Gilbert K. Chesterton

Being 'contented' ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position.

English Writer

John Carter Cash

If you were going through your attic and found a Van Gogh, what would you do? You wouldn't put it in your bathroom; you'd want to share it with the world because you know people will love it.

American Musician

Paul Muni

A writer can write in an attic, or on top of a bus. Or with a sharp stick in some wet cement. To act, an actor has to have words. A stage. a camera turning.

American Actor

Arthur Conan Doyle

I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.

British Writer

Ethan Canin

It used to be you sat up in your attic and wrote and went down to a local cafe and talked with people there.

American Author

James Broughton

I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I built a stage for theatricals in the attic.

American Director

G. Gordon Liddy

The press is like the peculiar uncle you keep in the attic - just one of those unfortunate things.

American Lawyer

Geoff Mulgan

The classic think-tank is supposed to be sitting in an attic thinking up grand ideas.

English Educator

Joe Dante

You don't paint pictures to put them in your attic. You want people to look at them.

Sherman Alexie

But the real interesting stuff is in the cellar and the attic.

American Writer

The term is often used metaphorically to suggest forgotten or unused items, thoughts, or ideas.

Storage Space

Attics are private spaces, sometimes used in literature as a secret hideaway or personal retreat.

Privacy

In stories, attics can have a spooky or haunted reputation, often used to build suspense.

Spooky Ambiance

The term can evoke the refinement and sophistication of ancient Greek culture and art.

Ancient Elegance

This adjective is mainly used in educational or scholarly discussions about ancient Greece.

Academic Context

This meaning is not about physical space, but refers to cultural or historical features of Attica.

Specific Usage

An attic window often adds character and light to an otherwise dark and closed space.

Unique Feature

When used in this context, attic specifically refers to the structure of a building.

Architectural Term

Attic windows are often used to provide ventilation and natural light to the attic space.

Light and Air

 tried to read it but I really didn't understand it because it was really in-depth but I would just look at the pictures try to put as much as I could together I knew that falconers put bells on their birds and so I would go up in the attic and raid my mom's Christmas decorations and put Christmas bells on my Birds legs

Hunting With Falcons:...

 Discourage the use of pesticides, which can harm bats when we try to feed on the insects you want to get rid of in the first place. Avoid going into caves where you might disturb hibernating bats, and always decontaminate your gear after visiting a cave. If you have unwanted bats living in an attic or barn,

The truth about bats -...

 this attic somebody who will say to you what do you need what can you do can you make it okay can you sell it can you look after the money oh no I cannot do this would you like me to find you somebody we activate communities we have groups of volunteers supporting the enterprise

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 TNC's idea is to restructure this debt, to generate the funds and political will to protect reefs, mangroves and fisheries. For example, if you refinance your house to take advantage of a better interest rate, maybe you use the savings to insulate your attic.

An ingenious proposal...

 and I cut through the ceiling joists, much to my parents' delight, and put the door, you know, being pulled up through the ceiling. I built -- I put a garage-door opener up in the attic that would pull this door up.

Philip Rosedale: Second...

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 For years, I tried desperately to cultivate in my kids a love of reading. I'd amassed a modest classroom library of books I'd accumulated from secondhand shops, thrift stores, attics -- you know.

How America's public...

 very primordial object it's been out in a deep freeze you can think of it as a storage area your attic of some of the building blocks of our solar system Pluto's essentially a gold mine for

What We Know About Pluto...

 Fifth The first thing I remember Fifth ... from my childhood, Fifth we were having fun, biking. Seventh We invented stories, we flew around the world, while remaining in our attic.

Yann Arthus-Bertrand...

 were more inclusive we would make better choices as a society today so what's in your attic what light can your family story shed on our past I dare you to