Quotes by Circles For themost of us, if we donot talkof ourselves, orat any rate of the individual circles of which we are the centres, we can talk of nothing. I cannot hold with those who wish to put down the insignificant chatter of the world. Anthony Trollope circles wish world Should l go on playing bridge and dining, going in the same old monotonous circle? It's easy that way, but it's a sort of suicide, too. Antoinette Perry circles suicide bridges Hell is the bloodcurdling mansion of time, in whose profoundest circle Satan himself waits, winding a gargantuan watch in his hand. Antonio Machado circles waiting hands I don't want to promote my own image either. I don't like going on television or mixing in literary circles. Antonio Tabucchi mixing circles television A negative and toxic person never feels teased with the genuine presence of the pretenders in his network and he always feels pleased with the absence of the genuine leader in his circle. Anuj toxic circles leader In academic circles, especially, I was criticized for lacking morals, values, and ethics. I'm feeding that angry feminist reading of my work. Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook feminist circles reading Meton (astronomer in 5th century BC): With the straight ruler I set to work To make the circle four-cornered . Aristophanes four circles work There is nothing strange in the circle being the origin of any and every marvel. Aristotle strange circles math Moral virtue is ... a mean between two vices, that of excess and that of defect, and ... it is no small task to hit the mean in each case, as it is not, for example, any chance comer, but only the geometer, who can find the center of a given circle. Aristotle circles two mean Frequently we're asked to come in when the Tao is conflict and crisis. We encourage people to let that Tao happen and not repress it. Especially in new age circles, people just hate conflict and try to repress it. Arnold Mindell circles hate people Everything comes in circles. [...] The old wheel turns, and the same spoke comes up. It's all been done before, and will be again. Arthur Conan Doyle wheels circles done What is the meaning of it, Watson? said Holmes solemnly as he laid down the paper. "What object is served by this circle of misery and violence and fear? It must tend to some end, or else our universe is ruled by chance, which is unthinkable. But what end? There is the great standing perennial problem to which human reason is as far from an answer as ever. Arthur Conan Doyle circles violence paper Pessimism is carefully cultivated in some intellectual circles, as if it were a precious plant that the human race could not afford to lose. Arthur Lynch circles intellectual race Each one of us is bound to make the little circle in which he or she lives better and happier. Bound to see that out of that small circle the widest good may flow. Arthur Penrhyn Stanley circles community may My worst fears were confirmed as Thierry and I sat in the centre circle after the final whistle. His name was sung from the rooftops, while my contribution was recognised by a deafening silence. It was like I was the invisible man Ashley Cole circles names men Those of us who stand outside the circle of this society's definition of acceptable women; those of us who have been forged in the crucibles of difference - those of us who are poor, who are lesbians, who are black, who are older - know that survival is not an academic skill...For the master's tools will not dismantle the master's house. They will never allow us to bring about genuine change. Audre Lorde circles differences skills Black writers, of whatever quality, who step outside the pale of what black writers are supposed to write about, or who black writers are supposed to be, are condemned to silences in black literary circles that are as total and as destructive as any imposed by racism. Audre Lorde circles racism writing There are lesbians, God knows... if you came up through lesbian circles in the forties and fifties in New York... who were not feminist and would not call themselves feminists. Audre Lorde feminist circles new-york Take care of the small circle around you. When you have succeeded with them, then move outwards, one small step at a time. Audrey Hepburn small-steps circles moving But the gambling reasoner is incorrigible: if he would but take to squaring the circle, what a load of misery would be saved. Augustus De Morgan gambling circles would-be «1234567891011»
