#rising

The closer the bird is to the surface of the water, the firmer and more inelastic is the uplift of the rising air. The bird appears to almost feel the surface with the tip of its weather wing. ↗

— Lawrence Hargrave

#almost #appears #bird #closer #feel

But any big change is more likely to result if there is a disruptive event such as new technologies or platforms that have a surprising effect on market share. ↗

— Trip Hawkins

#big #big change #change #disruptive #effect

It's surprising to me how many of my friends send Christmas cards, or holiday cards, including my atheist and secular friends. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#cards #christmas #friends #holiday #how

Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from some sudden conception of some eminency in ourselves, by comparison with the infirmity of others, or with our own formerly. ↗

— Thomas Hobbes

#comparison #conception #else #formerly #glory

When I finish a painting, it usually looks as surprising to me as to anyone else. ↗

— Howard Hodgkin

#else #finish #i #looks #me

Nicolas Sarkozy said he could see a wave rising. For once he was right. The wave's coming; it's high, its strong, and it's going to smack him in the face. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#could #face #going #high #him

Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few. ↗

— David Hume

#governed #many #more #nothing #surprising

Over one in five American children is living in poverty, and the number is rising. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#american children #children #five #living #number

In rising financial markets, the world is forever new. The bull or optimist has no eyes for past or present, but only for the future, where streams of revenue play in his imagination. ↗

— James Buchan

#eyes #financial #financial markets #forever #future

There is no doubt that we should take solar radiation into account. We have seen ground temperatures rising since 1975, and it is important to know to what extent that has been caused by the sun or by carbon dioxide. ↗

— Bjorn Lomborg

#been #carbon #carbon dioxide #caused #dioxide