Encircles Quotes

#1. In order to create an alternative an oppressed group must at once shatter the self-reflecting world which encircles it and, at the same time, project its own image onto history.

Sheila Rowbotham

#2. The hoop dancer dances within what encircles him, demonstrating how the people live in motion within the circling spirals of time and space. They are no more limited than water and sky. At green corn dance time, water and sky come together, in Indian time, to make rain.

Paula Gunn Allen

#3. The light from the sun breaks through space, bathing our planet as it encircles the sun with life-giving warmth and light. Without the sun, there could be no life on this planet; it would be forever barren, cold, and dark.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

#4. This great circle of sisters will be a protection for each of you and for your families. The Relief Society might be likened to a refuge- the place of safety and protection- the sanctuary of ancient times. You will be safe within it. It encircles each sister like a protecting wall.

Boyd K. Packer

#5. And he continues: Thus it is increasingly necessary you recognize that other congregations of material bodies exist elsewhere in the universe, like this of our world, which the ether encircles in eager embrace

Umberto Eco

#6. Imagination encircles the world.

Albert Einstein

#7. I must stay alone and know that I am alone to contemplate and feel nature in full; I have to surrender myself to what encircles me, I have to merge with my clouds and rocks in order to be what I am. Solitude is indispensible for my dialogue with nature.

Caspar David Friedrich

#8. The Arctic Ocean encircles with a belt of eternal ice the desert confines of Siberia and North America
the uttermost limits of the Old and New worlds, separated by the narrow, channel, known as Behring's Straits.

Eugene Sue

#9. An atmosphere of sympathetic influence encircles every human being; and the man or woman who feels strongly, healthily and justly, on the great interests of humanity, is a constant benefactor to the human race.

Harriet Beecher Stowe

#10. Human reason is a pin dancing on the head of an angel, so small is it in comparison to the Divine vastness that encircles us.

Margaret Atwood

#11. If I seem to take part in politics, it is only because politics encircles us today like the coil of a snake from which one cannot get out, no matter how much one tries. I wish therefore to wrestle with the snake.

Mahatma Gandhi

#12. Narrow lanes climb both slopes and come together in a great ring of elm trees which encircles the flat summit. Any wind
even the slightest
draws from the height of the elms a rushing sound, multifoliate and powerful.

Richard Adams

#13. God will never let you sink under your circumstances. He always provides a safety net and His love always encircles.

Barbara Johnson

#14. A timeless energy encircles the world, drawing humanity into its grasp, eternally swirling, pulling souls together, tearing them apart in the eternal struggle of love, life and loss...

Virginia Alison

#15. You see, fear is a hunter. It encircles us when we are unarmed and least expect it. And then we are forced to make decisions.

Ruta Sepetys

#16. I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

Albert Einstein

#17. That one flag encircles us with its folds today, the unrivaled object of our loyal love.

Benjamin Harrison

#18. The good and the bad. It always happens together, and all you can do is press on. Press on.

Marjorie M. Liu

#19. Maven has miscalculated. He believes enough corpses will make me come back. But I will not.

Victoria Aveyard

#20. Tis a very excellent piece of work, madam lady. Would 'twere done.

William Shakespeare

#21. Everything about art has become problematic; its inner life, its relation to society, even its right to exist.

Theodor Adorno

#22. It's been a tough couple of years for condescending nerds. And if bookstores fall, Jon, America will be inundated with a wandering, snarky underclass of unemployable purveyors of useless and arcane esoterica.

John Hodgman

#23. I opened a restaurant that had nothing but California wines.

Paul Prudhomme

#24. It's a symbiotic relationship: those two excel at being idiots, and I excel at shooting idiots. Everyone gets what they want.

Robert Jackson Bennett

#25. We never finished our dance."
"We never will. This dance we're in, it's forever.

Nalini Singh

#26. I've always liked stories. I'm always reading, ever since I was a kid. I've always been reading and wanting to be in some other world.

Garret Dillahunt

#27. You're wearing a lace thong?" Dolly clapped her hands. "That's absolutely perfect for romance.

Peggy Webb

#28. So of course that was the moment my motherboard decided to do a short internal scan, throw up its hands, and screech, "Dear Lawd, a VAMPIRE has taken mah blood!" and initiate a general shutdown.

Jennifer Rardin

#29. Rand Paul does not like being compared to his father Ron any more than sons named Bush like to dance in their father's shadow, but the crucial difference is that while the Bushes all hail from the relative mainstream of the GOP, the Pauls have an ideological tributary virtually to themselves.

Nancy Gibbs

#30. I'm practical, very data-driven, and process-oriented. If I look at a radar and see a giant green blob coming toward me, I'm thinking it's probably going to snow.

Kevin Jorgeson

#31. I want to make movies that I want to see, and what I miss and I'm not seeing.

Thomas Jane

#32. Missionary work has never been easy, and yet the joyful rewards cannot be equaled by any other experience.

Gordon B. Hinckley