Quotes by Circles For what I saw at the abbey then (and will now recount) caused me to think that often inquisitors create heretics. And not only in the sense that they imagine heretics where these do not exist, but also that inquisitors repress the heretical putrefaction so vehemently that many are driven to share in it, in their hatred for the judges. Truly, a circle conceived by the Devil. God preserve us. Umberto Eco circlesbookthinking Vakill's like Columbians sitting in a circle, my name has a dope ring to it Vakill dopecirclesnames Earth Democracy connects people in circles of care, cooperation, and compassion instead of dividing them through competition and conflict, fear and hatred. Vandana Shiva circlescompassionpeople Though the rampant racial injustices throughout the criminal justice system were offensive to me and to millions of other people, I've never drawn a tight circle around the black community to define the limits of my moral concern. But that narrative tends to get imposed on you, if you're an African-American activist. Van Jones circlesjusticepeople The public doesn't really know me. Only people in my inner circle know me well. Others identify me by the beard, always mad, sweaty and that is today's image. People don't understand me, they are scared of me. Vazgen Sargsyan madcirclespeople A boomerang returns back to the person who throws it. But first, while moving in a circle, it hits its target. So does gossip. Vera Nazarian return-backcirclesmoving I knew my destiny was to be in the winner's circle. There were times along the way where I didn't make it there. But I felt my destiny was definitely to win big titles, win lots of titles. Venus Williams destinycircleswinning I have very, very few friends. I live in a very tight circle and emotionally I'm probably not as generous as I once was. In an average week I probably meet 150 new people and that's uncomfortable sometimes. Veronica Webb circlesaveragepeople What is terrible when you seek the truth, is that you find it. You find it, and then you are no longer free to follow the biases of your personal circle, or to accept fashionable clichés. Victor Serge truth-iscirclesaccepting Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal points of which facts are one and ideas the other. Victor Hugo circleswisdomideas He moves his thumb in a slow circle over the back of my hand. It is meant to comfort me, but it frustrates me instead. I need to talk to him. I need to look at him. Veronica Roth circleshandsmoving Well, half of half our faction.' 'In some circles they call that a quarter, Mar,' Lynn says. Veronica Roth marscircleshalf The word Gothic, in the sense in which it is generally employed, is wholly unsuitable, but wholly consecrated. Hence we accept it and we adopt it, like all the rest of the world, to characterize the architecture of the second half of the Middle Ages, where the ogive is the principle which succeeds the architecture of the first period, of which the semi-circle is the father. Victor Hugo circlesagefather People always ask me about the intent of witchcraft and what it is used for. The answer in 'white' covens is simple: it is to be use the powers for good amongst the circle and its friends. Vivianne Crowley circlessimplewhite The spiral is a spiritualized circle. In the spiral form, the circle, uncoiled, has ceased to be vicious; it has been set free. Vladimir Nabokov spiralscirclesform First a warning, musical; then the hour, irrevocable. The leaden circles dissolved in the air. Virginia Woolf circlesmusicalair God is a circle whose center is everywhere and circumference nowhere. Voltaire circlesspiritualgod De Morgan was explaining to an actuary what was the chance that a certain proportion of some group of people would at the end of a given time be alive; and quoted the actuarial formula, involving p [pi], which, in answer to a question, he explained stood for the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. His acquaintance, who had so far listened to the explanation with interest, interrupted him and exclaimed, 'My dear friend, that must be a delusion, what can a circle have to do with the number of people alive at a given time?' W. W. Rouse Ball circlessciencedeath 'My dear friend, that must be a delusion, what can a circle have to do with the number of people alive at a given time?' W. W. Rouse Ball circlesnumbersscience In an amusement park, you can go on a roller coaster that carries you up and down, or you can go on another kind of ride that whirls you around in a circle. Similarly, there are different sorts of entertaining experiences in the theater. Wallace Shawn circlesdifferentgoes-on«5051525354555657585960»
