Rachel Platten

Even if the songs are at times painful - 'cause some of the songs are not all roses and balloons; some of them dig into deep things that I've been going through - there's a joy that I think people feel from my music and, hopefully, from my performance because I am so in love with doing what I do.

American Musician

Jane McGonigal

When my life is stressful, my favorite game is called 'Pop It,' where you pop balloons and prizes fall out. It's a five-minute game that focuses my mind and gives me extra attention when I'm stressed.

American Designer

Thandie Newton

Then I became a mother and it just fills every space, that isn't filled with something else important. It's just like this incredible balloon that blows up and fills life up.

British Actress

Kevin McDonald

So the laughs had to come from the character, not because we had balloons in our shirts or were speaking in high voices. That was very important to us.

Canadian Comedian

Henry Ward Beecher

God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas.

American Clergyman

Richard Branson

The balloons only have one life and the only way of finding out whether they work is to attempt to fly around the world.

British Businessman

Fiona Apple

I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.

Robyn Hitchcock

Every so often you have to increase your profile so you can let it lower again, like a balloon.

English Musician

Jean Kennedy Smith

I always thought it is a bit of a balloon, how rich we are.

American Diplomat

Sarah Harding

Balloon refers to a physical item that can be seen floating in celebrations or as decorations.

Physical Object

Balloons float using different gases, commonly air or helium, which affect how they behave.

Different Fillings

Balloons often symbolize celebrations, joy, and parties, adding a festive atmosphere.

Celebratory Symbol

In comics, a balloon holds characters' dialogue or thoughts, shaped to indicate tone.

Comics Context

The shape of the speech balloon can suggest shouting, whispering, or other intonations.

Visual Clues

In a lab context, a balloon refers to a specific type of glassware used in experiments.

Lab Equipment

Scientific balloons are fragile and need careful handling to prevent breakage.

Handle with Care

In medicine, a balloon can be an expandable part of a device, used during procedures.

Medical Device

Verbally, 'balloon' implies a rapid or unexpected expansion, often used metaphorically.

Growth and Change

As a verb, 'balloon' often describes something that increases in a way that seems uncontrolled.

Figurative Use

Verbally, 'balloon' indicates something becoming puffier or shaped like a balloon.

Shape Change

 These stars are internally unstable, like a constantly inflating and deflating balloon. And because the expansion and contraction causes their brightness to vary, we can calculate their luminosity by measuring the period of this cycle, with more luminous stars changing more slowly. By comparing the light we observe from these stars

Light seconds, light...

 and the reason I have to look real good, well, to tell you the truth, man, I don't know why. Guess it makes me feel special inside. When I'm wearing fresh gear I don't have to hide, and I really must get some new gear soon or my ego will pop like a 10-cent balloon.

Lemon Andersen performs...

 approaching a fixed number, while the perimeter was just getting bigger and bigger, uncontrollably ballooning like an overindulgent birthday clown. After infinity pinches, flimflam, there it Finite area, but infinite perimeter. Now that is a piece of work.

The case of the missing...

 First of all, it's tempting to think of a cell membrane like the tight skin of a balloon, but it's actually something much more complex. In reality, it's constantly in flux, shifting components back and forth to help the cell take in food,

Cell membranes are way...

 immigrant communities, or other tightly knit groups. The first few members are encouraged to report a good experience before they actually start making a profit. Others in their network follow their example, and the schemes balloon in size

How to spot a pyramid...

 thinking of slightly bigger balloons when Tony said big balloons he meant big balloons at the size of those things our warp up and it's going to get bigger when this balloon is fully inflated it'll have a diameter of two and a half

Lifting a Man with...

 with balloons the best way to protect it is underneath the shirt and you feel the balloon right there with you feel so cool you feel so warm and you feel so in your heart just just reaches out to this

Balloon Infatuation PIPE...

 Well, the unknown is part of life. And in that sense, ballooning is a beautiful metaphor. Because in the balloon, like in life, we go very well in unforeseen directions. We want to go in a direction,

Bertrand Piccard's...

 and we wanted to whoo we wanted to set up his balloons along the wall and just kind of create this connecting dots the project's called the connecting life so it was

Hacking objects and...

 actually encourages ice to form in its body ice crystals are sharp if they form inside a cell they'd tear through the membrane like razor blades in a balloon