Human history, like all great movements, was cyclical, and returned to the point of beginning. The idea of indefinite progress in a… — Edward Bellamy Copy Share Image
When we are young, we spend much time and pains in filling our note-books with all definitions of Religion, Love, Poetry, Politics,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I heave the basketball; I know it sails in a parabola, exhibiting perfect symmetry, which is interrupted by the basket. It's funny,… — Michael Jordan Copy Share Image
The conventional parabola--sentiment, the touch of the hand, the kiss, the passionate kiss, the feel of the body, the climax in the… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
The curve of life is like the parabola of a projectile which, disturbed from its initial state of rest, rises and then… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
It was an American who said that while a Frenchman's truth was akin to a straight line, a Welshman's truth was more… — Jan Morris Copy Share Image
I am a Prince," he replied, being rather dense. "It is the function of a Prince—value A—to kill monsters—value B—for the purpose… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
All travel is circular. I had been jerked through Asia, making a parabola on one of the planet's hemispheres. After all, the… — Paul Theroux Copy Share Image
It is a curve each of them feels, unmistakably. It is the parabola. They must have guessed, once or twice - guessed… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
Cassidy's heart tried to leap out through his taught skin and hop into his wet hands. But outwardly it was all very… — John L. Parker Jr Copy Share Image
She wore a short skirt and a tight sweater and her figure described a set of parabolas that could cause cardiac arrest… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
A circle swoop, and a quick parabola under the bridge arches Where light pushes through; A sudden turning upon itself of a… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
As an artist, you don't think about the parabola or the arc you're describing or where you're going to ultimately end up,… — Michael Nesmith Copy Share Image
