Quotes by Circles Most people live, whether physically, intellectually or morally, in a very restricted circle of their potential being. William James sithcirclespeople Progress changes consciousness, and when people's consciousness changes, then their awareness of what is possible changes as well - a virtuous circle. William J. Clinton progresscirclespeople But it is the bane of psychology to suppose that where results are similar, processes must be the same. Psychologists are too apt to reason as geometers would, if the latter were to say that the diameter of a circle is the same thing as its semi-circumference, because, forsooth, they terminate in the same two points. William James psychologycirclestwo When I was very young, you would get the TV listings from The Globe and The Herald, and you would basically go through them, circle things, and map out your viewing week. William Monahan mapscirclestvs A gentleman, is a rarer thing than some of us think for. Which of us can point out many such in his circle--men whose aims are generous, whose truth is constant and elevated; who can look the world honestly in the face, with an equal manly sympathy for the great and the small? We all know a hundred whose coats are well made, and a score who have excellent manners; but of gentlemen how many? Let us take a little scrap of paper, and each make out his list. William Makepeace Thackeray circlesmenthinking Why would the God of the universe want to be submitted to me?' Because we want you to join us in our circle of relationship. I don't want slaves to my will; I want brothers and sisters who will share life with me. William P. Young circlesbrotherwant We mourn the blossoms of May because they are to whither; but we know that May is one day to have its revenge upon November, by the revolution of that solemn circle which never stops - which teaches us in our height of hope, ever to be sober, and in our depth of desolation, never to despair. William Peter Blatty circlesrevengelife I know that Nature designs that this whole continent, not merely these thirty-six states, shall be, sooner or later, within the magic circle of the American union. William S. Burroughs magicdesigncircles Incompetence is often highly regarded in governmental circles. William Wallace incompetencecircles Glory is like a circle in the water, which never ceaseth to enlarge itself, till, by broad spreading, it disperse to naught. William Shakespeare circlesglorywater Likeminded folks shop in the same circles. will.i.am folkscirclesshops O, swear not by the moon, the fickle moon, the inconstant moon, that monthly changes in her circle orb, Lest that thy love prove likewise variable William Shakespeare ficklecirclesmoon The wheel is come full circle. William Shakespeare wheelscircleslove When I was a freshman, I fooled around with shooting free throws this way: For some reason, I thought you had to stay within the top half of that free-throw circle, so I would step back to just inside the top of the circle, take off from behind the line and dunk. They outlawed that, but I wouldn't have done it in a game, anyway. I was a good free throw shooter in college." Actually he was a 62% free throw shooter, which is poor except in comparison to his 51% as a pro. Wilt Chamberlain circlescollegegames A man dies ... only a few circles in the water prove that he was ever there. And even they quickly disappear. And when they're gone, he's forgotten, without a trace, as if he'd never even existed. And that's all. Wolfgang Borchert circlesmendeath Glory is like a circle in the water William Shakespeare dignitycircleswater Some people have a large circle of friends while others have only friends that they like. Woodrow Wilson circle-of-friendscirclespeople Weave the circle, tightly sewn, Let nothing evil or unknown Enter within. Stay without On pain of death, we cast you out. Yasmine Galenorn circlespainevil The post-Soviet mafia wove a spider's web of dirty money around the world. Where better to attack it than to start with the Ukrainian criminal heavyweights - the 'family' and its closest circle? Yulia Tymoshenko heavyweightscirclesdirty People don't settle for people. They resolve to be with them. It takes faith. You draw a circle in the sand and agree to stand in it and believe in it. Zadie Smith circlesbelievepeople«5051525354555657585960»
