Quotes About Gravity

To be a saint is to be an exception; to be a true man is the rule. Err, fail, sin if you must, but be upright. To sin as little as possible is the law for men; to sin not at all is a dream for angels. All earthly things are subject to sin; if is like the force of gravity.

Sin as little as possible - that is the law of mankind. Not to sin at all is the dream of the angel. All earthly tings are subject to sin. Sin is like gravity.

It's not like there's a law against flying." "Yes there is. The law of gravity.

It's like losing gravity and falling into space – the moment of pitching headlong when the endlessness of space asserts itself and there is no more down, only an eternity of up, and you realize you can fall forever and never run out of stars.

He danced with the sky instead, and the sky dropped him like a rotten plum.

No existe ninguna ley que prohíba volar, ¿verdad?. -Claro que sí. La ley de la gravedad.

Well, Karou had wanted to retort, with all the gravity and maturity she could muster. Duh.

No hemos infringido ninguna ley - se volvió hacia Zuzana y preguntó en checo -: No existe ninguna ley que prohíba volar, ¿verdad? - Claro que sí. La ley de la gravedad.

You are the central point about which his world spins.

Horatio Lyle hit the floor, the floor hit him, and the floor came out the winner. It was in times like these, he told himself, when Newton's Second Law really made its point.

It's a law, a law of the universe. Like gravity or stupidity or how a minor chord always sounds sad.

It is not funny that anything else should fall down only that a man should fall down. Why do we laugh? Because it is a gravely religious matter: it is the Fall of Man. Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.

What is there to be found of that gravity, humility, meekness, piety or charity requisite to so glorious a pretence?... But a perpetual eructation there is of humane passions, a vain ostentation of mistaken learning, and a causeless picking of controversie.

Cats are adorable violations of the laws of physics.

What boots up must come down.

The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.

We had... a pony with a bronze coat and a joyful temperament. Most afternoons the colt could be found cantering in the grass, kicking his legs high and twisting his thin torso into jaunty leaps, as though with a little effort he could undo the binds of gravity and gallop away on the wind.

I don't know nothing for sure, except water runs downhill and I gotta pay my rent.

To the furthest reach of my memory, Rogol Domedonfors ruled the city. He knew lore of all ages, secrets of fire and light, gravity and countergravity, the knowledge of superphysic numeration, metathasm, corolopsis.

Before Newton the English word gravity denoted a mood—seriousness, solemnity….

The most uncomfortable thing about going to space is coming home. It's a little strange to get used to gravity again.

People have the problem of denial. This is one of the things I learned in Lebanon. Everybody who left Beirut when the war started, including my parents, said, 'Oh, its temporary.' It lasted 17 years! People tend to underestimate the gravity of these situations. That's how they work.

There's a world of insights to be gained into human health and disease by understanding how gravity and space radiation influence biology.

I'm looking for a Justice who appreciates the awesome responsibility that she will be given, if confirmed. A Justice who understands the gravity of the office and who respects the very different roles that the Constitution provides for each of the three branches of government.