Quotes by Circles Imagine a person with a gift of ridicule [He might say] First that a negative quantity has no logarithm; secondly that a negative quantity has no square root; thirdly that the first non-existent is to the second as the circumference of a circle is to the diameter. Augustus De Morgan circles squares roots The idea of going down to Central or South American and taking ayahuasca and shitting my pants and puking in a circle of overprivileged white people is not my idea of a good time. That's not going to happen. Ayelet Waldman ayahuasca circles ideas The thing that has disturbed me most about the Russian hacking episode is - and the thing that surprised me most has not been the fact of Russian hacking. The cyber world is full of information gathering, you know, propaganda, et cetera. I have been concerned about the degree to which, in some circles, you've seen people suggest that Vladimir Putin has more credibility than the U.S. government. I think that's something new. Barack Obama circles government thinking That's enough, and I have a ministry as a neighbor as well. A ministry as a friend and a ministry as an aunt and a godmother, and family is very much in the circle of my vocation. Barbara Brown Taylor godmother aunt circles It was a real surprise to me to come across the evidence that Christianity might once have been a danced religion. Certainly, some of the early church leaders thought this was great and spoke of what seems to have been circle dancing, perhaps around an altar. Barbara Ehrenreich circles dancing real The less sophisticated of my forbears avoided foreigners at all costs, for the very good reason that, in their circles, speaking in tongues was commonly a prelude to snake handling. The more tolerant among us regarded foreign languages as a kind of speech impediment that could be overcome by willpower. Barbara Ehrenreich snakes circles overcoming Evolutionary circles are one of the key social forms in which people are connecting and can connect to make a difference throughout the world. Barbara Marx Hubbard circles differences keys When he gets mad, it's like he's in another world. He'll look at you with those big eyes and they'll be going around in circles. Barry Beck hockey circles eye I believe that a triangle, if it could speak, would say that God is eminently triangular, and a circle that the divine nature is eminently circular; and thus would every one ascribe his own attributes to God. Baruch Spinoza atheism circles believe It's true that the Federal Reserve faces a lot of political pressure and is unpopular in many circles. Ben Bernanke circles political pressure To refrain from storytelling is perhaps one of the highest forms of respect we can pay. Those people, with no stories to circle them, can die without being misunderstood. Ben Marcus misunderstood circles people I'm conscious of a series of circles working its way through my life. And at this particular moment I have come round to the beginning of my writing cycle. It begins with poetry. There's hardly a day that goes past on which I don't write poetry. Ben Okri circles writing past Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a straight line. Benoit Mandelbrot mountain circles clouds Everything is roughness, except for the circles. How many circles are there in nature? Very, very few. The straight lines. Very shapes are very, very smooth. But geometry had laid them aside because they were too complicated. Benoit Mandelbrot lines circles shapes It's a great life, and Margaret and I are going to stay put above the Arctic Circle where we're happy. Bern Will Brown circles life happy-life Of course it would cost something, but he was an expert in cutting corners; and when there were no more corners left he would make circles rounder. Bernard Malamud circles cutting experts We know we're coming full circle with God when we stand at a very similar crossroad where we made such a mess of life before, but this time we take a different road. Beth Moore full-circle circles different Jane Addams, founder of Hull House, once asked, "How shall we respond to the dreams of youth?" It is a dazzling and elegant question, a question that demands an answer--a range of answers, really, spiraling outward in widening circles. Bill Ayers circles dream house Des Moines is like your typical American city; it's just these concentric circles of malls, built outward from the city. Bill Bryson typical circles cities I've been lucky with the circle of people I'm playing with. We've played enough that there's a language we talk with each other when we play. Bill Frisell circles play people «1234567891011»
