Oxygen Quotes

“Their opinions are not your oxygen. They should only fan your fucking flames.”
― Curtis Tyrone Jones

“Have you ever been involved in a situation where you felt like the other person needed you so they could live?" I asked. "But you couldn't stay there because they were taking the oxygen you needed to breathe?”
― Tijan, Teardrop Shot

“After several extreme very high altitude night shifts, returning to sea level and exposure to increased oxygen and bright sunlight would bring on intestinal pains and diarrhea after eating the first large meal.”
― Steven Magee

“Everyone atop Mauna Kea should have a Pulse Oximeter.”
― Steven Magee

“40% less oxygen and high radiation levels can do strange things to sea level adapted humans.”
― Steven Magee

“The excellent book ‘Going Higher. Oxygen, Man, And Mountains.’ should be compulsory reading for all high altitude workers.”
― Steven Magee

“You begin to kiss me as though
You are getting oxygen out of each kiss.”
― Vytautas Pliura, Tenderness in Hell: Collected Poems by Vytautas Pliura

“A scientist would state that a person is hallucinating due to oxygen starvation to the brain, whereas a spiritual person would say that the oxygen starved brain has connected into the spiritual universe.”
― Steven Magee

“Very high altitude workers were using medical oxygen to treat numerous health conditions that included fatigue, confusion, headaches, feeling faint and digestive issues.”
― Steven Magee

“There are numerous types of oxygen available for purchase. These are industrial oxygen – generally for welding and not suitable for human consumption, aviation oxygen – regulated by the FAA rules, medical oxygen - regulated by the FDA and DOT. It was unclear what type of oxygen was inside the oxygen cylinders that employees were using at the summit of Mauna Kea and most employees assumed it was medical oxygen for treating their medical conditions.”
― Steven Magee

“I never met anyone in high altitude astronomy that had a prescription for daily medical oxygen use.”
― Steven Magee

“In 2001 workers were using intermittent oxygen numerous times daily on the very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii. By the time I left in 2006 some workers were using portable oxygen units and nasal cannula's for continuous medical oxygen administration for the treatment of altitude sickness.”
― Steven Magee

“My memories of my time in high altitude astronomy indicate that there were no oxygen concentration monitors or alarms in the areas that liquid nitrogen was in use inside of the high altitude astronomical facilities where I had worked.”
― Steven Magee

“When I worked on the 13,796 feet very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea we were advised to only use the medical oxygen after the daily headaches appeared and that just 15 minutes use was all that was needed to clear up the headaches for a while before we would need it again. We were not advised to use medical oxygen continuously as the Federal Aviation Regulations advises pilots to do. We were not advised to use pulse oximeters to monitor our blood oxygen levels or that the company medical oxygen should have been routinely administered only with our doctors prescription.”
― Steven Magee

“The closer you get to the Sun, the lower your blood oxygen levels go.”
― Steven Magee

“14,000 Feet: Many people will be showing serious signs and symptoms of Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS). Some people may be experiencing visions and hallucinations. Many people will be displaying mental impairment, often called “Summit Brain”. Immediate descent to lower altitude is recommended for these people. Most people will be in oxygen starvation, also known as Asphyxia.”
― Steven Magee

“10,000 Feet: Many people will be showing signs and symptoms of Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS). Sea level adapted humans will be in oxygen starvation, also known as Asphyxia.”
― Steven Magee

“Stephen Paddock had a pilot's license and flew small airplanes in the past. The altitudes that he flew at and whether he used oxygen above 10,000 feet in un-pressurized planes to prevent Cerebral Hypoxia from occurring is unknown. The highest altitude that he has been exposed to in an un-pressurized environment is a mystery. In 2017 he committed the worst mass shooting in modern USA history, killing many and wounding hundreds.”
― Steven Magee

“I never observed any prescription drugs other than medical oxygen being given to sickened Mauna Kea workers during my time on the very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea.”
― Steven Magee

“A person exhibiting confusion at high altitude will commonly forget to take oxygen to alleviate it.”
― Steven Magee

“Part of Magee’s disease comes from the long term damage that oxygen starvation, industrial gas and unnatural radiation exposures cause to the brain, heart, lungs, skin, blood, hormones and gastrointestinal tract.”
― Steven Magee

“After I started working extreme night shifts, I began to think that someone was in the telescope control room with me. I would look for the person many times and would never find them. I eventually stopped looking for the person and accepted that it was my oxygen starved mind playing tricks on me in a very abnormal environment.”
― Steven Magee

“Inhalation of solvents in a 40% oxygen deficient atmosphere at very high altitudes is probably not a good idea.”
― Steven Magee

“I was trained by senior managers to instruct high altitude workers to discharge large amounts of industrial gas into the indoor environment without respiratory protection and without oxygen deficiency monitors.”
― Steven Magee

“It is totally nuts to take healthy sixteen year old sea level adapted children to the 13,796 feet very high altitude summit of Mauna Kea and put them on “Rx Only” prescription medical oxygen for two hours! I really hope that they acclimatize correctly, that they have pulse oximeters and doctors prescriptions to ensure that the medical prescription oxygen is administered correctly and legally.”
― Steven Magee

“Abnormal radiation exposure and oxygen starvation teaches you that reality is just a perception that is derived from your immediate environmental conditions in conjunction with your prior environmental exposures, your health problems, your age, and the area that you grew up in and adapted to.”
― Steven Magee

“It is unwise to delay oxygen administration to a worker that has “Summit Brain”, but it would frequently happen at the Mauna Kea Observatories (MKO) due to insufficient oxygen administration equipment.”
― Steven Magee

“The poor persons medical oxygen supply is at sea level.”
― Steven Magee

“Free oxygen is available to all at sea level.”
― Steven Magee

“Do you breathe oxygen? We have so much in common...”
― Nitya Prakash