#closed

We have made many glass vessels... with tubes two cubits long. These were filled with mercury, the open end was closed with the finger, and the tubes were then inverted in a vessel where there was mercury. ↗

— Evangelista Torricelli

#end #filled #finger #glass #inverted

When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land. ↗

— Desmond Tutu

#africa #bible #came #closed #eyes

He can't decide whether to leave his visor half open or half closed. ↗

— Murray Walker

#decide #half #his #leave #open

There's a big tendency to gravitate toward a closed and proprietary approach too easily. ↗

— Jimmy Wales

#big #closed #easily #gravitate #proprietary