Heat Island Effect

Famous quotes containing the words heat, island and/or effect:

    “And suddenly, to be dying
    Is not a little or mean or cheap thing,
    Only wearying, the heat unbearable ...”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)

    “That island of England breeds very valiant creatures; their
    mastiffs are of unmatchable courage.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic.”
    —Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)