Quotes About Cement

INTERVIEWER: Do you do much rewriting? Wiper: I forget which of the great sonneteers said: "One line in the fourteen comes from the ceiling; the others have to be adjusted around it." Well, likewise there are passages in every novel whosefirst writing is pretty much the last. But it's the joint and cement, between those spontaneouspassages, that take a great deal of rewriting.

The wind plays the world like an instrument. Blows through trees like flutes. But trees won't grow in cement. And as heart beats bring percussion fallen trees bring repercussions. Cities play upon our souls like broken drums.

Life is made up of moments, small pieces of glittering mica in a long stretch of gray cement.

I did not know the work of mourning Is like carrying a bag of cement Up a mountain at night The mountaintop is not in sight Because there is no mountaintop Poor Sisyphus grief I did not know I would struggle Through a ragged underbrush Without an upward path ... Look closely and you will see Almost everyone carrying bags Of cement on their shoulders That's why it takes courage To get out of bed in the morning And climb into the day.

Perhaps the idea of money as a cement to solidify our existence and prevent it from dissolving, together with the people who were dear to us, endured. But

The mutual conquest of difficulties is the cement of friendship, as it is the only lasting cement of matrimony.

I never really liked Italy. 'Lots of cement' is my long-standing quote.

Betty's now have a patio garden, where the tourists can sit in the sun and fry to a crisp; it's in the back, that little square of cracked cement where they used to keep the garbage cans. They offer tortellini and cappuccino, boldly proclaimed in the window as if everyone in town just naturally knows what they are. Well, they do by now; they've had a try, if only to acquire sneering rights.

I used to fear living a life untouched by God, but now, for some reason I've gone back to being afraid of cement mixers.

Our children are the cement of life, its up to us to make the foundation of the future!

Connection" was the cement of the governing class.

They're putting cement dust into cattle feed to make the cows heavier; the FDA knows all about it.

Palestine is the cement that holds the Arab world together, or it is the explosive that blows it apart.

Steam was rising weirdly from his clothes. His hangover was visible. It heaved itself to his shoulders and sat there like a bag of wet cement.

What is a kiss? Why this, as some approve: The sure, sweet cement, glue, and lime of love.

I believe that the country weekly acts as a form of social cement in holding the community together.

But though society had not it's formal beginning from any convention of individuals, actuated by their wants and their fears; yet it is the sense of their weakness and imperfection that keeps mankind together; that demonstrates the necessity of this union; and that therefore is the solid and natural foundation, as well as the cement, of society.

I've always thought of wholeness and integration as necessary myths. We're fragmented beings who cement ourselves together, but there are always cracks. Living with the cracks is part of being, well, reasonably healthy

Truth is the foundation of all knowledge and the cement of all societies.

Meanwhile, making steel and cement alone accounts for around 10 percent of all emissions. So the question "What's your plan for cement?" is just a shorthand reminder that if you're trying to come up with a comprehensive plan for climate change, you have to account for much more than electricity and cars.

Another, more theoretical approach involves making cement out of seawater and the carbon dioxide captured from power plants. The inventors behind this idea think it could ultimately cut emissions by more than 70 percent.

2. What's Your Plan for Cement? If you're talking about a comprehensive plan for tackling climate change, you need to consider everything that humans do to cause greenhouse gas emissions.

Nobody knows of a way to make cement without going through this process. It's a chemical reaction—limestone plus heat equals calcium oxide plus carbon dioxide—and there's no way around it. It's a one-to-one relationship. Make a ton of cement, and you'll get a ton of carbon dioxide.

China makes a lot of cement. The country has already produced more in the 21st century than the United States did in the entire 20th century. (U.S. Geological Survey)