Sea Level Pressure

Famous quotes containing the words level and/or pressure:

    “Let still the woman take
    An elder than herself. So wears she to him;
    So sways she level in her husband’s heart.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “Much of the pressure contemporary parents feel with respect to dressing children in designer clothes, teaching young children academics, and giving them instruction in sports derives directly from our need to use our children to impress others with our economic surplus. We find “good” rather than real reasons for letting our children go along with the crowd.”
    —David Elkind (20th century)