Parabola Quotes

12 quotes by 12 authors

The curve of life is like the parabola of a projectile which, disturbed from its initial state of rest, rises and then returns to a… — Carl Jung
Human history, like all great movements, was cyclical, and returned to the point of beginning. The idea of indefinite progress in a right line was… — Edward Bellamy
It was an American who said that while a Frenchman's truth was akin to a straight line, a Welshman's truth was more in the nature… — Jan Morris
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, you're just kind… — Michael Nesmith
I heave the basketball; I know it sails in a parabola, exhibiting perfect symmetry, which is interrupted by the basket. It's funny, but it is… — Michael Jordan
The conventional parabola--sentiment, the touch of the hand, the kiss, the passionate kiss, the feel of the body, the climax in the bed, then more… — Ian Fleming
She wore a short skirt and a tight sweater and her figure described a set of parabolas that could cause cardiac arrest in a yak. — Woody Allen
But it is a curve each of them feels, unmistakably. It is the parabola. They must have guessed, once or twice -- guessed and refused… — Thomas Pynchon
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
Cassidy's heart tried to leap out through his taught skin and hop into his wet hands. But outwardly it was all very calm, very serene,… — John L. Parker Jr.
I am a Prince," he replied, being rather dense. "It is the function of a Princeâ€”value Aâ€”to kill monstersâ€”value Bâ€”for the purpose of establishing orderâ€”value… — Catherynne M. Valente
When we are young, we spend much time and pains in filling our note-books with all definitions of Religion, Love, Poetry, Politics, Art, in the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Who Wrote These Parabola Quotes

12 authors contributed a total of 12 Parabola Quotes as follows: