#electricity

The first time I acted was in high school in Florida, and when I heard that applause I felt so alive and felt that electricity go up my spine. ↗

— Angela Bassett

#alive #applause #electricity #felt #first

In the final scene of Power, the Supreme Court justices appear as a striking abstraction: Nine scowling masks line up in a row on top of a giant podium. Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes speaks the majority opinion: 'Water power, the right to convert it into electric energy, and the electric energy thus produced constitute property belonging to the United States. ↗

— Susan Quinn

#ownership #power #property #water #art

Invention is the most important product of man's creative brain. The ultimate purpose is the complete mastery of mind over the material world, the harnessing of human nature to human needs. ↗

— Nikola Tesla

#science #nature

Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity. ↗

— L. Frank Baum

#ages #america #brought #civilization #columbus

If I'm not in shape, it feels like something is wrong. If I haven't been able to get to class for a while or I've been sick, I don't feel complete. It doesn't feel like the electricity is making its connections. ↗

— Bebe Neuwirth

#been #class #complete #connections #electricity

That match was late evening and I had the experience of the electricity of the Centre Court because it was packed, a full house for the whole match. It had been a great year for me, first time there and I had the full taste of Wimbledon. ↗

— John Newcombe

#been #centre #court #electricity #evening

I do remember how it was to be poor. I do remember that in my early years, we had to grow and raise all of our food, even our animals. And I remember in my early life, we didn't even have electricity. So it was very, very hard times then. ↗

— Dolly Parton

#early life #electricity #even #food #grow

I am somewhat exhausted; I wonder how a battery feels when it pours electricity into a non-conductor? ↗

— Arthur Conan Doyle

#electricity #energy #exhaustion #futility #sherlock-holmes

Every time the wind blows I think of her. I wonder if I could generate electricity off my yearning. Maybe a mind wind farm of some kind. Hopefully I could provide enough power for all the lonely people in my bathtub to stay warm. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#electricity #funny #humor #lonely #power

You know it as soon as you walk in Yankee Stadium. The electricity is there every time, every day. ↗

— Nomar Garciaparra

#electricity #every #every day #every time #know