Quotes about valve (16 Quotes)


    I don't believe in life after death. But I do believe in some grinding destiny that watches over us on earth. If I didn't, the safety valve would give and the boiler would explode.

    If that pressure valve has been turned off, if you will, then that is a positive development. It still may be necessary, depending on what happens with the shelters, people just showing up. It's still a very fluid situation.

    Our analysis showed that somebody was operating the computer which controls the oil delivery process and deliberately manipulated the system to open the valve, which caused the oil spill,






    A major concern of users of this form of valve is its reliability, and the high costs associated with in-service failures and down-time. Our design goals were to increase the typical cycle life and reliability that users can expect from a rising plug valve, while also creating a cost effective solution.

    No matter how much restriction civilization imposes on the individual, he nevertheless finds some way to circumvent it. Wit is the best safety valve modern man has evolved the more civilization, the more repression, the more need there is for wit.


    I can tell you where I was when Kennedy was shot - which was in the common room at school. I heard about it on the old valve radio. At the time of Armstrong's landing, I was at university rehearsing a play.

    The judge was pretty clear he wasn't looking for an escape valve. He was looking for action.

    Turn the water valve on and listen for any leaks. Because let's say, there was a broken pipe inside the wall that froze while you were away, you're gonna catch it quickly before the house has a chance to fill up with water.

    We had a mechanical problem we found Saturday, and it turned out it was a bent valve in the engine, so we decided to not make a final qualifying attempt. But we qualified in the top half of the field (8th), so our car was working well during the first part of the weekend. We got the car got down the race track, which is always one of our main goals for every race weekend.

    I must express increasing concern over the continuing deterioration of the Schoharie Dam. Increasingly serious diagonal cracking in the valve chamber tower, and sagging of the concrete ceiling of the access gallery may indicate settling of that structure.

    A small amount of Cobalt 60 was found near the middle of the plant property in the top 6 inches of soil near the vacuum breaker valve that spilled water in 2000. The finding was reported to the NRC and IDNS and none of the cobalt 60 flowed off the property or entered the groundwater.



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