Top 983 Defying Gravity Quotes & Sayings - Page 6

The moon gravitates towards the earth and by the force of gravity is continually drawn off from a rectilinear motion and retained in its orbit.

If the dreams of any so-called normal man were exposed ... there would be no more gravity and dignity left for mankind.

Becoming internally empowered shifts a person's center of gravity from external to internal- a mark of spiritual passage.

Let there be then no coercion established in society, and the common law of gravity prevailing, the sexes will fall into their proper places.

The resurrection is not a static and an isolated event fixed in the past, but the unleashing of a power and force that takes the form of a death defying love. Resurrection is ever present, constantly accosting us, challenging us, stretching us, cracking us open and seeking to have its way with us in order that we might come to maturity in Christ.

If only gravity were working, the path would be symmetrical, it is the wind resistance that produces the tragic curve.

It's actually kind of weird that we can comprehend the law of gravity, or that we can understand quantum mechanics, enough at least to make computers.

We juggle priceless eggs in variable gravity. I am afraid. I will taste fear until I die.

The most uncomfortable thing about going to space is coming home. It's a little strange to get used to gravity again.

There was a long history of speculation that in quantum gravity, unlike Einstein's classical theory, it might be possible for the topology of spacetime to change.

How does gravity work? And if it were to cease suddenly, would certain restaurants still require a jacket?

It is our nature to defy gravity, to transcend the limitations of the reasoning mind and connect with the realm of the mystical truth.

The analytical geometry of Descartes and the calculus of Newton and Leibniz have expanded into the marvelous mathematical method-more daring than anything that the history of philosophy records-of Lobachevsky and Riemann, Gauss and Sylvester. Indeed, mathematics, the indispensable tool of the sciences, defying the senses to follow its splendid flights, is demonstrating today, as it never has been demonstrated before, the supremacy of the pure reason.

On Earth, much of the wrenching discomfort of emesis, apart from the sensation of nausea itself, is from the coordination of many muscles it takes to counter gravity.

Throughout my life, I've had different metaphors for freedom. At one time, it was skin diving. In the ocean you feel weightless; you escape from gravity.

Teachings that defy reason defy reality; what defies reality defies life. Defying life is embracing death.

I have seen my father defying societal norms and investing his time and energy on us. He was ridiculed and criticised by the community for asking girls to seek a career in wrestling. But he had vision and was least worried when elders warned him his daughters would not find grooms. I had to wrestle for him and that motivated me tremendously.

Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly. Never forget that the devil fell by force of gravity. He who has the faith has the fun.

The permanence of all books is fixed by no effort friendly or hostile, but by their own specific gravity, or the intrinsic importance of their contents to the constant mind of man.

It's the gravity that shapes the large scale structure of the universe, even though it is the weakest of four categories of forces

I can't even touch another conductor's baton. The center of gravity, the feel of the handle, puts me totally off.

I will say this: 'Gravity Falls' is a show about mystery, that itch you get when you're curious. That itself is a really cool, inspiring thing.

The centre of gravity of any parallelogram lies on the straight line joining the middle points of opposite sides.

I love taking something that is understood to be funny or charming or sweet or naive and instilling it with some degree of gravity.

I once asked a bird, how is it that you fly in this gravity of darkness? She responded, 'love lifts me.'

Americans in general, I think, don't understand the weight and gravity of foreign policy and how to engage the world at large.

In my opinion, as an engineer, a bridge is the most difficult thing you can do. You are not working in the direction of gravity but against it - so the problem opposes the solution.

The key to every man is his thought. Sturdy and defying though he look, he has a helm which he obeys, which is the idea after which all his facts are classified. He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which commands his own.

This magical little thing called gravity does not exist - it's all electromagnetism, OK. No one knows what is in the center of this earth, no one!

You think Earth's gravity is really something when you're climbing the stairs. But, as far as physics goes, it is a pipsqueak, infinitesimal, tiny little effect.

I read the books and I really, really wanted to play the part. I started kundalini yoga, kickboxing and running, and completely changed my diet. I felt I wanted to undergo what was necessary for the part. I love a challenge. And I love defying limitation, gender stereotypes and people’s expectations of me as an actress.

I do feel strongly that string theory is our best hope for making progress at unifying gravity and quantum mechanics.

A lot of people think jugglers defy gravity or do stuff. Well, I kind of, from my childhood and golf and all that, it's a process of joining with forces.

As a jumper, I try to defy gravity as long as I can. But no matter how far I jump, I'll always hit the earth eventually.

Some of the best scientists can't explain gravity; Neil Degrasse Tyson, Bill Nye, in the end, do they even know?

Gravity Falls' is a riddle wrapped in an enigma tucked in a mystery deep-fried in a conundrum slathered in hickory-smoked puzzle sauce.

Do you really expect me to say gravity hasn't taken its toll? No. But as I'm earning these lines [in my face], I'm making an aesthetic choice.

It's a good thing we have gravity or else when birds died they'd just stay right up there. Hunters would be all confused.

Were it not for gravity one man might hurl another by a puff of his breath into the depths of space, beyond recall for all eternity.

The memory is like orbiting twin stars, one visible, one dark, the trajectory of what's evident forever affected by the gravity of what's concealed.

The CGI landscape is another world. It has its own physical laws; it can defy gravity. But surely the wonder of cinematic space is that it is wedded to reality?

Gravity Falls' didn't just appear overnight - every spooky cave and moss covered tree was created by a team of brilliant artists.

Of course Pluto is a planet: It's massive enough to have its shape controlled by gravity rather than material strength, which is the hallmark of planethood.

From a theoretical point of view, it is very hard to imagine how gravity could avoid being quantized.

If you think all this is going on, all these gigantic fields of gravity and light with you in mind, then you really do have a self-centredness problem.

Sir Isaac Newton was asked how he discovered the law of gravity. He replied, "By thinking about it all the time.

There's a world of insights to be gained into human health and disease by understanding how gravity and space radiation influence biology.

We went through this business of me writing out all the parts for these old songs from Gravity and Speechless and we'd been performing that, but we don't do that any more.

I am totally superficial, I know. But I believe superficiality can be very serious, a defense against the gravity of things, a manner of discretion.

Tis a short sight to limit our faith in laws to those of gravity, of chemistry, of botany, and so forth.

In essence, String Theory describes space and time, matter and energy, gravity and light, indeed all of God's creation... as music.

Black holes are enigmatic astronomical objects, areas where the gravity is so immense that it has warped spacetime so that not even light can escape.

String theory's biggest prediction is that gravity exists. That's good. That's a lot more than preceding theories could do.

A year is a long time to live without the human contact of loved ones, fresh air, and gravity, to name a few.

We may perhaps learn to deprive large masses of their gravity and give them absolute levity, for the sake of easy transport.

Punishment for putting patients at risk ought to reflect the gravity of manufacturing, distributing or selling counterfeit medications.

The gravity of the time is such that every new avenue of peace, no matter how dimly discernible, should be explored.

To permit every lawless capitalist, every law-defying corporation, to take any action, no matter how iniquitous, in the effort to secure an improper profit and to build up privilege, would be ruinous to the Republic and would mark the abandonment of the effort to secure in the industrial world the spirit of democratic fair dealing.

Many people use the words 'death defying' or 'death wishing' when they talk about wire-walking. Many people have asked me: 'So do you have a death wish?' After doing a beautiful walk, I feel like punching them in the nose. It's indecent. I have a life wish.

In essence, String Theory describes space and time, matter and energy, gravity and light, indeed all of God's creation as music.