Impressive Quotes

The earthquake, however, must be to every one a most impressive event: the earth, considered from our earliest childhood as the type of solidity, has oscillated like a thin crust beneath our feet; and in seeing the laboured works of man in a moment overthrown, we feel the insignificance of his boasted power.

A theory is the more impressive the greater the simplicity of its premises, the more different things it relates, and the more extended its area of applicability.

The outpouring of support from millions of people in the immediate aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti has been impressive.