#tempe

I was interested in variations in temperatures of the oceans over the past millennium. But there are no records of these changes so I had to find proxy measures: coral growth, ice cores and tree rings. ↗

— Michael E. Mann

#coral #find #growth #had #i

When the tempest rages, when the thunders roar, and the lightnings blaze around us it is then that the truly brave man stands firm at his post. ↗

— Luther Martin

#blaze #brave #brave man #firm #his

Children with Hyacinth's temperament don't know better as they grow older; they merely know more. ↗

— Hector Hugh Munro

#children #grow #know #merely #more

Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth. ↗

— Chuck Norris

#like #lose #steel #temper #their

It has been argued that British girls are incapable of deep feeling or brilliant acting owing to their lack of temperament. This, I am positive, is not true. ↗

— Ivor Novello

#am #argued #been #brilliant #british

It is, from another angle, an attack on requiring proof in philosophy. And it's also the case, I guess, that my temperament is to like interesting, new, bold ideas, and to try and generate them. ↗

— Robert Nozick

#angle #another #attack #bold #case

It's my rule never to lose me temper till it would be detrimental to keep it. ↗

— Sean O'Casey

#keep #lose #me #never #rule

As it turns out, as an adult I can have a very unpleasant, fierce and unforgiving temper at times. But I don't think I had that when I was a kid. ↗

— Will Oldham

#fierce #had #i #i can #kid

There's a line, players usually don't cross it and coaches usually don't cross it. Every once in a while you get a little temper tantrum on both sides, I certainly have had 'em. I'm not proud of those. ↗

— Bill Parcells

#both sides #certainly #coaches #cross #every

What is important, then, is not that the critic should possess a correct abstract definition of beauty for the intellect, but a certain kind of temperament, the power of being deeply moved by the presence of beautiful objects. ↗

— Walter Pater

#beautiful #beauty #being #certain #correct