In the song written by John Mayer and Mike Perry—Gravity—John explains that the words are about making sure you (still) love yourself, making sure you (still) have your head on…because it’s easier to mess up than it is to stay here (successful).”
Another explanation I heard about this song is “…staying up even when you’re melancholy, staying grounded in a fast-paced, quickly-changing world, fighting the gravity of everyday challenges in order to achieve your goals…”
Werner Von Braun said this: “We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.”
Cameron Diaz let us know her thoughts on the subject: “I’ve been noticing gravity since I was young.”
I too have noticed the results of quantum particles for quite some time. And hey, thanks to gravity everything above my knees is at a whole new level.
Sylvester Stallone had this to say about the topic, “I think that gravity sets into everything, including careers, but pendulums do swing and mountains do become valleys after a while…if you keep on walking.”
Remember the movie, Happy Gilmore? Here is what the character, Gary Potter said which, in a roundabout way relates to Earth and its gravity: “Oh yea. Lotta pressure. You gotta rise above it. You gotta harness in the good energy, block out the bad. Harness. Energy. Block. Bad. Feel the flow, Happy. Feel it. It’s circular. It’s like a carousel. You pay the quarter, you get on the horse, it goes up and down, and around. It’s circular. Circle, with the music, the flow. All good things.”
And he said it with a straight face. You’ve gotta love actors!
This quote is for you Sci-Fi/Military writers: “What’s aerobraking? That’s a way to use the gravity and upper atmosphere of Earth to slingshot a ship either deeper into space, or slow it down to be ‘captured’ by Earth’s gravity.” Buzz Aldrin
As a kid, I used to watch the black and white series, Sci-Fi-Fic; maybe on channel two. The shows made an indelible impression on my mind. People that really know me can attest to that fact.
Just thinking about my first experience with H.G. Wells is, well quite horrifying. War of the Worlds. (Oh crap, is it real?) The Invisible Man (I keep listening over my shoulder.) Of course, The Time Machine is…The Time Machine.
Michael Crichton (and screenwriter David Keopp) are masters of tension—and dinosaurs.
Space Odyssey—Arthur C. Clarke was 51 when he co-authored the screenplay for this movie.
Farenheit 451! Ray Bradbury scored big with this hit.
Orson C. Scott = The Ender’s Game.
Jules Verne. Need I say more?
Do you know an aspen tree’s anchor root is relatively minuscule when compared to the height of the tree? That’s applicable to particles that make us stick to the surface—isn’t it?
Okay, here’s one for you hardcore Sci-Fier’s. Can any of you explain why rocks in the garden defy gravity? Over and over and over…
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A Colorado native, Rainey, (writing as L. Treloar), has been a RMFW member since 2012 (or so), and is happy to belong to one of the best critique groups ever: The 93rd Street Irregulars. She has self-published The Frozen Moose, is currently re-editing the first manuscript in a political thriller series, and has entered two contests with her 2016 NaNoWriMo Historical Fiction novella. In her spare time, she enjoys organizing anything from closets, to military family retreats, to rodeos and parades. Along with teaching her cat to retrieve, she volunteers at church and The Horse Prote
Yes, the effect gravity has on an aging body is well known. Sigh!