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earthquakes risk trying
Charles Francis Richter In every area of the world where there is earthquake risk, there are still many buildings of this type; it is very frustrating to try to get rid of them.
earthquakes three judgment
Charles Francis Richter The most remarkable feature about the magnitude scale was that it worked at all and that it could be extended on a worldwide basis. It was originally envisaged as a rather rough-and-ready procedure by which we could grade earthquakes. We would have been happy if we could have assigned just three categories, large, medium, and small; the point is, we wanted to avoid personal judgments. It actually turned out to be quite a finely tuned scale.
earthquakes vibrations facts
Charles Francis Richter As seismologists gained more experience from earthquake records, it became obvious that the problem could not be reduced to a single peak acceleration. In fact, a full frequency of vibrations occurs.
earthquakes drs plot
Charles Francis Richter [In plotting earthquake measurements] the range between the largest and smallest magnitudes seemed unmanageably large. Dr. Beno Gutenberg then made the natural suggestion to plot the amplitudes logarithmically.
earthquakes names justice
Charles Francis Richter The usual designation of the magnitude scale to my name does less than justice to the great part that Dr. Gutenberg played in extending the scale to apply to earthquakes in all parts of the world.
earthquakes energy introducing
Charles Francis Richter If one introduces the concept of energy of an earthquake then that is a theoretically derived quantity.
earthquakes scientist building
Bill Maher Scientists say an 8.9 earthquake here could knock down buildings, flood coastal areas... and improve the roads.
earthquakes california lakes
Edgar Cayce If there are greater activities in Vesuvius or Pelee, then the southern coast of California and the areas between Salt Lake and the southern portions of Nevada, we may expect, within the three months following same, inundation by the earthquakes. But these are to be more in the Southern than the Northern Hemisphere.
looks world eternity
Charles Caleb Colton He that will often put eternity and the world before him, and who will dare to look steadfastly at both of them, will find that the more often he contemplates them, the former will grow greater, and the latter less.
looks world way
Charles Spurgeon Secularism teaches us that we ought to look to this world. Christianity teaches us that the best way to prepare for this world is to be fully prepared for the next.
looks may helping
Charles Spurgeon The preacher's work is to throw sinners down into utter helplessness that they may be compelled to look up to Him Who alone can help them.
looks sin
Charles Spurgeon He who looks sinward has his back to God-he who looks Godward has his back to sin.
looks worship ifs
Charles Spurgeon Do not flatter yourselves: if you go to places of worship merely to look about you or to hear music, you are not worshipping God.
looks world environment
Alan Watts Increasingly, the world around us looks as if we hated it.
looks plant gardener
Alan Chadwick A good gardener looks at every plant every day.
looks want mental-health
Alan Ball I'm at the point in my life where I don't want to work as hard. Actually, I've had to take a good hard look at workaholism and it's effect on one's mental health.
looks taste devils-advocate
Al Pacino Look, but don't touch. Touch, but don't taste. Taste, but don't swallow.
survivor fighter
Elizabeth Edwards You recognize a survivor when you see one. You recognize a fighter when you see one.
survivor
Creed Bratton I'm a survivalist and a survivor.
survivor capacity feats
Claire Cameron The feat of surviving is directly related to the capacity of the survivor.
survivors
Francisco Paz Unfortunately, there were no survivors from this accident.
survivor
Robert A. Heinlein There will always be survivors.
survivor doe quitting
Meredith Brooks I have a lot of survivor insticts, and I know when to quit. I know when to go forward it my life, but not everybody does.
survivor lessons written
Max Lerner The so-called lessons of history are for the most part the rationalizations of the victors. History is written by the survivors.
survivor method
Patricia Briggs Survivors can't always choose their methods.
survivor victim angry
Nina Bawden I am not a victim. I am an angry survivor.