In every area of the world where there is earthquake risk, there are still many buildings of this type; it is very frustrating to try to get rid of them.

The usual designation of the magnitude scale to my name does less than justice to the great part that Dr. Gutenberg played in extending the scale to apply to earthquakes in all parts of the world.

Nothing is less predictable than the development of an active scientific field.

Don't wait for extraordinary circumstance to do good; try to use ordinary situations.

As seismologists gained more experience from earthquake records, it became obvious that the problem could not be reduced to a single peak acceleration. In fact, a full frequency of vibrations occurs.

Only fools, liars, and charlatans predict earthquakes

The rose does not bloom without thorns. True, but would that the thorns did not outlive the rose.

Spring makes everything young again except man.

Refining is inevitable in science when you have made measurements of a phenomenon for a long period of time.

I was lucky because logarithmic plots are a device of the devil.

If one introduces the concept of energy of an earthquake then that is a theoretically derived quantity.

Let them hear your voice so rarely that a simply-uttered word creates a hush of expectancy in the room.

If we can find forgiveness in our hearts for those who have caused us hurt and injury, we will rise to a higher level of self-esteem and well-being.

Somehow he managed to look cool despite the heat. It made Clary want to smack him.

I write all the time because I'm lonely. When you're acting, you're working every day all day. But then you have long amounts of time off.

My father could have been deported because on his immigration application he said that he was a printer, obviously because he didn't want them to be checking his writings.

forgive yourself for what you aren't able to do, the ones who aren't able to acknowledge their ownselves are bound to fail

Maybe the greatest madness is to see life as it is rather than what it could be.

My style hero was Batman. Now it's Tony Stark.

I believe when it comes to love, there's something intangible about who we are attracted to, and I don't think I have a pattern.

I want to love, but my hair smells of war and running and running.