Quotes About Waves

Napoleon recalled his dismay at seeing 'mountains of swirling red flames, like huge ocean waves, exploding up into the sky of fire, then sinking into the sea of flames below'.

A singular disadvantage of the sea lies in the fact that after successfully surmounting one wave you discover another behind it just as important and just as nervously anxious to do something effective in the way of swamping boats. In a ten-foot dinghy one can get an idea of the resources of the sea in the line of waves that is not probable to the average experience, which is never at sea in a dinghy.

The wind had a voice as it came over the waves, and it was sadder than the end.

A singular disadvantage of the sea lies in the fact that after successfully surmounting one wave you discover that there is another behind it just as important and just as nervously anxious to do something effective in the way of swamping boats

Real gravitons make up what classical physicists would call gravitational waves, which are very weak—and so difficult to detect that they have not yet been observed. The

Only light, or other waves that have no intrinsic mass, can move at the speed of light.

[The sound of the wind] was just more proof that the workings of the world were random, that beauty, like suffering, was meaningless, that human life was as pointless as waves on sand.

Love was like the waves in the sea, gentle and good sometimes, rough and terrible at others, but that it was endless and stronger than the sky and earth and everything in between.

Eftersom sorgen är ett tidvatten finns det stunder då sorgen kommer upp till ytan och sköljer över en med förvånansvärd styrka

Rocked in the cradle of the deep.

From the North to the South, Ebudæ into Khartoum, From the deep sea of Clouds to the island of the moon, Carry me on the waves to the lands I've never been, Carry me on the waves to the lands I've never seen, We can sail, we can sail with the Orinoco Flow, We can sail, we can sail, Sail away, sail away, sail away.

Like waves, our feelings may continue by repeating themselves, by intermittent rushes; but no emotion any more than a wave can long retain its own individual form.

It was right when you were trying to hold everything tightly under control that the wind and waves decided it was high time to show you not only how vulnerable you really were, but also how precious every single moment was. But

If I choose a holiday destination, it would be a beach.

Does any one know where the love of God goes When the waves turn the minuted to hours

Washaway Beach, a spot on the Washington Coast known for its rapidly eroding beach, where ghost cabins and trailers hang over the swirling ocean and surfers ride the gray waves in the distance.

His coils helped him discover yet another phenomenon that would change the world: radio waves. When Tesla tuned two coils to resonate at the same frequency, he found that he could send and receive signals. He had accidentally built the first radio transmitter and made the first transmissions, methods he would patent within two years. Tesla's continued research in the field of ultra-high-frequency energy led him to conclude that it was only a matter of time until science would discover

Shouldn't we fear life? Who steers a safe boat? Around us sorrow swells like a heaving ocean; we can see how the hungry waves lick the ship's sides, how they climb to board her. No safe anchorage, no solid ground, no steady ship, as far as the eye can see; only an unknown sky over an ocean full of trouble!

Kenangan lama memang manis dan nyaman. Dan, kadang-kadang bergelora juga dengan gelombang-gelombang. Tetapi hanya itulah sahaja yang wujud sekarang ini. Sebuah kenangan adalah sebuah rahmat yang sulit dibuang. Ia memberi kesejahteraan di waktu-waktu seperti sekarang.

The sea, the sea, the sea. It rolled and rolled and called to me. Come in, it said, come in.

Surfers have the most attitude.

How could the waves do it, through each and every moment, and so naturally, as if it was for the first time, as if it was for the last time, as if it was for the middle time, as if it would go on forever, and as if it would one day end. The sea moved forward and back with all of these possibilities, and all of them were true.

Acting careers are very interesting things. They come with a lot of ups and downs. You just have to ride the waves and bide your time during the lulls, and enjoy the high times when they're there.

Grief came in waves, sometimes big, sometimes small, but even on the calmest days, the grief remained. The tide still came ashore.