Circular Quotes

80 quotes by 75 authors

The Mode of circular reasoning is the form used when the proof itself which ought to establish the matter of inquiry requires confirmation derived from… — Sextus Empiricus
We see only the simple motion of descent, since that other circular one common to the Earth, the tower, and ourselves remains imperceptible. There remains… — Galileo Galilei
I proceeded to take that mitten full of the deadly yellow snow crystals and rub it all into his beady little eyes with a vigorous… — Frank Zappa
Scientists and theologians canâ€™t offer better than circular arguments, because there are no other kinds of arguments. Bible believers quote the Bible, and scientists quote… — Frank Schaeffer
Hold fast, therefore, O circular philosopher, to thy centre, and drive the globe along its orbit by the momentum of thy thought. — Amos Bronson Alcott
I shall now recall to mind that the motion of the heavenly bodies is circular, since the motion appropriate to a sphere is rotation in… — Nicolaus Copernicus
Each new generation is reared by its predecessor; the latter must therefore improve in order to improve its successor. The movement is circular. — Emile Durkheim
My neighbor has a circular driveway... he can't get out. — Steven Wright
The tribal community lived in the totality of circular time; the farmers of God's universe understood before and after; workers of the clockwork universe lived… — Douglas Rushkoff
To think that the affairs of this life always remain in the same state is a vain presumption; indeed they all seem to be perpetually… — Miguel de Cervantes
Like all the other arrivals to the tournament, Hank had erected a banner in front. It was a long, tapering pennant with a blue and… — James A. Owen
We know that attention acts as a lightning rod. Merely by concentrating on something one causes endless analogies to collect around it, even penetrate the… — Julio Cortazar
I made a circular motion with my finger around my temple to indicate I thought this guy was crazy, forgetting that there was no one… — John Swartzwelder
All travel is circular. I had been jerked through Asia, making a parabola on one of the planet's hemispheres. After all, the grand tour is… — Paul Theroux
What is meaningful cannot in fact be isolatedâ€¦. We achieve understanding within a circular movement from particular facts to the whole that includes them and… — Karl Jaspers
More and more, there were no revelations, but simply the uncovering of truths long known but dimly remembered. Everything had been written long ago. There… — Cinda Williams Chima
It has been my experience that most human stories are circular rather than linear. Regardless of the path we choose, we somehow end up where… — James Lee Burke
The problem is that it has become politically awkward to draw attention to absolutes of bad and good. In place of manners, we now have… — Lynne Truss
Could she smell my breath? Could she hear my cursed circular heart beat revolving like the crime it is in my deathly chest? — Markus Zusak
One of us... One of them... One of us... One of them... A rhythm playing like train wheels on a circular track -- never ending… — Malorie Blackman

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