Quotes About Turbulence

THE VEIL OF CIVILISATION was thin indeed, so easily torn away to reveal depravity waiting beneath, waiting, as such things always did, for the first hint of turbulence.

An explosion groans to the west of them, and Arrow involuntarily looks in the direction of the sound. Nermin, who hasn't looked, smiles. 'I think they're trying to send us a message.' 'What is the message?' she asks as another shell lands in the same area. Nermin shrugs. 'I don't know. I'm making a special effort not to listen.

Pop culture is a reflection of social change, not a cause of social change.

being together… it will never be right. Thought it sure as hell feels like it could. We'd result to train wrecks. We'd cause whirlwinds. We'd start wildfires.

if we chart the locations of the most intense conflict spots in the world right now—from the bloodiest battlefields in Afghanistan and Pakistan, to Libya, Yemen, Somalia, and Iraq—what becomes clear is that these also happen to be some of the hottest and driest places on earth.

In his heart there coursed a wild tirade of curses, words of love, supplications, and abuse. But in the end he turned away, still silent.

I'm all mixed up inside. It's like—I don't know—like an ignition of some kind. one minute, I'm fine, and the next I'm losing it.

My argument is that War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

When he brought it to me four years ago, Rodney King had just arrived, I was involved in the clean-up of L.A. and I guess it was part of my experience.

Vivimos en una época de profundos «ruidos» y distracciones. El mundo es cada vez más turbulento. Es difícil sobreponerse al impacto que las tecnologías digitales ejercen sobre nuestra manera de pensar, vivir y trabajar. Sus beneficios son extraordinarios, pero también hay desventajas.

La mia anima è un abisso tutto striato di febbri.

chaos doesn't come close to describing things.

and things are about to get pretty crazy in this alleyway. Even for Amsterdam.

madness. As

Sometimes war is the only path to peace.

Was it unpleasant? I don't know, I said. Everything is so unpleasant nowadays it's hard to tell.

I tell you. I want to go back to Helicon and take up a study of the mathematics of turbulence, which was my Ph.D. problem, and forget I ever saw—or thought I saw—that turbulence gave an insight into human society.

They sicken of calm, who know the storm.

They sicken of the calm that know the storm.

Turbulence is life force. It is opportunity. Let's love turbulence and use it for change.

Turbulence is a life force. It is opportunity. Let's love turbulence and use it for change.

Unrest and uncertainty are our lot.

To fish in troubled waters.

From my perspective, to really be ready, we can't afford to have these deep degradations in readiness associated with personnel turbulence post-deployment.