Seismic Moment Release

Famous quotes containing the words seismic, moment and/or release:

    “Most near, most dear, most loved and most far,
    Under the window where I often found her
    Sitting as huge as Asia, seismic with laughter,”
    —George Barker (b. 1913)

    “My God, Mr. Chairman, at this moment I stand astonished at my own moderation!”
    —Robert Clive (1725–1774)

    “We read poetry because the poets, like ourselves, have been haunted by the inescapable tyranny of time and death; have suffered the pain of loss, and the more wearing, continuous pain of frustration and failure; and have had moods of unlooked-for release and peace. They have known and watched in themselves and others.”
    —Elizabeth Drew (1887–1965)