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		I'm a candle flame that sways in currents of air you can't see. You need to be the one who steadies me to burn.
	
	  Nadine Gordimer Nadine Gordimer
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		The afternoon is bright, with spring in the air, a mild March afternoon, with the breath of April stirring, I am alone in the quiet patio looking for some old untried illusion - some shadow on the whiteness of the wall some memory asleep on the stone rim of the fountain, perhaps in the air the light swish of some trailing gown.
	
	  Antonio Machado Antonio Machado
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		No one ever seems to wonder what happens if it turns out we hate living on a planet? What if the sky’s too big? What if the air stinks? What if we go hungry?’ ‘And what if the air tastes of honey? What if there’s so much food we all get too fat? What if the sky is so beautiful we don’t get any work done because we’re all looking at it too much?
	
	  Patrick Ness Patrick Ness
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		Water were your limbsAnd the fire was your hairAnd then the moon caught your eye,and you rose through the air.Well if you've seen true light,then this is my prayer:Will you call meWhen you get there?
	
	  Joanna Newsom Joanna Newsom
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		By the end of this decade, a majority of our Navy and Air Force fleets will be based out of the Pacific, because the United States is and always will be a Pacific power.
	
	  Barack Obama Barack Obama
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		I'm a shareholder in three networks in Holland. That allows me to put ideas that we create in Holland on air in Holland, and if it works, then we distribute the show's format globally.
	
	  John de Mol, Jr. John de Mol, Jr.
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		When 'Red Tails' came along, all I knew was that they were the first African-American fighter pilots in the U.S. Air Force. I had no idea how deep the story went or about all their amazing achievements. There were a few Tuskegee Airmen on the set to make sure everything was as authentic as possible.
	
	  Ne-Yo Ne-Yo
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		Even the cleanest air, at the centre of the South Pacific or somewhere over Antarctica, has two hundred thousand assorted bits and pieces in every lungful. And this count rises to two million or more in the thick of the Serengeti migration, or over a six-lane highway during rush hour in downtown Los Angeles.
	
	  Lyall Watson Lyall Watson
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		Every year, August lashes out in volcanic fury, rising with the din of morning traffic, its great metallic wings smashing against the ground, heating the air with ever-increasing intensity.
	
	  Henry Rollins
			
			
				Black Flag Henry Rollins
			
			
				Black Flag
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		And in the air are no streets, no channels, no point where one can say of an antagonist, 'If he wants to reach my capital he must come by here.' In the air all directions lead everywhere.
	
	  H. G. Wells H. G. Wells
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		Consumers don't need to be forced to pay billions for so-called smart technology to know how to reduce their utility bills. We know to turn down the heat or air conditioning and shut off the lights.
	
	  Lisa Madigan Lisa Madigan
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		Fans are essential in the California heat. The ones with movement keep the air flow active - I need that.
	
	  Evan Ingersoll Evan Ingersoll
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		'Push' had a story, 'The Paperboy' story you could just throw up in the air and shoot holes through the book because the story wasn't as strong. But I felt the characters were stronger in 'The Paperboy'; they were vivid.
	
	  Lee Daniels Lee Daniels
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		Sometimes I wonder what will be the air conditioning of my dying days. What thing will they add that will make it impossible to be uncomfortable? Because I do assume that as an old person, I will be very comfortable. There will be something - a drug or some way to impact the air around me - that when I relax, I'm gonna feel great. So I do look forward to that.
	
	  Chuck Klosterman Chuck Klosterman
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		The air was cool enough to make the warm sun pleasant on one's back and shoulders, and so clear that the eye could follow a hawk up and up, into the blazing blue depths of the sky.
	
	  Willa Cather Willa Cather
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		Oh, what a better way to express your love than a plasticbag full of air.
	
	  Ian Kelsey Ian Kelsey
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		Today, we have sophisticated building technology: we can calculate and simulate the environments and performance of the building, the thermal exposure of envelop, or the air flow through an urban space or structure.
	
	  Bjarke Ingels Bjarke Ingels
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		It was such an amazing time for music in the Sixties. When popular music hit me, it was like magic was in the air.
	
	  Ozzy Osbourne
			
			
				Black Sabbath Ozzy Osbourne
			
			
				Black Sabbath