda Williams Chima
I hurl the glass teapot to the ground. we both stare at it, stunned. "it was supposed to break," I explain after a pause, " and that was going to signify that yes, I would throw something away. If I knew it wasn't right for me. View quote
Sophie Kinsella
You know, bicycling isn't just a matter of balance," I said. "it's a matter of faith. You can keep upright only by moving forward. You have to have your eyes on the goal, not the ground. I'm going to call that the Bicyclist's Philosophy of Life. View quote
Susan Vreeland
When someone asks about a career in fashion, I say start at the bottom. If you want to start a business, you have to know it from the ground up. View quote
Tamara Mellon
They took a baseball bat and whacked open his head. Mummy Boy fell to the ground; he finally was dead. Inside of his head were no candy or prizes, just a few stray beetles of various sizes. View quote
Tim Burton
Too often, people think that solving the world's problems is based on conquering the earth, rather than touching the earth, touching ground. (Chogyam Trungpa)
The snow was too light to stay, the ground too warm to keep it. And the strange spring snow fell only in that golden moment of dawn, the turning of the page between night and day. View quote
Shannon Hale
Sorry. I have technical difficulties making it through a room without bumping into something. Thank God my clumsiness is only restricted to the ground. I'd probably kill myself diving if I was this bad underwater. (Tory) View quote
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Why is it when you want the ground to swallow you whole, it decides to stop trying? -Ethon. View quote
Sherrilyn Kenyon
The religious wars showed that the Christian faith was no longer Europe's unifying force. A new common ground was needed, and it was found in reason, which is something that is shared by all of mankind. This was one of the roots of the Enlightenment and its concept of universal human rights. View quote
Walter Kasper