High Pressure Sodium

Famous quotes containing the words high, pressure and/or sodium:

    “Oh may my heart’s truth
    Still be sung
    On this high hill in a year’s turning.”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    “Destiny is an absolutely definite and inexorable ruler. Physical ability and moral determination count for nothing. It is impossible to perform the simplest act when the gods say “no.” I have no idea how they bring pressure to bear on such occasions; I only know that it is irresistible.”
    —Aleister Crowley (1875–1947)

    “Every reader of the Dreiser novels must cherish astounding specimens—of awkward, platitudinous marginalia, of whole scenes spoiled by bad writing, of phrases as brackish as so many lumps of sodium hyposulphite.”
    —H.L. (Henry Lewis)