#seconds

When the motor was completed and tested, we found that it would develop 16 horse power for a few seconds, but that the power rapidly dropped till, at the end of a minute, it was only 12 horse power. ↗

— Orville Wright

#develop #dropped #end #few #found

Well, it was never supposed to be like that. Walt died before we had finished. The original idea of Walt's was that you came down there, into the caves, and there were no pirates. But they had been there just seconds before! There was a hot meal on the table, steaming. ↗

— John Hench

#before #came #caves #died #down

Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found and stopped. ↗

— Sam Levenson

#child #every #found #giving #globe

I'm a guy who likes to watch something cool, creepy and suspenseful and there is no show to watch as an adult that would scare me at for even four seconds. ↗

— Todd McFarlane

#cool #creepy #even #four #guy

I have family members who live in Africa. Because of the family that lives there, I know what is happening in these countries, and it seems so silly to me that diseases like malaria are so prevalent when they are entirely preventable. Yet children are still dying every 35 seconds. ↗

— Katharine McPhee

#because #children #countries #diseases #dying

There's nothing stupider than bursting into song for seven seconds and then falling silent again. ↗

— Richard Morris

#bursting #falling #into #nothing #seconds

These days, it takes only seconds - seconds - for a picture, a photo, to suddenly become an international headline. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#days #headline #international #only #photo

So most astronauts getting ready to lift off are excited and very anxious and worried about that explosion - because if something goes wrong in the first seconds of launch, there's not very much you can do. ↗

— Sally Ride

#anxious #astronauts #because #excited #explosion

The day is coming when, in 45 seconds, you can download a movie. ↗

— Brian Roberts

#day #download #movie #seconds #you

Flying is hours and hours of boredom sprinkled with a few seconds of sheer terror. ↗

— Pappy Boyington

#few #flying #hours #seconds #sheer