Air

homogeneous mixture of the gaseous substances nitrogen, oxygen, and smaller amounts of other substances; gas mixture present in the Earth's atmosphere
This entry is on the element. For the visual novel, see Air (visual novel).

Air is one of the four classical elements in ancient Greek philosophy and science, and is often seen as a universal power or pure substance.

Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue. ~ John Muir

Quotes

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Air, air, fresh life-blood, thin and searching air,
The clear, dear breath of God that loveth us. ~ Robert Browning
 
If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can make the world safe for diversity. For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal. ~ John F. Kennedy
 
Freedom is like that. It's like air. When you have it, you don't notice it. ~ Boris Yeltsin
  • AIR, n. A nutritious substance supplied by a bountiful Providence for the fattening of the poor.
    • Ambrose Bierce, The Cynic's Dictionary (1906); republished as The Devil's Dictionary (1911).
  • Air, air, fresh life-blood, thin and searching air,
    The clear, dear breath of God that loveth us.
    • Robert Browning,"Pauline: A Fragment of a Confession" (1833), lines 788–9.
  • My highway is unfeatured air,
    My consorts are the sleepless stars,
    And men my giant arms upbear—
    My arms unstained and free from scars.
  • If we cannot end now our differences, at least we can make the world safe for diversity. For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.
  • O, thou art fairer than the evening air
    Clad in the beauty of a thousand stars.
  • Let the air strike our tune,
    Whilst we show reverence to yond peeping moon.
  • The air in music the wing forsakes.
    • John Muir, letter to Jeanne C. Carr, Yosemite (1874).
  • Another glorious day, the air as delicious to the lungs as nectar to the tongue.
  • “The risks from air pollution are now far greater than previously thought or understood, particularly for heart disease and strokes,” says Dr Maria Neira, Director of WHO’s Department for Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health. “Few risks have a greater impact on global health today than air pollution; the evidence signals the need for concerted action to clean up the air we all breathe.”
  • So it is with air: there is the brightest variety which we call aether, the muddiest which we call mist and darkness, and other kinds for which we have no name...
  • Take a straw and throw it up into the air, —you may see by that which way the wind is.
  • Each individuals needs 12 cubic feet of air everyday to survive.
    • National geographic - HD-square
  • Hamlet: The air bites shrewdly; it is very cold.
    Horatio: It is a nipping and an eager air.
  • When I was born I drew in the common air, and fell upon the earth, which is of like nature, and the first voice which I uttered was crying, as all others do.
  • Darius was clearly of the opinion
    That the air is also man’s dominion,
    And that, with paddle or fin or pinion,
    We soon or late
    Shall navigate
    The azure, as now we sail the sea.
  • His love was like the liberal air,—
    Embracing all, to cheer and bless;
    And every grief that mortals share
    Found pity in his tenderness.
  • And 't is my faith, that every flower
    Enjoys the air it breathes.

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